Words their way / Bear, Donald R

Provides assessments, reproducible sorts, and instructions for teachers to adopt a hands-on approach to word study for emergent spellers, offering targeted lessons and literature connections, and covering phonemic awareness, rhyming, syllabication, and sound play.

Presents concept sorting ideas with picture sorts for the development of phonemic awareness, alphabet knowledge, letter recognition, and concepts relating to printed words, with reproducible pages, follow-up activities, and step-by-step directions.