orthography and spelling

". . . a collection of rhymes to help 3-7-year-olds learn to read and spell. . . . Each rhyme teaches a particular lesson. For the very young, there are rhymes about sounds. For more confident readers there are magic spells to tackle tricky spellings"--Dust jacket.

When Sage's spelling and definition of a word reveal her misunderstanding of it to her classmates, she is at first embarrassed but then uses her mistake as inspiration for the vocabulary parade.

It is the Champoin spelling bee and Pinky is afraid that if she loses no one will like her.

Nancy, who loves to use fancy words, and her friend Bree are proud to be the best spellers in their class, but when a spelling quiz proves tougher than Nancy thought, Nancy is faced with a difficult decision.

Ruby, an aspiring cheerleader, always seems to mess up the cheers that involve spelling, but after a summer of study she aces the tryouts and goes on to win the spelling bee.

The developmentally driven Words Their Way instructional approach is a phenomenon in word study, providing a practical way to study words with students. The keys to this successful, research-based approach are to know your students' literacy progress, organize for instruction, and implement word study. The Fifth Edition features an innovative redesign and introduces technology integration aligning text to all new classroom video, an interactive classroom assessment application, prepared and create-your-own word sorts, games, and more specific to each chapter. It gives you all the tools you need to carry out word study instruction that will motivate and engage your students, and help them to succeed in literacy learning. Ordered in a developmental format, Words Their Way complements the use of any existing phonics, spelling, and vocabulary curricula.

"'A' might be for apple, but it's also for 'aisle' and 'aeons.' Why does the word 'gnat' start with a 'G' but the word 'knot' doesn't start with an 'N?' It doesn't always make sense, but don't let these rule-breaking silent letters defeat you! This whimsical, funky book . . . turns the traditional idea of an alphabet book on its head, poking fun at the most mischievous words in the English language and demonstrating how to pronounce them"--Provided by publisher.

Details the origins of Noah Webster's first American English dictionary and the struggles of Webster and Ben Franklin to help unify the new country through language in the 1780s.