orthography and spelling

Presents a history of English spelling through chapters that cover such topics as the introduction of the Roman alphabet, each letter's origins, and the development of long and short vowels.

A collection of rhymes, tricks, and simple sayings designed to help students remember how to spell tricky words.

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.

Presents descriptions of the five stages of spelling or orthographic development, each with related word study, games, and activities, and includes an overview of how words are learned, a discussion of development, methods for assessment, and advice on organizing word study in a classroom curriculum.

Raven, a teenage mother and high school dropout living in a housing project, decides, with the help and sometime interference of her best friend Aisha, to study for a spelling bee which could lead to a college preparatory program and four-year scholarship.

Using her magical spoon to make new words by changing letters around, Anna embarks on a series of adventures with a lost little boy.

Provides guidance and tools for winning spelling bees, covering spelling rules and exceptions, word roots, and spelling bee dos and don'ts, and includes an interactive audio CD that follows a fictional speller from the classroom to the national competition in Washington, D.C.

Ella the elephant, the worst speller in Miss Gator's schoolhouse, works very hard with the help of the other animals to improve her spelling.