1. Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction Fourth Edition
Words Their Way ™
Word Study for Phonics,
Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction Fourth Edition
By Donald R. Bear
Marcia Invernizzi
Shane Templeton
Francine Johnston

2. By helping you know your students and their needs
How will Words Their Way help you improve your students reading and writing abilities?
By helping you know your students and their needs
By helping your organize for instruction
By helping you implement word study

3. Knowing Your Students
Streamlined Chapter 2 provides step by step guidance for evaluating your students to determine their developmental levels, allowing you to begin instruction and build students’ abilities to help them move on to the next stage in development.
Research-driven assessment tools allow you to find your students’ stage of spelling development.
The CD in the back of the book contains all assessment tools discussed in the book and more.

4. Knowing Your Students Characteristics Charts
In Chapters 4 through 8 help you pinpoint information to guide your decisions making about each student in each stage of development.

5. Knowing Your Students Word Study with English Learners sections
In Chapters 4 – 8 provide targeted guidance to help students master English.

6. Organizing for Instruction
Word Study Routines and Management sections give you practical guidance on managing and implementing word study in your classroom.

7. Organizing for Instruction
Tech Notes direct your attention to DVD segments that aid in organizing your classroom.

8. Organizing for Instruction
Lesson Plan Format
This simple four-part lesson plan helps you organize your word study instruction.

9. Implementing Word Study
Stage appropriate activities proven to help students develop into the next stage end each developmental chapter.

10. Implementing Word Study
The Appendix at the back of the text contains hundreds of word sorts, game templates, and classroom-ready resources.
APPENDIX A
Assessment Materials
APPENDIX B
Soundboards
APPENDIX C
Pictures for Sorts and Games
APPENDIX D
Sample Word Sorts by Spelling Stage
APENDIX E
Word Lists
APPENDIX F
Games and Templates for Sorts
APPENDIX G
Resources

11. Integrating Media
The text comes with two pieces of media
Words Their Way DVD Tutorial
Words Their Way Word Study Resources CD
CD Assessment Database
CD Word Sorting Application
Look for Tech Notes throughout chapters to connect you to the most appropriate information on the accompanying media.

12. Media Integration: Knowing Your Students Words Their Way Word Study Resources CD
Computerized assessments in the Assessment Database calculate each student’s feature knowledge and helps you place students in appropriate developmental groups.
Additional assessments help you assess content area, Spanish language , and other word feature knowledge.

13. Derivational Relations Stage
Media Integration: Organizing for Instruction Words Their Way DVD Tutorial
The DVD reinforces and illustrates classroom organization and management. Classroom footage leads you through daily instruction, assessment, organization and grouping, and adapting instruction for English learners.
DVD Modules
Assessment and Evaluation
Classroom Organization
Word Sorting
Emergent Stage
Letter Name-Alphabetic Stage
Within Word Pattern Stage
Syllables and Affixes Stage
Derivational Relations Stage

14. hundreds of additional word and picture sorts, games and templates
Media Integration: Implementing Word Study Words Their Way Word Study Resources CD
The Word Sorting Application on the CD in the back of the book contains
hundreds of additional word and picture sorts, games and templates
Interactive Create Your Own software for each developmental stage
Robust coverage of word study appropriate for students whose first language is Spanish.