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Formatted word sorts are organized by level of complexity to make it easy for teachers to meet their students' diverse needs.

"Words Their Way" is a hands-on, developmentally driven approach to word study that illustrates how to integrate and teach children phonics, vocabulary, and spelling skills. This fifth edition features updated activities, expanded coverage of English learners, and emphasis on progress monitoring.

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(Grades 4-8) * the most comprehensive books on word sorting available * a wide range of sorts offered at all developmental levels * great for on-grade level, remedial, ESL, Title I, and Reading First! The format for this book is similar: 20 to 30 words on a page with category headers so that you and your students can sort in multiple ways: open, closed, speed, "blind," and writing sorts. Great effort is taken to correctly identify and sequence the sorts by pattern in a developmental way. These are sequenced, developmental sorts and as such offer you an important teaching tool for your remedial, at-risk, and ELL students. All Sort of Sorts 4 focuses on the word and phonics patterns and phonics principles that upper grade students encounter in their daily reading and written work, providing much-needed repeated exposure to multisyllabic words.

* the most comprehensive book on word sorting available * a wide range of sorts offered at all developmental levels * great for on-grade level, remedial, ESL, Title I, and Reading First! Continues for intermediate and upper grade students, presenting 170 word sorts that focus on spelling rules, word and phonics patterns, and spelling generalizations. These sorts reflect the types of spelling and phonics principles that intermediate to upper grade students encounter in their daily reading and written work.