Presents strategies for teaching decoding and spelling to students at all levels, reviewing the history and structure of English words, discussing reading fundamentals and lesson concepts, format, and procedures, identifying prerequisites for effective decoding and spelling, and including sample lessons.

"The ELL Teacher?s Toolbox is a practical, valuable resource to be used by teachers of English Language Learners, in teacher education credential programs, and by staff development professionals and coaches. It provides hundreds of innovative and research-based instructional strategies you can use to support all levels of English Language Learners. Written by proven authors in the field, the book is divided into two main sections: Reading/Writing...

A kit designed to help first-graders, with adult assistance, learn to read.

Help students expand students' vocabularies and deepen their word knowledge with this standards-based resource that presents the most frequently encountered Latin and Greek prefixes in a way that is easy to implement and understand.

"Nurture and encourage young writers in the most natural, developmentally appropriate way--through play! Children learn the skills needed for writing and reading on a continuum, over time and at different ages. Within the same classroom, early writers may make scribbles and draw symbols as representations of their ideas, while ready writers may use creative spelling, recognizable words, and illustrations to express more complex concepts and information....

"These are the words kids have to know by sight -- the words that they should be able to read without sounding them out first"--Publisher's website.