Description

Evelyn Steinberg and Raffaela Mercurio

Pacific Edge Publishing

48 pp, softcover

Level: Grades K-3

Summary

Word Wiz Teacher’s Guide offers suggestions for how to use Word Wiz as part of an early literacy program in conjunction with other classroom tools and strategies. It shows how Word Wiz can be used at different developmental stages and how to move students on to the next level. Includes reproducible pages for student use.

Table of Contents

– About the Authors
– Introduction
– Why Word Wiz Is Needed
– Who Can Use Word Wiz
– How the Words Were Selected
– Characteristics of Good Writers
– Working with Parents
– Stages of Spelling – How To Use the Charts
– Developmental Spelling Stages
– Assessment
– Word Wiz Teaching Strategies
– Blackline Masters
– Recommended Resources