You Kan Red This!

by Wilde, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9780435085957
• ISBN10: 0435085956
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-12-02
• Publisher: Heinemann

Summary

You Kan Red This! is a comprehensive handbook for K-6 teachers that answers questions about teaching spelling and punctuation in the classroom.

Author Biography

SANDRA WILDE, Ph.D., is widely recognized for her expertise in developmental spelling and her advocacy of holistic approaches to spelling and phonics. She is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Portland State University in Oregon. She is best known for her work in invented spelling, phonics and miscue analysis. She specializes in showing teachers how kids' invented spellings and miscues can help us work with them in more sophisticated and learner-centered ways. Looking at what kids do as they read and write is at the heart of Sandra's presentations and workshops. She can do lively keynote presentations that highlight the interesting things that we can learn by paying close attention to students' invented spellings and miscues, as well as workshops of varying lengths that focus on student-centered teaching of spelling and phonics. She has recently begun offering workshops that focus on understanding students' miscues as a guide to appropriate instruction, p

Table of Contents

List of Spelling Celebrations	ix
List of Mini-Lessons	x
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(12)
Invented spelling and developmental punctuation: Definitions	3	(2)
Looking at spelling and punctuation: ``Dem Bones'' and ``Avalanche in Bethlehem''	5	(3)
The importance of invented spelling and developmental punctuation	8	(2)
A look ahead	10	(3)
PART ONE Understanding Spelling and Punctuation
Spelling and Punctuation: How They Work and How They're Learned	13	(22)
Understanding English spelling and punctuation as systems of written language	13	(6)
Spelling, punctuation, and the learner	19	(14)
How can teachers use research knowledge about spelling and punctuation?	33	(2)
Patterns of Growth in Spelling and Punctuation: Young Writers Show Us What They Know	35	(20)
Nicole	35	(4)
Jay, Brian, and Carol	39	(6)
Daniel	45	(2)
Johnny	47	(1)
Bennett and Carla	47	(2)
Gordon and Anna	49	(6)
PART TWO Spelling and Punctuation in the Classroom
Spelling and Punctuation in the Life of the Classroom	55	(16)
What purposes should curriculum and instruction for spelling and punctuation serve?	55	(6)
Reading, writing, and inventing: Creating a classroom climate	61	(5)
A day in the life	66	(5)
Building a Knowledge Base in Spelling	71	(26)
Knowledge, strategies, and ``skills''	73	(2)
Informal learning of predictable and morphemic spelling patterns	75	(1)
Informal learning of words: Historical and arbitrary spellings	76	(7)
Instruction and the discovery of spelling patterns	83	(9)
Should word lists be a part of spelling curriculum?	92	(1)
What about spelling books?	93	(4)
Developing Spelling Strategies	97	(22)
Student ownership of the spelling process	98	(1)
Five strategies	99	(17)
Strategies for less proficient spellers	116	(1)
Integrating spelling strategies	117	(2)
Learning to Puntuate	119	(14)
Learning basic punctuation marks	122	(7)
Enriched punctuation	129	(1)
Fun with punctuation	130	(3)
Spelling Across the Curriculum	133	(16)
Learning about mammals: An experience with content-area spelling	133	(10)
Language as a content area	143	(6)
Evaluation, Grading, Parents, and Administrators	149	(28)
How do I Know if my students are growing as spellers?	150	(2)
How can I identify and work with students having problems in spelling?	152	(9)
How can I document children's knowledge about spelling?	161	(3)
Can talking with children help one evaluate their spelling?	164	(3)
How can I assign grades for spelling?	167	(3)
How will my students do on standardized tests?	170	(3)
How can I best communicate with parents and administrators about spelling?	173	(4)
Appendices	177	(18)
Appendix A---Symbols for phonemes used in this book	177	(1)
Appendix B---Sample letters to parents about spelling	178	(3)
Appendix C---Common sound/spelling patterns	181	(2)
Appendix D---Rule-governed spellings for various phonemes	183	(1)
Appendix E---Students' open-ended spelling of mammal names	184	(3)
Appendix F---Books about language for teachers and young readers	187	(8)
References	195	(8)
Index	203