Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction (2nd Edition)

This book was recommended to me by a co-worker. I was looking for some assessments to show reading growth. It provides excellent suggestions, and material to use with my students. I'm glad I got it.

This book is an asset in the classroom. It helped me to understand how children perceive, understand and make meaning out of text.

This book was recommended by a college professor to help me teach my child to read and is an excellent addition to our reading library.

Facing a 1st-2nd combination classroom of 30 students this year, I bought this book to help me learn more about word study and how to get rid of some of the paperwork of teaching. After reading it, I feel more confident about how to go about engaging all of my students in developmentally appropriate instruction in spelling, vocabulary, and phonics. I plan on making several sets of cards on two-toned cardstock (quite an undertaking with three stages of learners in my room!), but it will further reduce paper usage. I DID receive the DVD and CD with my book, but I was disappointed that I couldn't access any of the sorts or games on the CD (maybe that's why they quit including it). I feel cheated out of material that I really could have used. I would order the WTW stage books or Word Journeys over this book because it does give you ready-made sorts and literature connections for the word hunts.

Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction (4th Edition) (Words Their Way Series)
This is a wonderful addition to the library of a Reading Specialist or any teacher wanting to increase thinking and learning in their Reading classroom. It covers K-10th grade students.