SPELING IN USE, SPELLING IN COMMON

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CS 012 544
Laminack, Lester L.; Wood, Katie
Spelling in Use: Looking Closely at Spelling in Whole
Language Classrooms.
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana,
Ill.
ISBN-0-8141-4663-5
96
138p.; Foreword by Sandra Wilde; Afterword by Lucy
Calkins.
National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W.
Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096 (Stock No.
46635-3050; $8.95 members, $11.95 nonmembers).
Guides - Classroom Use - Teaching Guides (For
Teacher) (052) -- Books (010)
KFOl/PC06 Plus Postage.
Classroom Techniques; Elementary Education; *Lan~uage

Acquisition; *Language Experience Approach; Middle
Schools; Parent Teacher Cooperation; *Spelling;
*Spelling Instruction; *Student Evaluation; Teacher
Behavior; *Whole Language Approach; Writing
(Comp os i t ion)

ABSTRACT
Providing a practical look at the role of spelling in
the overall language arts curriculum, this book helps those who
interact regularly witn young children understand how learning to
spell is part of the broader fabric of learning to write in whole
language classrooms. After an introduction, chapter 1 provides
opportunities to explore how teachers' beliefs about language and
literacy learning impact how they view their students' writing.
Chapter 2 introduces three teachers who tell their personal stories
of transition from a traditional approach to spelling instruction to
incorporating the study of spelling in use in their whole language
classrooms. Chapter 3 provides suggestions for developing ways to
systematically study and assess children's spelling in use. Chapter 4
presents the "nuts and bolts" of spelling instruction in a whole
language classroom. Chapter 5 provides practical help in
communicating with parents about the teaching of spelling in use. The
final ~hapter responds to questions that teachers most often ask
about spelling instruction. Contains 19 references. (RS)

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