PUZZLE IT OUT is a series of five graded activity books specially devised to give extra practice and enjoyment to learners of English.
Each book contains an interesting and motivating collection of puzzles, designed to give further practice in spelling, structural patterns and language usage, as well as to stimulate vocabulary development.
The Spelling Teacher's Lesson-a-Day gives teachers 180 engaging and ready-to-use lessons-one for each day of the school year-that boost spelling skills in students grades 3-6. These lessons may be used as "sponge" or "hook" activities (five-minute lessons to start off each school day) or teachers may simply pick and choose activities from within the book for the occasional spelling lesson. Fry teaches spelling patterns by contrasting homophones (like-sounding words) to help students recognize these spelling patterns in more complex words. He also boosts students' spelling skills by demystifying contractions, abbreviations, capitalization, silent letters, suffixes and prefixes, and more.
This book provides handy tools for teachers to analyze and correct simple spelling mistakes, or tackle more complex problems. Includes: how to make assessment pain-free by setting realistic learning targets; easy to remember spelling rules that really work; photocopiable masters for error-analysis and analysis-to-action forms; detailed case studies to supplement key points.
Should I say He is taller than I or He is taller than me?
Do you spell it blond or blonde?
If you’ve ever been stopped in your tracks by questions like these, then this book is for you. A complete pocket guide to the ins and outs of everyday English, The Basics of English Usage will tell you all you need to know about such topics as:
correct spelling good grammar and style punctuation and how to use it problem words that everyone gets wrong.
This work, as its title indicates, is intended for the use of Advanced Classes,—for scholars who are, to some extent, familiar with the principles of pronunciation and syllabication. It is not intended to supersede the ordinary Spelling-Book, but rather to follow it, as a practical application of the pupil's knowledge, not only in spelling, but in dividing and pronouncing the more difficult words in common use.
