Spelling Under Scrutiny Teacher's Package

This includes the Spelling Under Scrutiny teacher's guide, a professional development DVD, a CD of all reproducible blackline masters and student activity sheets with answers, and a copy of the English Spelling Dictionary (see description of this resource under English Spelling Dictionary). Spelling Under Scrutiny is designed to improve the spelling skills of upper primary, secondary and adult students. An initial assessment identifies the gaps in students' spelling knowledge.  The instructional guidelines that follow allow for a quick or thorough approach to instruction, which means instruction can be differentiated to meet students' learning needs.

Below are a list of downloadable files

The following pages contain minor errors. Click to download the corrected pages.

Price(GST EXCL) $75 each 6+ copies $70 each ISBN 978-0-9582930-4-4

Spelling Under Scrutiny Practice Activities Book 1

The 188 activities in this book provide students with opportunities to apply the principles taught throughout Spelling Under Scrutiny. Book 1 matches the Thorough Route instruction and there are activities for all topics covered in Spelling Under Scrutiny.

		Price(GST EXCL) $11.50 each 10+ copies $10 ISBN 978-0-9582930-75

Spelling Under Scrutiny Practice Activities Book 2

The 145 activities in this book provide students with opportunities to apply the principles taught in Spelling Under Scrutiny. Book 2 matches the Quick Route instruction.  This book does not include practice activities for all topics taught in Spelling Under Scrutiny - some foundation topics are only included in the Thorough Route instruction (blends, contractions etc).

		Price(GST EXCL) $11.50 each 10+ copies $10 ISBN 978-0-9582930-8-2

Poster Set

This set contains two A1 full-colour, laminated posters.  One illustrates the sounds of English and the most common ways they can be written. The other illustrates the most common vowel spelling patterns and the different ways they can be pronounced.   Both posters are useful for teaching students to recognise  sounds and syllables in words.

Price(GST EXCL) $22 set of two ISBN 942-1-900855-10-0/11

English Spelling Dictionary

This A5 spiro-bound dictionary provides students and teachers with a variety of word lists for the development of vocabulary and sight-word spelling skills. It contains the 300 most common high-frequency words, common academic words and useful words for writing, with spaces for students to record their own definitions. In the back are reference pages for root words, prefixes and suffixes, strategies for syllabifying words and a summary of useful spelling rules and conventions.  There are also mini versions of the two wall posters and copies of the editing guides used for teaching proofreading skills.

Click on the links below to download sample pages from the English Spelling Dictionary.

		Price(GST EXCL) $11.50 each 10+ copies $10 ISBN 978-0-9582930-9-9

Switch on to Spelling - Teacher's Guide

		This spiral bound book of 496 pages is designed to teach students how written English works. Although it was written for teaching spelling skills to Year 1-5/6 students, it can be used with students of any age. Many teachers use it with older students who find spelling difficult and with students of all ages who are learning English as an additional language. Click here to see sample pages from Switch on to Spelling. These include: Contents, Foreword, Introduction, Sample teaching topic (the 'ow' sound) across three teaching stages. Switch on to Spelling comes with a two hour professional development DVD and a CD of all practice activities(with answers) and reproducible pages.
		Price(GST EXCL) $70 each 6+ copies $65 each ISBN 978-0-9582930-2-0

Student Workbooks to accompany Switch on to Spelling

Three workbooks containing all the practice activities from the three Stages, in an A4 workbook format.

Sound Scrapbook for beginners – 45 pages
Book 1 - 82 pages
Book 2 - 70 pages
Book 3 - 77 pages

Add these to your students' book lists to save time and money photocopying activity sheets.

		Student Workbooks Click the links below to download sample practice activity pages for teaching the 'ow' sound. Book 1 – page 32 Book 2 – page 38 Book 3 – pages 46-47 Sound Scrapbook – ‘ow’ page
		Price(GST EXCL) - $8.50 each 10+ - $7.00 each Student Sound Scrapbook ISBN 978-0-9582930-3-7 Student Workbook 1 ISBN 978-0-9582930-0-6 Student Workbook 2 ISBN 978-0-9582930-1-3 Student Workbook 3 ISBN 978-0-9582930-5-1

Click the links below to download the contents of the instruction book and sample instructions for some games.
Contents 1
Contents 2
Page 6
Page 16
Page 24
Page 33
Page 37
Page 38
Page 39
Page 40

Use this game as a fundraising venture.

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Price(GST EXCL) $40.00

Extra Bingo Boards are available to allow this Family Word Detective Game to be used with small groups. Each pack contains 6 Bingo boards.

Price(GST EXCL) $4.90

10 long and short vowel discrimination Bingo boards and instructions for using the cards from the Family Word Detective Game for teaching long and short vowel discrimination.

Price(GST EXCL) $8.50

Sound/Spelling Patterns Poster

		This 700 x 1000 poster illustrates all the sounds of English and common ways of spelling them. Click below for larger image. Large sample
		Price(GST EXCL) $9.90

40 page, full colour A5 book which illustrates the many ways sounds can be written and which provides strategies for choosing the correct spelling patterns for sounds.

Click here to download sample pages from The Code Breaker's Guide to Spelling English.

Price(GST EXCL) - $12.00 each
10+ - $9.50 each

ISBN 978-0-9582930-6-8

Price(GST EXCL) $12 each
6+ copies $9.50
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