SCHOOL/DISTRICT SPONSORED Spelling Training SEMINARS
This schedule is updated regularly as seminars are added — check back often. For more information on attending one of these seminars, call Egger Publishing at 888-937-7355
Teresa Therriault - Ashland, OR - 4/2/07
Christy Fong - Hutchinson, KS - 6/11/07
Rebecca Sitton - Phoenix, AZ - 8/7/07
Christy Fong - Colorado Springs, CO - 8/8/07
Rebecca Sitton - Gig Harbor, WA - 8/23/07
Rebecca Sitton - Sheridan, WY - 10/15/07
Spelling
Monday, March 19, 2007
Teaching Spelling - Posters to help Teach Spelling
Teaching Spelling - Posters to help Teach Spelling
Each Sourcebook comes with five colorful 18" x 24" grade-level specific Teaching Posters to complement instruction.
Level 1
Teaching Poster 1: I Saw...
A visual demonstration of sentence expansion helps students create longer, more informative sentences.
Teaching Poster 2: Little e
The role of final silent e is explained through a motivational rhyme and lists of words that illustrate the rule.
Teaching Poster 3: There Is No a in They!
Students will no longer be challenged by the spelling of they once they learn this zany rhyme.
Teaching Poster 4: Can You Find Me?
A clever rhyme and a word list alert students that they hear one letter, but must remember to write two, in the double letter words.
Teaching Poster 5: What a Shame!
Words with the same rime, but different onsets, are examined through a poem to help students learn that their spelling patterns may, or may not, be the same.
More about the Spelling Program
Each Sourcebook comes with five colorful 18" x 24" grade-level specific Teaching Posters to complement instruction.
Level 1
Teaching Poster 1: I Saw...
A visual demonstration of sentence expansion helps students create longer, more informative sentences.
Teaching Poster 2: Little e
The role of final silent e is explained through a motivational rhyme and lists of words that illustrate the rule.
Teaching Poster 3: There Is No a in They!
Students will no longer be challenged by the spelling of they once they learn this zany rhyme.
Teaching Poster 4: Can You Find Me?
A clever rhyme and a word list alert students that they hear one letter, but must remember to write two, in the double letter words.
Teaching Poster 5: What a Shame!
Words with the same rime, but different onsets, are examined through a poem to help students learn that their spelling patterns may, or may not, be the same.
More about the Spelling Program
Spelling Words - Some Words Have Suffixes
Spelling Words - Some Words Have Suffixes
Use these new mini-courses to give upper grade students the single most research-supported advantage for academic and future success—vocabulary skills!
Each vocabulary mini-course is a 32-page consumable booklet, each page with an on-another-paper extension activity. Woven in are multiple tie-ins to related skills to help students make discoveries about our language and how it works. No teacher prep time required—it's ready to go.
Spelling SOME WORDS Have Suffixes — now available Suffixes (sample)
Use these new mini-courses to give upper grade students the single most research-supported advantage for academic and future success—vocabulary skills!
Each vocabulary mini-course is a 32-page consumable booklet, each page with an on-another-paper extension activity. Woven in are multiple tie-ins to related skills to help students make discoveries about our language and how it works. No teacher prep time required—it's ready to go.
Spelling SOME WORDS Have Suffixes — now available Suffixes (sample)
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Spelling Weblog
Spelling Weblog
Teaching Spelling - Spelling Rules - Spelling Resources
Spelling
Pages
About Spelling
Spelling
Spelling Definition
Archives
March 2007
Recent Posts
A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
Spelling checker
Various Sounds of Vowels
Spelling Joke - Plurals
OF CHARACTERS USED IN PUNCTUATION
Teaching Spelling - Spelling Rules - Spelling Resources
Spelling
Pages
About Spelling
Spelling
Spelling Definition
Archives
March 2007
Recent Posts
A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
Spelling checker
Various Sounds of Vowels
Spelling Joke - Plurals
OF CHARACTERS USED IN PUNCTUATION
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Sitton Spelling Newsletter for March
The March Edition of the Sitton Spelling Appleseeds Newsletter is available here
Sitton Spelling Newsletter
This issue includes:
Phonics For Wordsmiths
For the primary grades (the letters ch)
For the upper grades (the letters ch)
Sourcebook Teaching Tips
Is the Word Preview Worth the Five Minutes It Takes to Give It?
Class Book Projects
Ask Rebecca
How Is Recordkeeping Handled for the Spelling Words?
How Do the Sourcebooks Empower My Curriculum Decisions?
What's Current?
ELL Issues—How Can Vocabulary-Building Meet the Challenges?
No Carryover? Four Questions and Four Answers to Solve This Problem
More information about Teaching Spelling
Sitton Spelling Newsletter
This issue includes:
Phonics For Wordsmiths
For the primary grades (the letters ch)
For the upper grades (the letters ch)
Sourcebook Teaching Tips
Is the Word Preview Worth the Five Minutes It Takes to Give It?
Class Book Projects
Ask Rebecca
How Is Recordkeeping Handled for the Spelling Words?
How Do the Sourcebooks Empower My Curriculum Decisions?
What's Current?
ELL Issues—How Can Vocabulary-Building Meet the Challenges?
No Carryover? Four Questions and Four Answers to Solve This Problem
More information about Teaching Spelling
Friday, February 23, 2007
Rebecca Sitton and Sitton Spelling
Rebecca Sitton and Sitton Spelling
Rebecca Sitton was interviewed by the Phoenix Business Journal in June 2006
Sitton Spelling
Rebecca Sitton Egger
Egger Publishing Inc.
Title: Author ( Ed: Publisher / Educator )
web site: Rebecca Sitton Spelling Program
Phone: 480-596-5100, 888-937-7355.
What advice would you give other professional women to help them strike a healthy work-life balance? "We are always adjusting, fashioning and shaping aspects of our life in an effort to achieve this elusive element called balance. My advice is to simply enjoy the process."
What is your ideal way to unwind and have fun? "To read, ski and travel. And gardening. I love bright, blooming flowers."
By way of Sitton Spelling and Rebecca Sitton
Rebecca Sitton was interviewed by the Phoenix Business Journal in June 2006
Sitton Spelling
Rebecca Sitton Egger
Egger Publishing Inc.
Title: Author ( Ed: Publisher / Educator )
web site: Rebecca Sitton Spelling Program
Phone: 480-596-5100, 888-937-7355.
What advice would you give other professional women to help them strike a healthy work-life balance? "We are always adjusting, fashioning and shaping aspects of our life in an effort to achieve this elusive element called balance. My advice is to simply enjoy the process."
What is your ideal way to unwind and have fun? "To read, ski and travel. And gardening. I love bright, blooming flowers."
By way of Sitton Spelling and Rebecca Sitton
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Word Families
Word Families
The link above is to a pdf file with a sample lesson on word families entitled "Word Family Friends." The lesson introduces students to the concept of phonetically regular words with similar ending patterns (rimes).
Word Family Friends
Come over to meet the an family,
Here’s m and r and c.
And next to them is the at family,
Here’s c and f and b.
Be sure to meet the ap family,
Here’s m and c and t.
It’s fun to meet word families,
How many can you see?
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