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Explicit spelling instruction helps students learn how to decode (or break down words into sounds and individual parts) and encode (build words back up). As they begin to internalize and anticipate spelling patterns, they are creating a “dictionary in the brain” that allows them to recognize more words.

As students improve word fluency they gain the capacity for better reading comprehension and written expression—time and energy is no longer spent trying to recognize or spell words.

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Learn about the following topics:

*Proven Pedagogy

*Meaningful Practice

*Elements of Instruction

*Program Components

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Trace the skills within a grade level or across grade levels.

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The Importance of Patterns with Dr. Richard Gentry (2 minutes)

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The Importance of Patterns with Dr. Richard Gentry (2 minutes)

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The Importance of Patterns With Dr. J. Richard Gentry

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Spelling and Word Study with Dr. Richard Gentry (2 minutes)

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Spelling and Word Study with Dr. Richard Gentry (2 minutes)

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Spelling & Word Study With Dr. J. Richard Gentry

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Curating Word Lists with Dr. Richard Gentry (2 minutes)

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Curating Word Lists with Dr. Richard Gentry (2 minutes)

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Curating Word Lists With Dr. J. Richard Gentry

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Real, integrated spelling practice takes place all day long. The spelling concept, rule, or pattern in a weekly unit is constantly retrieved, practiced, and applied.

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Taken from Dr. Gentry’s latest Stenhouse book, Brain Words, Chapter 7 provides tools for weekly word work study lessons including self-testing, how questions, why questions, mixed practice, and distributed practice, as well as five traditional best practices that are newly supported by current research.

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The heart and soul of a good spelling program lies in a well-curated, well-researched word list for each grade.

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MyZBPortal.com features assignable online Quests that reinforce the concepts from the print Student Edition plus support for teachers, including real-time performance reporting.

Web-based platform is accessible from anywhere.

Online teacher resources include Spelling Support for English Learners, Teacher Resource Book for Differentiated Instruction, and more!

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Students complete the online pretest and are assigned a differentiated level: Emerging, On, or Challenge. All other activities within the Quest are then differentiated accordingly.

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Word sorting, one of the core instructional strategies in Spelling Connections is a research-based method for developing spelling automaticity. Sorting words by spelling patterns focuses students’ attention on those patterns and builds their understanding of the similarities and differences between and among words. Through repetition in sorting words, students begin to internalize the spelling system and develop into strong, independent spellers.

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