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Author Sipe, Rebecca Bowers.

Title They still can't spell? : understanding and supporting challenged spellers in middle and high school / Rebecca Bowers Sipe with Dawn Putnam .. [and others] ; foreword by Kylene Beers..

Publication Info. Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2003]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  428.1 S618T    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-170) and index.
Contents Foreword by Kylene Beers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Who are challenged spellers?: Investigating challenged spellers -- Getting started: Learning from student spelling histories -- Learning from student interviews -- Delving deeper -- Profiles of challenged spellers -- What do challenged spellers need?: Confronting the dilemma -- Promoting reflection about words -- Less but deeper: Teaching strategies and rules that generalize -- Supporting strategies -- How does strategic spelling instruction look in real secondary classrooms?: Teachers talk about spelling and change -- Approaches to teaching spelling -- How do you take spelling change to the home front?: Implementing spelling instructional change that lasts -- Thinking about a policy for spelling -- You know it works when: Evidence of success -- Tools, resources, and information -- Appendices -- Works Cited -- Index.
Subject English language -- Orthography and spelling -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States -- Case studies.
English language -- Orthography and spelling -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States -- Case studies.
ISBN 0325005397 alkaline paper
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