Kindergarten Clinic: When Spelling Is Thinking.

Spann, Mary Beth

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ERIC Number: EJ445265

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Kindergarten Clinic: When Spelling Is Thinking.

Spann, Mary Beth

Instructor, v101 n7 p50 Mar 1992

Discusses the use of invented spelling to help kindergarten students learn to spell. It provides a natural foundation for building spelling abilities by making students think about words and generate new knowledge. Activities are suggested and guidelines are presented for a developmentally sensitive spelling program. (SM)

Descriptors: Invented Spelling, Kindergarten, Language Experience Approach, Primary Education, Spelling Instruction, Student Developed Materials, Teaching Methods, Whole Language Approach

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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