<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>Words Their Way ™ companion volumes, 2e</B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">We believe that the hands-on word sorting approach to word study is invaluable to you and your students.  These stage-specific companion volumes to <I>Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction</I> provide a complete curriculum of reproducible sorts and detailed directions for the teacher working with students in each stage of spelling development, from emergent through derivational relations.  </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B><I>NEW!</I></B> All second editions boast </P> <UL> <LI>Literature Connections making links between features being studies and valuable children's literature</LI> <LI>Targeted Learners sections that clarify which students will benefit most from the instruction</LI> <LI>Spell Checks and other Assessments available more frequently throughout</LI> <LI>High Frequency Words receive special attention  </LI></UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">This companion volume, the last in the series, provides word study for advanced readers and writers in the derivational relations stage of spelling development (Grades 5 – 12).  The text focuses on spelling and vocabulary knowledge that grow primarily through processes of derivation—from a single base word or word root to a number of related words derived through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. Additionally, students explore word origins and word spelling-meaning relationships. </P>