Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 2000
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Timothy W. Young
Second Committee Member
Osman Alawiye
Third Committee Member
Franklin D. Carlson
Abstract
There has been extensive research concerning various instructional procedures for the acquisition of spelling skills. Many research-based principles of effective spelling instruction have emerged from one of two contrasting models for the development of spelling competence. Traditionally, spelling has been taught with textbooks and workbooks. Students followed a structured program with the goal oflearning to spell the weekly list of words. According to the traditional model, spelling is taught as a separate curriculum. Advocates for spelling reform suggest spelling instruction should be based on the understanding of the developmental nature of the child. This project report provides guidelines and strategies for implementing a developmentally-based spelling curriculum in which writing is emphasized.
Recommended Citation
Bower, Dorothy, "Teaching Spelling: An Integrated Developmental Approach within the First Grade Reading and Writing Curriculum" (2000). All Graduate Projects. 645.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/645
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons