The Violent
E provides a detailed description of spelling development
that will help teachers recognize and monitor growth
and plan effective spelling programs for their students.
Using detailed descriptions of growth in spelling developed
by following children from kindergarten through grade
6, the book highlights what is really important in learning
to spell, and while focusing on the uniqueness of each
child, helps teachers attend to what children actually
say and do as they come to understand spelling.
The
Violent E provides teachers and teacher educators
with ways to teach spelling that are grounded in the
reality of how children learn to spell. These suggestions
for instruction include approaches to spelling that
can be integrated with reading and writing activities
as well as activities that allow children to investigate
how spelling works in complex but systematic ways.
