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played such as “Go Fish”, “Memory”, “Snap”, etc. One
hundred different game ideas are provided. The “More
MIOOW” Words contain the second 100 most commonly
used words. These aren’t expensive to buy and are very
handy for speech pathologists, teachers and parents. They
can be purchased from ACER or
9 WordsWork
WordsWork, 4th edition (Davidson & Wicking, 2003) is
published by ARD Publishing and is available from ACER. It
is a resource book for the clinician and contains theoretical
background on how to teach spelling, word lists for a wide
range of word families, vowel phonemes, consonant blends,
etc. It also contains lists of high frequency words,
multisyllabic words, spelling rules and rules for syllabification.
10 Sound Waves workbooks
These workbooks are part of the Sound Waves program (a
phono-graphic approach to teaching spelling). There is a
workbook for each grade level and each page provides
activities for a particular phoneme addressing the different
spelling choices for each of the 44 phonemes. For the
younger year levels, the workbooks address a smaller
number of spelling choices (e.g., f, ff) and for the older grade
levels a greater number of spelling choices (f, ff, ph, gh).
These workbooks allow revision of the different spelling
choices for a phoneme and the opportunity to practise
spelling and reading words at text level.
7 Computer activites
There are a number of CD-ROM programs on the market
which support an explicit teaching approach to literacy
instruction. These include: Wordshark 4, eLr, Phonics Alive,
Dingo Bingo, TextHELP, etc. These programs successfully
augment a multisensory approach where a number of
resources are used to reinforce skills.
8 MIOOW and More MIOOW
“MIOOW” stands for
Magic 100 Words and
is a pack of cards
sorted into different
colours containing the
100 most commonly
used words. The
colours sort the 100
words into levels of
difficulty and frequency
of use. For example,
the 12 Gold Words
make up a quarter of
all words in general
reading and are the
easiest words to learn.
Two cards are provided
for each word which
allows games to be
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