A multi-sensory approach to teaching and learning spelling. Searchlights for Spelling Year 4 Big Book provides a swift and lively way to teach NLS spelling objectives and model successful spelling strategies. The Big Book features laminated write-on, wipe-off pages, opportunities for interactive teaching, whole-class weekly teaching units, spotlights on tricky and difficult words and revision and reinforcement units.

 

This book is part of a book series called Searchlights For Spelling .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Cambridge University Press .

Pie Corbett is a freelance writer and poet. He was worked as an English Inspector in Gloucestershire, as an OFSTED Inspector, and has run training nationally for the NLS.

This book has the following chapters: Unit 1; Two syllable words with double consonants - contrasting short and long vowels; Unit 2; Homophone riddles; Unit 3; Word sums - regular verb endings -ing -ed; Unit 4; Irregular tense changes - medial vowel poem; Unit 5; suffixes: al, ary, ic; Unit 6; Verb factory - nouns and adjectives into verbs; Unit 7; Suffixes: ship, hood, ness, ment; Unit 8; Adding suffixes to words ending in f; Unit 9; -ight ending - looking for patterns; Unit 10; prefix al/ad/af/a; Unit 11; Prefix round-up; Unit 12; Letter strings wo wa ss; Unit 13; Occurence of kand v; Unit 14; Different pronunciation - poem; Unit 15; Common roots word web; Unit 16; Add-ons: suffixes; Unit 17; suffix ible/able, tion/sion; Unit 18; Diminutives; Additional Unit 1; Strategies; Error analysis; Additional Unit 2; Its and it's; revise other contractions; Additional Unit 3; suffixes - making verbs and nouns.