{"product_id":"stuck-in-the-mud-short-u-phonics-story-learn-to-spell-with-stories-9780648310204","title":"Stuck in the Mud: Short U Phonics Story, Learn to Spell with Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eLearn to spell naturally with stories  This engaging phonics story brings spelling to life and is full of Short U sound words, providing authentic context to make sense of phonics. Read about the adventures of Doug and his brother as they build a clubhouse by the creek, and enjoy learning to spell 6 was to spell Short U sound at the same time  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story includes 114 Short U words plus spelling and story based learning activities, word list and spelling groups, tricky words, reading comprehension, homophones, homonyms and homographs and a grapheme chart. The Short U sound letters are printed in green making it easy to 'sound out' words. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClever Speller's unique story based learning approach to spelling helps students aged 4-10 to develop phonemic awareness, learn all the ways to spell sounds in words and improve grammar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEasily Learn to Spell with Clever Speller Phonics Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStage 1: Develop Phonemic Awareness, the ability to hear sounds in words. Listening to phonics stories full of words with a focus sound makes developing this skill easy and natural.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStage 2: Learn all the Ways to Spell Sounds in Words with phonics stories full of words showing the different ways to spell a focus sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStage 3: Perfecting Grammar, story based activities make learning to clearly communicate meaningful and connected\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClever Speller Phonics Stories Make Phonics Easy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRead the phonics story 'Stuck in the Mud' and listen for words with a Short U sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBreak words into sounds, eg s-u-n. This is often called 'sounding out'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpell the Short U sound words by saying each individual sound of the word and then the whole word, eg s-u-n, sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn all the ways to spell the Short U sound in words \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelping Students to Enjoy Learning to Spell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor students with Dyslexia and Learning Difficulties: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003espelling is confusing and doesn't make sense\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewords seem to run together\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereading is hard work and not fun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is because of difficulties with: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehearing sounds in words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elearning letter sound associations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblending sounds together\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eidentifying beginning, middle and end sounds in words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elearning tricky sight words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereading fluency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eretrieving words from vocabulary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Clever Speller helps: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ephonics stories are full of words with a focus sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eall the ways to spell the focus sound are in one place\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003estories provide the context for phonics to make sense\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eeasy to follow word family patterns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efocus sound words are grouped in lists from simple to complex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etricky sight words are grouped into a focus sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erhyming stories help with predicting and memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erecalling spelling is much easier from a story than from a spelling list\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandelin, Karen L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A teacher for more than 20 years, Karen is dedicated to dreaming up new ways to make learning interesting and meaningful. 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