Resources Used in This Lesson: Bibliography

Downing, David. 303 Dumb Spelling Mistakes . . . and what you can do about them. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company, 1991.

Henry, Marcia K. Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing, 2003.

Hook, Pamela E., and Sandra D. Jones. “The Importance of Automaticity and Fluency for Efficient Reading Comprehension.” Vocabulary Spelling City. http://www.spellingcity.com/fluency.html.

The Importance of Spelling.” YouTube video, 0:22. Posted September 26, 2008.
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James, Tania. “Spelling Out the End.New York Times, May 28, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/opinion/
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Klarich, Tony. Spelling Tips: ACCOMMODATE Mnemonics to Remember Commonly Misspelled Words. YouTube video: 1:46. Posted October 20, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96vaC8Y7p4A.

Moats, Louisa. “Spelling Supports Reading.” Adolescent Literacy Topics. http://www.adlit.org/article/19746/.

Nordquist, Richard. “The Two Hundred Most Commonly Misspelled Words in English.” Grammar and Composition. About. com. http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/misspelled200.htm.

Robo-Bee.” Merriam-Webster Inc., 2007. http://www.wordcentral.com/games/robobee.html.

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