{"product_id":"diamonds-in-the-sky-long-i-phonics-story-learn-to-spell-with-stories-9780648310266","title":"Diamonds in the Sky: Long I 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 Long I sound words, providing authentic context to make sense of phonics. Read about how Tyson Pirate helps to save a kite, and enjoy learning to spell 11 ways to spell the Long I sound at the same time  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story includes 92 Long I 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 Long I 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 'Diamonds in the Sky' and listen for words with a Long I sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBreak words into sounds, eg p-ie. This is often called 'sounding out'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpell the Long I sound words by saying each individual sound of the word and then the whole word, eg p-ie, pie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn all the ways to spell the Long I 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\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clever Speller Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780648310266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.10d","brand":"Karen Sandelin, Lavinia Letheby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39463149666485,"sku":"9780648310266","price":10.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4dd4194f-58f3-4ee9-86dc-811d90d0731c.jpg?v=1615922801","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/diamonds-in-the-sky-long-i-phonics-story-learn-to-spell-with-stories-9780648310266","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}