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Real Spellers

English Makes Sense!

Orthography

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Correspondence about key concepts in morphology and etymology Written by Peter Bowers
Question about "exist" Written by Deb Plotczik
Links to explore on Real Spellers Written by Peter Bowers
A new Backpocket puzzle and exploring obscure words in the OED Written by Gail Venable
Scopes Written by Matt
Charlie and Carinne's quest for the jobs of the final, non-syllabic e Written by Peter Bowers
Understanding orthographic markers: Updated April 12, 2022! Written by Peter Bowers
Spelling-out "climb" has much to teach us! Written by Peter Bowers
Posing a scientific question about evidence for an -n suffix Written by Peter Bowers
Proper vs propper Written by Debra Eason
Representing 'deposit' - considering the alternatives Written by Gail Venable
From 'bio' to 'bi' William brings leisurely scholarship to life! Written by Peter Bowers
Revisiting the "two-step word sum" Written by Peter Bowers
What's up with dine, dinner, diner? Written by Peter Bowers
Exspire? Written by Matt
Video on how SWI explicitly teaches grapheme-phoneme correspondences from the start Written by Peter Bowers
Learning from "travelog" Written by Peter Bowers
Working with Pete's book: What is a word? Written by Peter Bowers
What's in the Family? Understanding base and root Written by Peter Bowers
Non-silent E Written by Heather Kosur
Investigating Gn Written by Heather Kosur
Curious about "curious" Written by Peter Bowers
Detailed insights into insights about details Written by Peter Bowers
Making sense of what some call "irregular" verbs Written by Peter Bowers
SWI as leverage for deepening understanding and written expression Written by Peter Bowers

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