Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day: The Vowel O (Vol. 4) - Softcover

Sadik, Camilia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982614624 ISBN 13: 9780982614624

Publisher: Spellingrules.com, 2013

Synopsis

The Vowel O is a book for children and adults who stumble when reading aloud and who can read but cannot always spell the words that they read. It can be used in schools from the 4th grade and up, or as a self-help book without the help of a teacher.

The vowel "o" has 12 sounds we call phonics, which are spelled in 20 ways we call spelling patterns. Every sound and spelling pattern of the vowel "o" is presented in this book, as in these examples:

1. Short ŏ: hop
2. Long ō: tow, toe, soul, loan, hope, so, cold, boy, boil
3. Nine other sounds of o: cow, counselor, cool, good, bought, do, you, choir, touch
4. Schwa sound of o: memory

The Vowel O is a book that contains 76 comprehensive and detailed phonics-based spelling lessons. Each lesson begins with a logical spelling rule, followed by a list of nearly all the words that follow that rule, followed by a nonsensical story that contains most of the listed words, and students are asked to read aloud slowly to memorize the spelling of hundreds of words at a time.

Sample of the nonsensical stories to memorize phonics in words:
The man from Detroit had to toil and moil to find some oil under the soil. The man from Detroit went to Illinois to search for oil wells. The man from Detroit missed his appointment because of the turmoil in Illinois. Etc.

Dyslexia in spelling and in writing letters in reverse ends, after learning to spell and after slowing down to write words slowly.

The 10 Books: The author, Linguist Camilia Sadik spent 15 years intensely dissecting English, discovering over 100 spelling rules, applying the spelling rules in 600 phonics-based spelling lessons, class-testing her discoveries, and preparing 10 breakthrough learning books for children and adults to read and spell hundreds of words at a time.

For sample lessons and much more, visit SpellingRules.com

About this title

From the Author:

Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day is for the intermediate level. It is for older children in the 4th grade and up, adults, dyslexic persons, and for advanced ESL students.

Intermediate students are those who finished learning from the book Read Instantly and are ready to learn to spell over 13,000 essential words and gain fluency in reading aloud. If you can read but stumble when reading aloud or cannot spell the words you read, then Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day is the book for you.

Logical Learning Style: Learners with spelling difficulties learn differently; their learning style is a logical learning style. They need logical explanations or spelling rules before they can memorize the spelling of words: 100SpellingRules.com

From the Inside Flap:

Meaning of a Long Vowel: The "o" is said to have a long sound when it sounds like the name of the letter O. The "o" as in "boat" and as in "hope" sounds like the name of the letter O and that makes it a long o.

Vowels Rule #1: As in "boat," when two vowels are walking the first one does the talking.

Vowels Rule # 2: As in "hope," one consonant between two vowels is too weak to keep the two vowels from helping each other (from walking together). Compare "hop" with "hope." The "o" in "hop" does not sound like the name of the letter O.

Why do we double the consonants? To prevent two vowels from walking together, a consonant doubles as in hop, hopped, and this explains the reason for having double consonants in English.

Restrictions: The "vowel-e" rule applies only to specific two vowels that fall in the same syllable, and that syllable must be stressed. All such specific vowels are presented in Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day.

Examples of any single consonant being weak between two vowels: plane, airplane, these, Lebanese, side, outside, scope, microscope, hope, hopeful, fume, perfume, etc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Spellingrules.com
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0982614624
• ISBN 13: 9780982614624
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154