The first edition of Spelling Through Phonics was published in 1982. Since then, over 300,000 copies have been sold. This 30th Anniversary Edition, is available in the same compact, easy-to-use format that teachers want. It contains: the McCrackens' original spelling instruction program an explanation of phonemic awareness and why children need to acquire it detailed instructions on how to teach spelling—easily, quickly, and efficiently methods to organize children’s spelling practice within the school day reproducible spelling checklists for grades 1–3 This 30th Anniversary Edition is dedicated to the memory of The McCrackens' teaching, and honours their invaluable contributions to language arts across North America.

Robert and Marlene McCracken, a husband and wife team, are credited with developing a literature-based teaching approach to build children’s literacy. They began teaching together in 1970 and formed the McCracken Educational Services, USA, Inc. in 1986 to help teachers develop curricula and strategies for helping students–especially at risk and ESL students–develop literacy. The McCracken approach is founded in the belief that as a result of being read to, most children can be taught to listen, think, speak, and write about what they have heard and that reading follows just as naturally as the tail follows the tiger.

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Marlene and Robert McCracken began teaching in 1950. They worked as a writing, speaking and consulting team for over 30 years. They worked with primary teachers throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, and Australia, where they instituted holistic teaching that integrated thinking, concept development, listening, speaking, reading, writing and spelling.

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I absolutely love the McCracken books and probably have all of them. I think they have one of the best spelling programs around. Honestly, I couldn’t live without Spelling Through Phonics, the little yellow book.

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