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Jacqueline Kress, Ed.D. is Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Studies at Fordham University's Graduate School of Education (NY,NY) and works with the faculty in the preparation and professional development of educators.  She lives in Elizabeth, NJ. 

Dona Lee Fountoukidis, Ed.D. is director of Planning, Research, and Evaluation at William Paterson University (Wayne, NJ) where she conducts research on student learning.  She lives in Kinnelon, NJ.

List 1. Consonant Sounds.

List 2. Vowel Sounds.

List 3. The Final "E" Rule.

List 4. Double Vowels.

List 5. Sound Determined by Letter Position.

List 6. Phonics Awareness.

List 7. Suggested Phonics Teaching Order.

List 8. Phonics Example Words.

List 9. Phonograms.

List 10. The Most Common Phonograms.

List 11. Phonically Irregular Words.

List 12. Standalones.

List 13. Syllabication Rules.

2. USEFUL WORDS.

List 14. Instant Words.

List 15. Picture Nouns.

List 16. Homophones.

List 17. Homophone Teaching Suggestions.

List 18. Homographs and Heteronyms.

List 19. Easily Confused Words.

List 20. Collective Nouns.

List 21. Mass Nouns.

List 22. Nonreversible Word Pairs.

3. VOCABULARY.

List 23. Prefixes.

List 24. Suffixes.

List 25. Synonyms.

List 26. Antonyms.

List 27. Greek and Latin Roots.

List 28. -Ology Word Family.

List 29. -Phobia and -Cide Word Families.

List 30. Foreign Words.

List 31. French and Latin Phrases.

List 32. British and American Words.

List 33. Words Borrowed From Names.

List 34. Oxymorons.

4. SUBJECT WORDS.

List 35. Math Vocabulary-Primary.

List 36. Math Vocabulary-Elementary.

List 37. Math Vocabulary-Intermediate.

List 38. Reading Math.

List 39. Social Studies Vocabulary-Elementary.

List 40. Social Studies Vocabulary-Intermediate.

List 41. Geography Vocabulary.

List 42. Science Vocabulary-Elementary.

List 43. Science Vocabulary-Intermediate.

5. LITERATURE.

List 44. Book Words.

List 45. Genre.

List 46. Literary Terms.

List 47. Old and New Favorite Books to Read Aloud.

List 48. Award-Winning Children's Books.

List 49. Other Children's Book Awards.

List 50. Books without Words.

List 51. Predictable Books.

List 52. Sound-Awareness Books.

List 53. All-Time Favorites.

List 54. Books for Reluctant and Developing Readers.

List 55. Kids' Magazines.

List 56. Book-List Collections.

List 57. Book Interest Arousers.

List 58. Book Report Form.

List 59. Book Report Alternatives.

6. WRITING.

List 60. Descriptive Words.

List 61. Story Starters.

List 62. He Said/She Said.

List 63. Similes.

List 64. Metaphors.

List 65. Nondiscriminatory Language Guidelines.

List 66. Basic Sentence Patterns.

List 67. Build a Sentence.

List 68. Punctuation Guidelines.

List 69. Writeability Checklist.

List 70. Proofreading Checklist-Elementary.

List 71. Proofreading Checklist-Intermediate.

List 72. Proofreading Marks.

List 73. Teacher's Correction Marks.

List 74. Handwriting Charts.

7. INSTRUCTION.

List 75. Good Ideas for Reading Teachers.

List 76. Activities for Language Development.

List 77. Ways to Define a Word.

List 78. Multiple Intelligences and Reading.

List 79. Characteristics of Narrative and Expository Text.

List 80. Readability Graph.

List 81. Teaching with Newspapers.

List 82. Oral Reading Activities.

List 83. One Hundred Ways to Praise.

List 84. Interest Inventory-Primary.

List 85. Interest Inventory-Elementary/Intermediate.

List 86. Student/Group Project Guide.

List 87. Working in Teams.

List 88. Teamwork Rules.

List 89. Report Card Helps.

List 90. Activities for Tutors.

List 91. Fifty Reading Tips for Parents.

List 92. Games and Methods for Teaching.

8. COMPREHENSION & STUDY SKILLS.

List 93. Comprehension Skills.

List 94. Comprehension Strategies.

List 95. Comprehension Questions.

List 96. Signal Words.

List 97. Using Language to Support Comprehension.

List 98. Comprehension Thesaurus.

List 99. Sentence Tunes.

List 100. Propaganda Techniques.

List 101. Story Guide.

List 102. SQ3R Guide.

List 103. Study Skills Checklist.

List 104. Time-Planning Chart.

List 105. Graphic Organizers.

List 106. Memory Aids.

List 107. Mnemonic Device.

List 108. Skimming Illustration.

List 109. Problem-Solving Guide.

9. ASSESSMENT.

List 110. Test-Taking Strategies.

List 111. Important Modifiers.

List 112. Alternative Assessment Techniques.

List 113. English Language Arts Standards.

List 114. Analogies.

List 115. Rubrics for Writing-Primary.

List 116. Rubrics for Writing-Elementary/Intermediate.

List 117. Presentation Rubrics.

List 118. Test and Workbook Words.

List 119. Essay Test Words.

List 120. Cloze Variations.

List 121. Testing Terms.

10. SPELLING.

List 122. Spelling Demons-Elementary.

List 123. Spelling Demons-Intermediate.

List 124. Spelling Demons-National Spelling Bee List.

List 125. Spelling Demons-Wiseguys.

List 126. Spelling Teaching Methods.

List 127. Double-Letter Spelling Patterns.

List 128. Spelling Rules for Adding Suffixes.

List 129. Plurals.

List 130. Capitalization Guidelines.

List 131. Contractions.

List 132. Compound Words.

List 133. Spelling Game.

List 134. Speech Pronunciation.

11. THE INTERNET.

List 135. Tips for Searching the Internet.

List 136. Search Engines for Educators.

List 137. Commonly-Asked Questions About the Internet.

List 138. Web Sites for Reading Instruction.

List 139. Web Sites for Writers and Word Lovers.

List 140. Web Sites for Children's Literature.

List 141. Kids' Zines.

List 142. Virtual Reference Library.

List 143. Computer and Internet Terms.

List 144. E-mail, Chat, and Internet Acronyms.

List 145. Emoticons.

12. ESL/LANGUAGE.

List 146. Speech Sound Development.

List 147. English Sounds Not Used in Other Languages.

List 148. Problem English Sounds for ESL Students.

List 149. Students' Language Background.

List 150. Parts of Speech.

List 151. Irregular Verb Forms.

List 152. Proverbs.

List 153. Common Word Idioms.

List 154. Idiomatic Expressions.

List 155. Clipped Words.

List 156. Words with Multiple Meanings.

List 157. Daily Living Words.

List 158. Travel Words.

List 159. Application Words.

List 160. Work Words.

List 161. Jump-Rope Rhymes-Choral.

13. WORD PLAY FUN.

List 162. Anagrams.

List 163. Doublespeak.

List 164. Hink Pinks and Jokes.

List 165. Onomatopoeia.

List 166. Palindromes.

List 167. Portmanteau Words.

List 168. Riddles.

List 169. Children's Humor: What Kids Say.

List 170. Tongue Twisters.

List 171. Murphy's Law and Others.

List 172. Wacky Wordies.

List 173. Fun Names.

14. ABBREVIATIONS, SYMBOLS, & SIGNS.

List 174. State Abbreviations and Capitals.

List 175. Education Abbreviations.

List 176. Common Abbreviations.

List 177. Measurement System Abbreviations.

List 178. Other Measurement Abbreviations.

List 179. Acronyms and Initializations.

List 180. Dictionary Phonetic Symbols.

List 181. Diacritical Marking System.

List 182. Manual Alphabet.

List 183. Braille Alphabet.

List 184. Radio Voice Alphabet.

List 185. Morse Code.

List 186. Native American Symbols.

List 187. Roman Numerals.

List 188. Traffic Signs.

15. REFERENCE.

List 189. Reading Organizations and Journals.

List 190. Library Classifications.

List 191. Publishers of Reading Materials and Tests.

List 192. Popular Names.

List 193. The Normal Distribution Curve.

List 194. Taxonomy of Graphs. INDEX.