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Making Words Stick for Teachers, Tutors and Parents: A Practical Method for Vocabulary, Spelling, and Lasting Word Memory
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General ReferenceWriting Instruction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 1 2026
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Stop teaching words that disappear by tomorrow.
If your students or children can read a word today and forget it by next week, this book shows you what to do differently.
Making Words Stick for Teachers, Tutors and Parents is a practical guide for adults who want children to remember, spell, understand, and actually use the words they are taught. Instead of vague theory and overloaded lesson plans, this book gives you a clear method for helping words move from short-term exposure to long-term ownership.
This is not a book about teaching more words.
It is a book about teaching the right words in the right way so they stick.
Inside this book, you will learn how to:
Help children hear a word clearly before print gets in the way
Strengthen pronunciation so sound confusion does not block learning
Map sounds to letters in ways that support reading and spelling
Teach patterns, chunks, endings, roots, prefixes, and suffixes
Explain meaning with student-friendly definitions that children can actually remember
Use images, actions, and examples to make vocabulary concrete
Move students from recognition to real use in speech and writing
Build retrieval practice into daily teaching without wasting time
Choose high-utility words that deserve direct instruction
Run a 10-minute daily word routine that works in real classrooms
Fix common breakdowns such as forgetting, weak spelling, and poor transfer
Adapt the same method for whole-class teaching, intervention, tutoring, and home practice
Check whether a word has truly stuck through reading, writing, and quick assessment
This book also includes:
A complete step-by-step framework for word learning
Ready-to-use lesson structures
Classroom and tutoring examples
A three-day and five-day planning model
Quick routines for busy teachers
Word selection tools
Weekly planning pages
Assessment checklists
20 ready-to-use word lessons
If you are tired of teaching vocabulary that fades fast, this book will help you teach fewer words with better results.
Clearer lessons. Stronger retention. Better reading, spelling, and word use.
Start building word learning that lasts.
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