Word Finder: The Phonic Key to the Dictionary

By Marvin L. Morrison and Penelope Kister McRann

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0960837612
• ISBN13: 9780960837618
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Word Power Resources
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

This book has become indispensable!

As a Reading Specialist, I know only too well that although students can learn to read quite easily when taught with an effective reading method, most of them have great difficulty dealing with spelling. This is due to the fact that reading requires simple "recognition" of a word - but spelling requires "total recall." For example, most people can read the word "chrysanthemum, but they can't spell it. Try it yourself - look away from the screen and try to spell that word. That is why WORD FINDER has been a Godsend, not only for the students, but (I must admit) for myself as well. It saves valuable time trying to search out the spelling of a word in the dictionary, many times which can't be located because the spelling is so irregular. WORD FINDER gets you right to the target simply by supplying the consonant sounds in the word - and presto! - you have the spelling! It's an ingenious idea and I wonder why someone hadn't thought of it sooner. This book has become so indispensable that I have included it as a reference in the latest printing of my book, At Last! A Reading Method for Every Child, in order to share this gem with teachers, students, and parents. It's a MUST HAVE!

very helpful for some

This phonic, consonant-only dictionary is a life-saver for some people who can pronounce words but simply cannot figure the spelling. Some people cannot use a computer spellcheck because they have no visual sense of a word; some don't know where to start with a dictionary. For people who readily recognize consonant sounds this is a gift.

I was "spell-bound" to learn how easy it is to spell!

A must for people with spelling problems! Using phonetic sounds of consonants only, the reader looks up the word's "code" and finds the correct spelling underneath. For example, sklj=psychology, shfr=chauffeur. Homophones are defined, i.e. pk= peak (highest),peek (look), pique (offend)