For Teachers - Handouts
Below you will find handouts for many of the staff-development sessions given by Dr. Gentry. You have the option of printing the handouts using Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not currently have the Adobe Acrobat Reader and wish to obtain a free copy of their software from the Adobe web site, simply click the download button below.
Copyright Information
Please be aware that the handouts are copyrighted materials and can not be used or changed without the express written permission of J. Richard Gentry. You are most welcome to copy and print the handouts for your personal, nonprofit use in the classroom. Should you require multiple copies of handouts, please contact Richard Gentry for permission.
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Gentry Press Kit
Chronology of Book Reviews and Interviews for Raising Confident ReadersA listing of media coverage of Raising Confident Readers with links.
Keystone Handout 102511
IRA 2010 Handout
Four Techniques for Teaching Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness and SpellingRespond to children in different phases with different typses of instruction. Differentiated instruction.
Effective Practices for SpellingThis handout presents eleven (11) evidence-based-practices found in effective spelling programs
Charleston Keynote Handout1. No-Fail Principles for Teaching Reading Successfully 2. Do You Know Where Reading is in the Brain? 3. Gentry Developmental Phases 4. Procedures for Every Classroom
Digging in Deeper to Understand Best Practices for Teaching Reading, Writing, and SpellingBrain Activity Scans and Overlapping Wave Model
Beginning Reading and Writing Handout Part 1
Beginning Reading and Writing Handout Part 2
Climbing the Phases of Beginning Reading
Unleash the Power of Early Writing for Reading and Assessmentunleash_power.pdf, 195k
Assessing Children in the Initial Stages of Reading and Spellingassessing_children.pdf, 98k
The Literacy Blockliteracy_block.pdf, 90k
Matching Children With BooksWhen does the text match for INDEPENDENT READING? When does the text match for GUIDED READING (instructional level)? When does the text not match the child?
A Mini Literacy Map of Spelling for Kindergarten and First Grademini_literacy_map.pdf, 86k
Standards Based Reformnew_orleans.pdf, 60k
Start With Observation and Assessmentobservation_assessment.pdf, 100k
Spelling Strategiesspelling_strategies.pdf, 28k
Ten False Assumptions About Teaching Spellingten_false_assumptions.pdf, 69k
Hypothetical Depiction of Overlapping-Wave Model for One Child’s Spelling DevelopmentIn addition to learning patterns in the developmental phases of spelling, children use multiple strategies. Some strategies are better than others. Children are adaptive and move to more effective strategy use if we teach them.
Personal NarrativeThis is an elaborate story frame appropriate for end of second or third grade. Children would have been introduced to concepts such as narratives, leads, transitions, supporting details, and conclusions.
Rocket Reading Instruction Into the FutureTwenty-first Century No-Fail Strategies, Twenty-first Century Breakthroughs in Beginning Reading, Teaching Words-- How Quality Spelling Instruction Rockets Reading Into the Future
IRAHandoutSpelling is Back, Brain Research: Dyslexia, Gentry's Development Phases, Overlapping Wave Model
Gentry Spelling TestA fun spelling test for adults and a spelling test for children to determine their grade level spelling proficiency.
Gentry Article in Roxboro Courier TimesReview of Raising Confident Readers in Dr. Gentry's hometown newspaper along with a tribute to his family's background in education.
Teachers
"Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do
best. It requires long hours, patience, and care."
-Horace Mann
Bonnie Gentry's first grade class.
Richard Gentry has a passion for eduction and for teachers. A former elementary teacher himself, he
comes from a long line of teachers in his family who inspired and guided him in the importance of
obtaining an education and educating others.
The Gentry Educators
Grandfather: Sol O'briant had one room school house in Person County North Carolina
Grandmother: Rosa O'briant Gentry was the youngest teacher to be commissioned in North Carolina
Uncle: Thomas Gentry Was Richard's Elementary School Principal and his eight-grade teacher
Father: Bradsher Gentry was the Chairman of the Person County Board of Education during the time
when the Richard enter the new Roxboro High School
Mother: Bonnie Gentry was Richard's first grade teacher
Richard: Being the first in his family to obtain a Ph.D in education, Richard carries on the legacy of
being a teacher, first as an elementary teacher and then as a university professor and now as an
educational consultant and author of books for teachers.
The job of teaching is not only one of the most important vocations, it is also one of the most difficult.
Richard Gentry's focus has been to support teachers with the guidance, techniques, and tools
necessary for them to do their job.
The Teachers section of JRichardGentry.com includes:
Handouts: where you will find various documents containing information of a variety of subjects
related to reading, spelling and writing.
Articles: printed publications containing information related to Richard's work
Videos: Short videos highlighting Richard's work in reading, spelling and writing education
Spelling Textbooks: Richard's best selling and critically acclaimed Spelling Connections
textbooks
Workshops: a listing and description of some of Richards workshops and seminars
Books: Richard's books for teachers
Pre-K Resources: some tools for Pre-K teachers
For Teachers - Articles
Below are various articles, interviews, or other recent publications either written by Richard Gentry or written about him. You are invited to use the articles within the provisions of the copyright laws that apply to them on an individual basis.
Should you come across an article not listed here, but in your opinion should be included, please contact Richard Gentry with the information so it can be added to this page.
"Promote Smart Spelling With Partner Quizzes"
Scholastic Instructor, by Richard Gentry
"Many aspects of an individualized spelling program are daunting. What teacher, for example, has time to give each student a separate weekly test? Getting kids to quiz one another is one solution. This idea not only saves you time, but it also strengthens skills because students work together on words they care about..." Read Article
Five Questions Teachers Ask About Spelling
An Interview with J. Richard Gentry, Ph.D. by Zaner-Bloser
Zaner-Bloser editor Marytherese Croarkin met with spelling expert J. Richard Gentry in Texas to discuss issues in spelling education. During the interview, Dr. Gentry presents answers to five questions teachers often ask about teaching spelling.
"We've seen a backlash in many school districts where parents are now making demands for spelling and phonics instruction. Over the last decade I think we've learned that spelling really does matter and that, as educators, we need to teach it..." Read Article
A retrospective on invented spelling and a look forward
The Reading Teacher, 54, November 2000, pp. 318-332
Dr. Gentry provides insight on two models of invented spelling stages and offers his ideas on the future of invented spelling in the classroom.
Read Article
Invented Spelling and Spelling Development
Excerpted from: Lutz, E. (1986). Invented Spelling and Spelling Development. ERIC Digest.
Richard Gentry is quoted several times in this excerpt from an article by Elaine Lutz.
"As preschool and early elementary school children discover the intricacies of printed English, they go through several stages of spelling development. Gentry, building on Read's research, describes five stages: precommunicative, semiphonetic, phonetic, transitional, and correct..."
Read Article
For Teachers - Spelling TextbooksDr. Gentry's Spelling Textbooks
Spelling Connections - Grades K-8
The Right Connections, the Right Results
It's easy with Spelling Connections 2012. Every unit, at every level makes more connections than any other program.
The result? Students learn more, retain more, and transfer more of their spelling know-how to their daily work. Spelling Connections gives students more of what they need to succeed, for spelling tests, for the classroom, and for life.
Individual books for each grade level, K through 8,
Buy from Zaner-Bloser
Spell It-Write! - Grades K-6
Spell It-Write! is the ONLY program that uses Dr. Richard Gentry's active spelling process-- Finding Words, Inspecting Words, Mastering Words, and Developing Spelling Consciousness.
Spell It-Write! is the ONLY program that uses this active process to get students out of their spelling books and into their writing.
Spell It-Write! is the ONLY program that uses students' authentic writing in developing word lists, proofreading, and editing.
Spell It-Write! is the ONLY program that uses this process to produce confident, capable writers rather than Friday test spellers.
Individual books for each grade level, K through 6
Buy from Zaner-Bloser
For Teachers - Pre-K ResourcesAffordable Resources for Pre-K and Kindergarten
Nursery Rhyme Time
What better way to teach sounds, letters, words, the beginning of phonics, and to model reading, fluency, and comprehension than in the delightful and imaginative world of children's nursery rhymes!
This easy to use set of materials based on children's favorite nursery rhymes will provide a treasure chest of activities for teaching research-based literacy concepts such as phonetic awareness, onsets and rimes, and the voice-to-print match.
Nursery Rhyme Time Contents Page
1-9 copies, $6.95 ea, 10 or more, $4.95 ea :
Buy from Universal Publishing
