Spelling, Grade 4: Strengthening Basic Skills with Jokes, Comics, and Riddles

By Darcy Andries

Strengthen basic spelling skills with jokes, comics, and riddles using Rib-Ticklers: Spelling for grade 4. Even the most reluctant learners and students intimidated by spelling approach everything from irregular spelling patterns and word families to prefixes and suffixes, digraphs, and syllabification with great enthusiasm. This 80-page book includes 70 standards-based activities that are perfect for individual, homework, and center assignments. The book also includes an answer key and a skills matrix, supports NCTE standards, and aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
• Release date: Oct 26, 2009
• ISBN: 9781936022779

Darcy Andries

Darcy Andries grew up in rural Minnesota and always wanted to be a writer. She graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a major in English and a minor in education and speech. After college, she taught English at a Tennessee high school. While in college, Darcy was diagnosed with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder. She wanted to help students struggling with the disorder, so she went back to college to get her master’s degree in special education. After teaching special education for five years, Darcy began writing again. When she is not writing, she enjoys spending time with her pets and making jewelry. She currently lives in Tennessee.

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