Camilia Sadik

Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day: The Vowel O (vol. 4) Camilia Sadik Large type / large print edition

The Vowel O is a book for children and adults who stumble when reading aloud and who can read but cannot always spell the words that they read. It can be used in schools from the 4th grade and up, or as a self-help book without the help of a teacher.

The vowel "o" has 12 sounds we call phonics, which are spelled in 20 ways we call spelling patterns. Every sound and spelling pattern of the vowel "o" is presented in this book, as in these examples:

1. Short ?: hop
2. Long ?: tow, toe, soul, loan, hope, so, cold, boy, boil
3. Nine other sounds of o: cow, counselor, cool, good, bought, do, you, choir, touch
4. Schwa sound of o: memory

The Vowel O is a book that contains 76 comprehensive and detailed phonics-based spelling lessons. Each lesson begins with a logical spelling rule, followed by a list of nearly all the words that follow that rule, followed by a nonsensical story that contains most of the listed words, and students are asked to read aloud slowly to memorize the spelling of hundreds of words at a time.

Sample of the nonsensical stories to memorize phonics in words:
The man from Detroit had to toil and moil to find some oil under the soil. The man from Detroit went to Illinois to search for oil wells. The man from Detroit missed his appointment because of the turmoil in Illinois. Etc.

Dyslexia in spelling and in writing letters in reverse ends, after learning to spell and after slowing down to write words slowly.

The 10 Books: The author,Linguist Camilia Sadik spent 15 years intensely dissecting English, discovering over 100 spelling rules, applying the spelling rules in 600 phonics-based spelling lessons, class-testing her discoveries, and preparing 10 breakthrough learning books for children and adults to read and spell hundreds of words at a time.

For sample lessons and much more, visit SpellingRules.com