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..."
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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..."
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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.

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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..."
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