literacy first word study. learning targets developmental word study three developmental layers of...
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Literacy First Word Study
Learning Targets
• Developmental Word Study
• Three Developmental Layers of Spelling
• Levels of Learning
• Introduction to Words Their Way
• Stages of Spelling Development
• Assessment: Spelling Inventories
What is Developmental Word Study?
• Not a one-size-fits-all program
• Instruction differentiated
• Ordered sequence of instruction
Words Their Way
•Developmental approach
•Integrates phonics, spelling, and vocabulary
•Assessment of student spelling errors
•Systematic routines
•Engaging activities
Process
Alphabet-----------------------------------------Pattern----------------------------------------Meaning
Emergent StageEmergent ReadingPre-K to middle of Grade 1
Letter Name-Alphabetic Stage Beginning Reading K to middle of Grade 2
Within Word Pattern Stage Transitional Reading Grade 1 to middle of Grade 4
Syllables and Affixes Stage Intermediate Reading Grades 3 to 8
Derivational Relations Stage Advanced Reading Grades 5-12
Words Their Way: Procedures• Assessment
• Flexible Skill Group
• Routines
• Spelling Activities
• Review in Work Stations
Assessment
• Qualitative Spelling Inventory
• Select an Inventory
-Primary
-Elementary
-Upper Level
• Forms-Appendix A
Assessment: Feature Guide
Instructional Routines
• Small Flex Groups – introduce/ explicitly teach skills
• Literacy Work Stations – review skills/practice
• Whole Group-Word Walls
• Word Study Notebooks
Small Flex Groups
• Word Study: phonics spelling vocabulary
• Activities based on development level
• Teacher Modeling
Literacy Work Stations
• Opportunity to practice previously learned concepts
• Active Manipulation
• Variety of Activities
Word Study Notebooks
Spelling Activities: Word Sorts
“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand” -Chinese Proverb
Word Sorts-simple yet powerful
• Group into Categories
• Active Manipulation
• Higher Order Processing
• All Levels of Students
Word Work Activities: Picture Sorts
-Phonological Awareness
-Blind Sorts
Word Work Activities: Meaning Sorts
• Word meaning sorts
• Content Area Vocabulary
Spelling Activities: Sort and Write
Word Work Activities: Games
Words Their Way p. 117
Spelling Activities: Letter Cubes
Word Work Activities: Building/Finding Words
Word Work Activities: Computer and White Board