Transcript Developmental Word Study Presentation

Why and How to Use
Developmental Word Study
Sequence
 Students took a Primary Spelling Inventory to
determine their word study level.
 Students were placed into word study groups.
 Word study groups meet daily. (Monday's
meeting always takes about 10-15 minutes
longer.)
 *Students spend 20-30 minutes daily in word
study.
Daily Assignments: In Class
 Day 1: Students receive 20-25 words for the week. Students cut,
sort, read, and write words.
 Day 2: sort words and explain how they sorted
 Day 3: blind word sort (Students write down headers and a partner
calls out their words to them. The student must decide which
column the word goes into and how to spell the word without
looking.
 Day 4: word hunt (Students write down header words then look for
words that follow their spelling patterns and write them down. Use a
book that is at their instructional level.)
Word Study Homework
 Monday: Sort words and read, complete word sort chart in Word
Study notebook. Make chart, with header cards. Write words in the
chart that match the sort.
 Tuesday: Sort words, read them to someone. Explain how and why
you sorted your words.
 Wednesday: Sort and read words to someone. Complete a blind
word sort. Directions for blind word sort: Make a word sort chart in
your word study notebook; label the chart with the patterns of your
sort. Mix up your words and have someone call the words out to
you. You write each word in the column of your word sort chart that
matches the pattern of the word.
 Thursday: Sort and read your words to someone. Make a word sort
chart in your word study notebook. Label the chart with the patterns
of your sort. Look for words that match your pattern in books or
magazines. Write the in the column of your chart that matches the
pattern of the word. These have to be different words than the ones
you are studying for the week.
Action Based Research Findings
*The researcher chose words from the first week of this research project; ten
studied words and five unstudied words. The students had these words the
week of September 21st. The graph shows the results of this assessment.
*All names are pseudo names.