Transcript Other terms for word analysis

Introduction to Word
Analysis
What is Word Analysis?
• Word analysis is a process of learning more about
word meanings by studying their origins and
parts.
• A “morpheme” is the smallest meaningful part of a
word.
Other terms for word analysis:
Morphemic analysis
Word study
How is Word Analysis Important?
• Words are more than a collection of letters:
wonderful, review, disorder.
• Students need to understand that words
include more than one morpheme, each one
with a story.
• Analyzing words helps students see how
words connect to cultures and linguistic
patterns.
Example:
Dis - order includes the prefix dis,
based in the Latin meaning lack of or
not. We can trace the root of the word
order back to Latin and Italian origins.
How Does Word Analysis Help
Students?
• The same morphemes appear in lots of words.
• Knowing the meaning of a morpheme means your
students will recognize it wherever it appears.
• Morphemes give your students a head start in
knowing something about hundreds of words—even
very long ones.
• Students with strong word analysis skills expand
their vocabularies and draw upon new words as
they read, write, speak, and learn.
How Can I Prepare Students to
Use This Practice?
• Provide clear explanations about what word analysis is
and how to use it to define words.
• Share strategies to help your students use word
analysis. Model these strategies for students.
• Give students lots of opportunities to study words as
single or multiple units of meaning. Students who
struggle with reading need many, focused experiences
with word study.
Discussion Questions
1. What challenges does word analysis present to
struggling readers and/or ELL students?
2. In what ways can word analysis skills help students
build academic vocabulary in science, social
studies, and/or math?
3. Do you embed word analysis in reading and
language instruction or teach separate, minilessons?
How Can I Support Students' Use
of Word Analysis?
Use of Evidence-Based
Practices
Provide Clear Explanations
Give Students Strategies and Models
Provide Opportunities for Practice
Differentiated Instruction
Plan instruction that considers students' readiness,
learning needs, and interests.
Use a range of technology tools to:
• engage learners at varying levels
• engage learners in multiple ways.
• offer students options for demonstrating understanding
and mastery
Student-Dependent
Ways to Differentiate
By Content
By Product
By Process
Different levels of reading or resource materials,
reading buddies, small group instruction, curriculum
compacting, multi-level computer programs and
Web Quests, audio materials, etc.
Activity choice boards, tiered activities, multi-level
learning center tasks, similar readiness groups,
choice in group work, varied journal prompts, mixed
readiness groups with targeted roles for students,
etc.
Tiered products, students choose mode of
presentation to demonstrate learning, independent
study, varied rubrics, mentorships, interest-based
investigations
Teacher-Dependent
Ways to Differentiate
By Content
By Product
By Process
Different levels of reading or resource materials,
reading buddies, small group instruction, curriculum
compacting, multi-level computer programs and
Web Quests, audio materials, etc.
Activity choice boards, tiered activities, multi-level
learning center tasks, similar readiness groups,
choice in group work, varied journal prompts, mixed
readiness groups with targeted roles for students,
etc.
Tiered products, students choose mode of
presentation to demonstrate learning, independent
study, varied rubrics, mentorships, interest-based
investigations
Discussion Questions
1. Are there specific diagnostic tests you use to
determine the needs of your struggling readers? If so,
what are they?
2. How do speech and language problems interfere with
developing word analysis skills?
3. In what ways can technology support your instruction
in word analysis?
Activities Before Reading
• Identify key words your students
will encounter in the text.
• Help your students break content
area words into their sub-parts to
prepare students to read the text.
Example: Photosynthesis
from photo- "light" + synthese "synthesis." from syntithenai
"put together, combine," from syn- "together" + tithenai "put,
place,"
Activities During Reading
• Have students identify words with multiple
morphemes as they read.
• Keep a running list of words that students can add
to over time.
• Flag unknown words and model using the word
study approach to discover their meanings.
• Encourage students to use context clues to help
identify meanings.
Activities After Reading
• Review new words found as a class. Ask students to
point out the words with multiple morphemes.
• Ask students to identify morphemes they recognize.
• Help students see patterns: for example, students
may read “bio” often in science: biology,
biodegradable, biome, biosphere, etc.
• Build word groups with the same prefixes or suffixes.
Discussion Questions
1. How can your students take advantage of the features of
digital text by color coding, highlighting, and underlining
morphemes and root words when reading online?
2. What types of speaking, drawing, and/or writing activities
might help to reinforce these skills for your struggling
students?
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