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WORD WORK
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What is Word Work?
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Word work refers to many
different types of practices with
reading and writing words. These
are the spelling/word study words
that come home each week,
including the word family words.
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Students practice with these words
during the week at school and should
also practice every evening at home.
They can choose this as part of their
Reading Workshop activity for a
session.
How does word work look during
Reader’s Workshop?
Children highlight word wall
words in their personal
dictionary.
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How does word work look during
Reader’s Workshop?
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practice writing the word on a whiteboard or
magna doodle
make the word with magnetic letters—play mix and
fix with a partner
make the word with play dough
use rubber stamps to stamp and write the words
write word family words
How does word work look during
Reader’s Workshop?
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write sentences using those words
unscramble cut up sentences
spill and spell
alphabetizing words
do word sorts—categorize words by particular
features child determines or can be predetermined
categories
Tying it all together…
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The goal of these varied activities is to help the
students become aware of how letters work in
words and to help them learn how to write down
the sounds they hear.
When they write we encourage them to stretch out
the word, then write each sound in order. The visual
and auditory channels must work together.
When a child reads, in a split second she/he
reverses this process and says the sounds that are
represented on the page.