Transcript Word Study - edc424uri

Word Study:
Principle and Practices
EDC 424
What is Word Study?
• Word Study is about FINDING PATTERNS and
discovering RULES to apply to new words
– Words Their Way: What and how to teach
word patterns for spelling and reading
development (and how to assess it)
WTW: Organizing for Word Study
• How are word sorts different than other phonics
programs?
1. Hands-on manipulatives to learn by doing
2. Work from known to unknown to help spell
3. Analytic (whole > part) rather than synthetic (part >
whole)
4. Critical thinking about principles (compare/contrast)
rather than memorizing rules
5. Efficient (more words) and cost effective (reusable
cards vs. worksheets with fewer words)
6. Easier to differentiate instruction and adapt (just
combine different word groups and cards)
Three Main Types of Word Sorts
1
Correct sequence
2
• Sound Sort > Visual Pattern Sort > Meaning Sort
Picture sort
(early stages)
Word sort
(see sound
vs. spelling)
Blind sort
sort by sound
without
visual cues
Use keyword
headings
(either picture
or visual
pattern)
Concept sort
(themed words or
vocabulary
Spelling/meaning
sort
(homophones;
homographs;
affix/suffix sorts)
Modeling Word Sorts
hare
hair
Word Demonstration Activity:
Word Sort after reading
“The Hare and the Tortoise:
cart
farm
care
shark
bare
card
scare
stare
chair
start
mare
stairs
share
fair
bark
pair
bear
rare
dark
Try it out: Word Sorts
• First, sort by SOUND.
Group 1
cart
care
scare
stare
share
fair
Group 2
hair
chair
hare
card
farm
shark
start
mare
stairs
bark
pair
bear
rare
pair
dark
Try it out: Word Sorts
• First, sort by SOUND.
Group 1
Group 2
cart
farm
care
hair
card
scare
start
shark
dark
stare
mare
chair
stairs
bark
share
pair
bear
rare
fair
hare
Try it out: Word Sorts
• Now, sort by VISUAL PATTERN.
Group 1
Group 2
cart
farm
card
start
shark
dark
bark
share
care
hair
scare
fair
chair
mare
stairs
stare hare pair bear
rare
pair
Try it out: Word Sorts
• Now, sort by VISUAL PATTERN.
Group 1
Group 2
care
scare
stare
fair
hair
chair
pair
stairs
share
mare
hare
rare
cart card
farm start
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Oddball
bear
bark shark dark
So what did you discover today?
• The sound “air” can be spelled in two ways:
– Air (air, stairs, fair)
– Are (bare, care, rare)
In your centers today, you will practice sorting these
again (first by sound and then by pattern).
This time, you will write (or glue – depending on
level) each word into your journal.
APPLY THESE IDEAS TO YOUR OWN WORD STUDY DEMONSTRATION ACTIVITY
Homework
• Cut out letter cards and bring to class
• Read WTW Chapter 3: Word Study Routines