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Word Study

Word Study. Strategy Instruction In Action. What is Word Study?. A Student-centered approach to phonics, spelling, and vocabulary instruction that actively engages the learner in constructing concepts about the way words work. Ganske; 2000. Common Core State Standard.

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Word Study

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  1. Word Study Strategy Instruction In Action

  2. What is Word Study? • A Student-centered approach to phonics, spelling, and vocabulary instruction that actively engages the learner in constructing concepts about the way words work. Ganske; 2000

  3. Common Core State Standard Reading Standards: Foundational Skills Students shall acquire and apply skills in vocabulary development and word analysis to be able to read fluently

  4. Does our English spelling system make sense?

  5. Read and Discuss

  6. Word Study Curriculum “A school-wide plan ensures that children will engage in a variety of spelling explorations suited to their particular stage of spelling development.” - Snowball and Bolton, 1999

  7. Developmental Spelling Analysis “The DSA enable teachers to readily and confidently identify children’s stages of spelling development, highlight specific strengths and weaknesses and featural knowledge, so instruction can be timely and appropriate…” Ganske, 2000

  8. SsSsStages of Spelling Alphabet Pattern Meaning • Emergent Syllable Juncture • Letter Name • Within Word Pattern • Derivational Constancy

  9. DSA Class Profile

  10. Explicit Instruction • Direct explanation • Modeling: “Think Aloud” • Guided Practice • Application Word Study for Grades 4-8

  11. Six–Step Phonics Lesson • Review- review previous concept/feature • Teach a New Concept- Explicit introduction of new feature • Word Reading- Read new word whole group or individually to put into working memory • Word Building-Use letter cards, finger stretching, or other manipulatives to build words • Writing Strategy-Say the word, write the word • Sentence Dictation- Dictate sentence with new word(s) • Transfer to text-

  12. Other Explicit Lessons • Segmenting & blending using counters to count phonemes (K) • Using letter cards to Segment & blend at onset & rime (1-2) • Segmenting multi-syllable words with featured pattern (3-5) • Phoneme manipulations- building new words from existing words (k-5) • Writing/sorting new words in word study notebook (k-5)

  13. Activities for building memory capacity and for building automaticity. • Closed Sort • Blind Sort • Speed Sort • Assessment

  14. The Word Study Notebook A place to trace the student’s journey Word Study for Grades 4-8

  15. Planning Appropriate Instruction Word Study for Grades 4-8

  16. TECHNOLOGY AND WORD STUDY

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