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Helping children become better problem solvers of words as they are reading and writing. Word study is:. a n essential component of a balanced literacy curriculum basic to the complex act of reading
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Helping children become better problem solvers of words as they are reading and writing.
Word study is: • an essential component of a balanced literacy curriculum • basic to the complex act of reading • employing a flexible range of strategies for solving words rapidly and efficiently, which frees attention up for comprehension • fundamental to fluent, phrased reading
9 Areas of Word Work Learning • early literacy concepts: how written language works • phonological awareness: recognizing the individual sounds in words (identify, isolate, manipulate) • letter knowledge:knowledge of the graphic characters in our alphabet • letter-sound relationships: connections between letters and sounds • spelling patterns: noticing and using patterns in the way words are constructed • high-frequency words: automatically recognizing high-frequency words • word meaning and vocabulary: comprehending and pronouncing words accurately • word structure: understanding the rules words are built with • word-solving actions: strategic moves using knowledge of the language system
Word Work Resources • Words Their Way by Donald R. Bear et al. • Making Words by Pat Cunningham • Phonics Lessons by Pinnell and Fountas • Daily Five by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser
Online Resources • Songsforteaching.com • Internet4classrooms.com • Sesamestreet.org • Starfall.com • linktolearning.com