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Word Study

Word Study. Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Learning at Home. What Is Word Study?. Definition Active exploration of words that leads to spelling and meaning knowledge Includes children learning at their stage of development Is based on 30 years of research conducted through UVA.

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Word Study

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  1. Word Study Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Learning at Home

  2. What Is Word Study? Definition • Active exploration of words that leads to spelling and meaning knowledge • Includes children learning at their stage of development • Is based on 30 years of research conducted through UVA

  3. What Is Word Study? Some Guiding Principles • Look for what students use but confuse • Use words students can read • Work for automaticity • Sort by sight and sound in early stages • Sort by sight/sound and meaning in later stages

  4. What Is Word Study? Assessment • Fall DSA determines a stage • Weekly/Biweekly class assessments • Using words not on the initial list or used in the initial sort • Scoring features and/or correct words at earlier stages

  5. What Is Word Study?

  6. What is Word Study? Features Studied in the Emergent Stage • Concept of word • Phonemic Awareness • Letter Identification • Direction

  7. What Is Word Study? Features Studied in the Letter Name Stage • Compare/contrast beginning and ending consonants • Develop sight words • Compare/contrast consonant blends and sh, th, ch • Word families • Short vowels • mp, ng, nd, nt, nk

  8. What Is Word Study? Features Studied in the Within Word Pattern Stage (One Syllable Words) • Common long vowel patterns (i.e. ay, a_e, ai; ee, ea, e; i_e, igh, y; o_e, oa, ow; u_e, ew) • Syllable patterns across vowels (VCe, CVVC (rain), CVCC (back)) • Less common long vowel patterns (ea, old, ei, ind, ue, etc.) • R-controlled vowels (ar, air, etc.) • Complex consonant clusters (scr, thr, etc) • Dipthongs and others (oi, ough, etc.) • Begin to bring in meaning with homophones

  9. What Is Word Study? Features Studied in the Syllables and Affixes Stage (Mulisyllable Words) • Plural endings (doubling, e-drop, no change, y to i, irregular plurals) • Open and closed syllables • Vowel patterns in accented and unaccented syllables • The j sound in the middle and ends of words (badger, major, village) • The cher sound (culture) • Simple prefixes and suffixes

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