Literacy First Word Study

Learning Targets

• Developmental Word Study

• Three Developmental Layers of Spelling

• Levels of Learning

• Introduction to Words Their Way

• Stages of Spelling Development

• Assessment: Spelling Inventories

What is Developmental Word Study?

• Not a one-size-fits-all program

• Instruction differentiated

• Ordered sequence of instruction

Words Their Way

•Developmental approach

•Integrates phonics, spelling, and vocabulary

•Assessment of student spelling errors

•Systematic routines

•Engaging activities

Process

Alphabet-----------------------------------------Pattern----------------------------------------Meaning

Emergent StageEmergent ReadingPre-K to middle of Grade 1

Letter Name-Alphabetic Stage Beginning Reading K to middle of Grade 2

Within Word Pattern Stage Transitional Reading Grade 1 to middle of Grade 4

Syllables and Affixes Stage Intermediate Reading Grades 3 to 8

Derivational Relations Stage Advanced Reading Grades 5-12

Words Their Way: Procedures• Assessment

•  Flexible Skill Group

• Routines

• Spelling Activities

• Review in Work Stations

Assessment

• Qualitative Spelling Inventory

• Select an Inventory

-Primary

-Elementary

-Upper Level

• Forms-Appendix A

Assessment: Feature Guide

Instructional Routines

• Small Flex Groups – introduce/ explicitly teach skills

• Literacy Work Stations – review skills/practice

• Whole Group-Word Walls

• Word Study Notebooks

Small Flex Groups

• Word Study: phonics spelling vocabulary

• Activities based on development level

• Teacher Modeling

Literacy Work Stations

• Opportunity to practice previously learned concepts

• Active Manipulation

• Variety of Activities

Word Study Notebooks

Spelling Activities: Word Sorts

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand” -Chinese Proverb

Word Sorts-simple yet powerful

• Group into Categories

• Active Manipulation

• Higher Order Processing

• All Levels of Students

Word Work Activities: Picture Sorts

-Phonological Awareness

-Blind Sorts

Word Work Activities: Meaning Sorts

• Word meaning sorts

• Content Area Vocabulary

Spelling Activities: Sort and Write

Word Work Activities: Games

Words Their Way p. 117

Spelling Activities: Letter Cubes

Word Work Activities: Building/Finding Words

Word Work Activities: Computer and White Board