UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION
HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGIAS
ESCUELA DE IDIOMAS.
METHODOLOGY
WORDS SETS OR WORD FAMILIES
Gisell Lema
Mayra Quiroz
Patricia Totoy
Words sets or Word Families are groups of related words
that are sufficiently closely related to each other to form a
'family'.
Words can be grouped into families in two main ways:
they are similar in form.
their meanings are related.
WHY ARE WORD FAMILIES
IMPORTANT?
Form-based families are important because they
reveal sometimes hiddenpatterns of spelling in
words that children already know.
Meaning-basedfamilies are important
because they reveal links and patterns of meaning in words that children already know; for example, many adjectives and nouns are related as in the trio big -
little - size.
FORM-BASED FAMILIES
In the form-based word family teach - teacher, similarity of
form is most easily explained by recognising
two morphemes in teacher:
a root word which is also found in teach;
and a derivational suffix which is also found in other
words such as lecturer, driver, and learner.
Morphemes are
important for spelling
because they tend to have
the same spelling across
all the words containing
them.
HOW DO YOU APPLY WORD FAMILIES
TECHNIQUE?
• This technique is a guide for teachers that links phonemic
awareness (hearing sounds in words) with phonics (the visual
details or print).
• The firs step into making this important link need to be made
with modeling and coaching.
• This hands-on activity privides systematic lessons that improve
spelling, reading, phonemic awareness and phonics.
• Students manipulate their own letters to make words having
high frequency word patterns.
• The group letter sorts these for common patterns and reads and
write more words using the sounds they have just practiced.
parts of mybody
head eyes
mouthnose
ears
arm
fingers
hand
leg
foot
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