Word Study - Revisited

The video is an Overview of Word Study.  This is the introduction to a webcast put out by the Literacy/Numeracy Secretariat.

For more information on Word Study, follow the link below and scroll down to the "Word Study" video and choose your topic of interest.
http://www.curriculum.org/content/archives-of-past-webcasts

The Guide to Effective Instruction in Reading K-3 is another good resource.  Chapter 9 is a good starting point.

9. Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Word Study

. . . . . . . . . . . 9.1

The Purpose of Instruction in Phonemic Awareness, Phonics,

and Word Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3

An Overview of the Three Areas of Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3

Planning Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Word Study

Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5

Phonemic Awareness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7

Phonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.11

Word Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.16

Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.22

Sample Lessons

Sample Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Word Study

Lesson 1: Kindergarten (Emergent Readers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.23

Sample Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Word Study

Lesson 2: Grade 3 (Fluent Readers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.27

Appendices

Appendix 9-1: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Word Study

Activities and Approaches, Kindergarten to Grade 3 . . . . . . . . . . 9.30

Appendix 9-2: Phonemic Awareness Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.33

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.34

Word Study - Part II

Pictures are worth a thousand words.  Scroll down to "Spelling & Word Study" to view a number of great videos (check out 'Attack that Word').  Navigate the rest of the site and bookmark for future use.

The Balanced Literacy Diet - YouTube

Word Study Instruction in the K-2 Classroom

With our recent conversations around high-frequency words & Word Study within the Literacy Block, I Came across this website and I thought it was worth sharing.  This site has much, much more great information...take some time and surf.

Word Study Instruction in the K-2 Classroom | Reading Topics A-Z | Reading Rockets

Teaching Strategies

Determining which Instructional Strategy to use at which particular time is how we spend the majority of our planning time.  In doing this we are attempting to engage each one of our students by providing numerous examples of instructional strategies from which the student (eventually) can choose the most appropriate to meet their goal.

"Instructional Strategies become Teaching Strategies when the student independently chooses the appropriate strategy to meet the goal."

Instructional Strategies can be found in numerous resources (i.e. Guides to Effective Instruction, CASI Guide, Internet, etc...).  Our key is to effectively choose the most appropriate for each activity and thus vary our approach.

Our Goal:

• Choose 2-3 strategies that you haven't used before & implement
• Continue to focus on the value of Student Portfolio use
• Continue/begin to utilize Student Self-Assessment strategy