Teaching spelling through word study

Word study trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrRDR9pPDvM Video: 0 – 1.03 is intro 3:40 to 4: 40 is simple sort Total length 5:50

How does it work? Overall aim is to support students on a developmental journey from relying on letter sounds to using visual patterns and word origins and meanings as spelling strategies Sound pattern meaning

Teaching Sequence

Use what the children already know about words! Children already know many technical terms for describing words Phoneme Grapheme Digraph Trigraph Syllable Vowel Consonant Rhyme Root Prefix/suffix Word class – noun, adjective etc

Word Sorts

Vocabulary development Using in context Nuances of meaning Link with other skills

Vocabulary development Using in context Nuances of meaning Link with other skills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W31jd53Dia0 Video times: 0.48 – 1:50, 2:32 - 3:13 – cross learning benefits of Word Study 5:38 – end – word rich teaching and environment 7:54 end word rich teaching classroom

Stages of Spelling Development Spelling Stage Features 1 Emergent The distinction between drawing and writing, How to make letters The direction of writing on a page Some letter-sound matches 2 Letter-name alphabetic Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondence Blending and segmenting Consonant sounds Short vowel sounds Consonant blends and digraphs 3 Within Word Pattern Alternative vowel spellings More complex consonant patterns Spellings for all syllables 4 Syllables and Affixes Moving away from sounds to visual representations, and an understanding of orthography Inflectional endings (-s, -es, -ed, -ing) Rules for adding inflectional endings Syllabication Homophones 5 Derivational Relations Consonant alternations (e.g., soft–soften, magic–magician) Vowel alternations (e.g., please–pleasant, define–definition, explain–explanation) Greek and Latin affixes and root words Etymologies Sound pattern meaning

Stages of Spelling Development Spelling Stage US age range 1 Emergent Age 3-5 2 Letter-name alphabetic 5 to 7 year olds Grades 1-3 3 Within Word Pattern 5-9 year olds 4 Syllables and Affixes 9-11 year olds 5 Derivational Relations Age 11 – 14, Grade 7 onwards UK curriculum, equivalent skills taught, age range FS1 and 2, Phase 1 3 and 4 year olds Phase 2 – 4, FS 4 and 5 year olds Phases 5 and 6, Years 1 and 2 5 – 7 year olds Phase 6, from Y1 in new curriculum 5 – 11 year olds Throughout KS2 into KS3 7 – 14 years old Sound pattern meaning

diagnostic assessment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESCZCpKlrXg Start at 1:13 1.46 – 2.35 3:55 – 4.50 5.56 – 6.54 diagnostic assessment

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