Word Recognition (Chapter 6) Stephanie Dobson

Components of Word Recognition Word Knowledge Receptive and Expressive Vocabularies Sight Words Sight Vocabulary

Word Knowledge Expressive Vocabulary Frequently Used Sight Words Extensive bank of words

Receptive and Expressive Vocabularies Developed Orally **Ultimate Goal

Immediately Recognized Sight Words Immediately Recognized

Unique and depends upon your experience Sight Vocabulary Unique and depends upon your experience Known to Unknown Simple to Complex Literal to metaphorical

Word Analysis Skills

Context Clues Rhetorical Knowledge Schema Picture clues

Visual Analysis of Monosyllabic Words Breaking syllables into smaller known parts FL + IGHT = FLIGHT ie + shr + k = shriek

Quickly blend to make the whole word Word Endings Compound Words Polysyllabic Words Quickly blend to make the whole word Word Endings Compound Words

Structural Analysis Focus on Morphology

Informal Assessments Checklists

Assessing Receptive Vocabulary The student reads a passage at their instructional level

Assessing Sight Words

Sight Vocabulary Assessment 1. Mars planet meteor 2. Skyscraper train traffic 3. Mystery clues investigator 4. Experiment hypothesis conclusion From the easiest to the hardest

Assessing Context Clues Read the pictures Cloze Test Running Record

Assessing Visual Analysis Words with onset and rime

Assessing Blending Auditory Blending Visual Blending Put 2 sounds together Put pieces together to create word

Assessing Structural Analysis Listen for prefixes and suffixes

Guided Reading Activity Select text with 2 new concepts Introduce book by talking through pictures Student gets book and looks at pictures and find particular words Student reads book aloud to themselves Teacher list difficult words for student Read text in unison Student respond to book Running Record

Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Activities Wordless and Picture Books

Sight Word Activities Match the Word Sight Word Bingo

Sight Vocabulary Activities Unscramble the Sentence Personalized Flash Cards Unscramble the Words

Visual Analysis Activities Toss the Cube Compound Words

Websites Interactive books that help with unknown words: www.wanderfulstorybooks.com www.wegivebooks.com Interactive websites to help build word recognition skills: www.funbrain.com www.prongo.com www.starfall.com www.pbskids.org

References DeVries, Beverly A. (2014). Literacy Assessment & Intervention for Classroom Teachers (4th Edition), (pp.121 – 144).