Small Steps to the Lesson Plan March 11 or March 16: Thinking Sheet Due for Class Check (add to syllabus; meet with me if want) – type to keep a copy for you March 18: Text Talk Element Due (Guided Reading Query Sets ) get feedback after Spring Break April 6 or April 8: Word Study Demonstration Due (practice and get feedback from peers – see grading sheet in your handout) April 15: Lesson Plan Due April 22 or April 29: Literacy Center Due
Stages of Spelling Development
How do children learn how to spell? Concepts of print Letter-sound correspondence (match) Spelling within a one-syllable word Build words with multi-syllables Word meanings related to spelling
How do children learn how to spell? Concepts of print Letter-sound correspondence Spelling within a word Build words with multi-syllables Word meanings 1. Emergent:Scribbles>letters & directionality 2. Letter-Name: Alphabetic principle, consonants / short vowels /cons.blends 3. Within-word patterns: long vowel, bossy-r, vowel combinations 4. Syllables & Affixes (Word Endings): plurals, tenses 5. Derivational Relations: relationship btw spelling & meaning, various forms INVENTED SPELLING…
Can you match them up? personable, personality kit (kite) runing (running) lOEO~~OllOAOo~~ TD (today) frend (friend) Emergent Early Letter NameLate Letter Name Within-WordSyllables/AffixesDerivational What should you teach next? See also p th or p th
Steps in Determining Student’s Stage of Spelling Development 1. Choose writing samples 2. Identify misspelled words 3. Make a spelling analysis chart 4. Categorize student’s misspellings 5. Tally the errors 6. Identify topics for instruction
Spelling Development in Within Word Pattern Stage Vowel patterns (long, r-controlled, w-controlled, l-controlled) see p. 175 Dipthongs (Whiners – oo, oy/oi, ow/ou; aw/au) Complex Consonants (ck, ch/tch, kn, dge/ge, squ, scr/spr/str) Pacing Chart WTW p. 180
Today a person at home called us and said that a bomb was in our school and made us go outside and made us wait a half of an hour and it made us waste our time on learning. The end. (Written by Marc in Grade 1)
Letter-Name AlphabeticWithin-WordSyllables & Affixes Other IssuesConclusion:Goals for Word Study Instruction:
Today a person at home called us and said that a bomb was in our school and made us go outside and made us wait a half of an hour and it made us waste our time on learning. The end. Letter Formation b for d z for s
Conclusion: Marc spelled 56% of the words correctly and most of his spelling errors were in the letter-name and within- word patterns stages, which is typical of first graders’ spelling. What goals for word study instruction? –Letter d (vs. b) and letter s (vs. z) –High-frequency words –CVCe vowel pattern –ed past tense ending
Try it out… Mapping Early Literacy Writing Samples to Developmental Spelling Stages Try it out… Mapping Early Literacy Writing Samples to Developmental Spelling Stages
Sample & StageHow do you know?Where do you go next? 1. 2.
Sample & StageHow do you know?Where do you go next? 3. 4.
Sample & StageHow do you know?Where do you go next? 5. 6.
Teaching Spelling Sound it out > Think it out (think about spelling patterns, root words, affixes, the shape of the word, etc) Stretch & spell each sound; Break the word into syllables and use patterns from open and closed syllables; Word Walls; Word Sorts; and Making Words Interactive Writing: model and write WITH students helping
Quiz Phonics patterns (short and long vowels; open and closed syllables) and examples of each Developmental stages of spelling and examples of patterns in each stage Word sorting basics Types of guided reading instruction and levels of scaffolding
How do children learn how to spell? (Your turn!) Concepts of print Letter-sound correspondence Spelling within a word Build words with multi-syllables Word meanings Derivational Relations: relationship btw spelling & meaning, various forms Syllables & Affixes (Word Endings): plurals, tenses Emergent:Scribbles>letters & directionality Within-word patterns: long vowel, bossy-r, vowel combinations Letter-Name: Alphabetic principle, consonants / short vowels /cons.blends
Can you match them up? personable, personality … kit (kite) … runing (running) … lOEO~~OllOAOo~~ … TD (today) … frend (friend) … Derivational Mid-Late Letter Name Syllables/Affixes Emergent Early Letter Name Within-Word