Welcome Balanced Literacy- Word Work & Spelling

Why discuss word work? Part of The Daily 5 framework. This is the aspect of The Daily 5 which has raised the most questions. Critical aspect of our literacy instruction.

Turn & Talk Turn and talk with a person who is not teaching in your grade level. Discuss your familiarity level with The Daily 5 book by The Sisters? Discuss what you have tried from The Daily 5 so far. What has gone well? What has been challenging? Be prepared to share one thought with the larger group.

The Daily 5 Framework Read to self Read to someone Work on writing Listen to reading Spelling/Word Study

The Daily 5: Word Work “Creating and maintaining a time during each literacy block to focus on words is critical to developing readers, writers, and communicators.” Gail Boushey & Joan Moser Word Study Includes: Experimenting with words & spelling patterns Memorizing high-frequency words Generalizing spelling patterns Adding to knowledge of words

Lessons Sample lessons for word work-Pg. 89 of The Daily Five. Sample I-Charts for word work-Pg Word work focuses on spelling & vocabulary Whole Class Vocabulary K- 2 Video: The Sisters Community Language Board Video: The Sisters

The Sisters’ Focus Lessons for Word Work Word Sorts Adding words to their collection Add words in their word study notebooks Practicing basic words most often misspelled Open word sort (student creates sort criteria) and writes words in word-study notebook Closed word sort (teacher choose sort categories) and students write words in word-study notebook List words that belong to a pattern and add to notebook

Examples of Word Learning Teaching Strategies What does it look like? Sound like? Feel like? Choice Literacy’s Word Study Sampler Introduction Choice Literacy Word Work Sampler Video

Word Learning Podcast “Making Word Learning Fun for All Students” by Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey 5 Components Taught Through Gradual Release:  Make it intentional  Make it transparent  Make it usable  Make it personal  Make it a priority

Vocabulary “Teaching Key Vocabulary” Teaching Key Vocabulary Podcast 3 Ways Students Build Knowledge of Words & Meanings: -Wide Reading -Explicit Instruction -Learning in an Exciting Word-Learning Environment  “10 Important Words” Exercise  “10 Important Words Plus” Exercise Handout of article from The Reading Teacher mentioned.

Phonics Through Shared Reading Shared reading is one of the components of the balanced literacy model. Teacher primarily reads, but engages students in choral reading. IRA’s podcast demonstrates how phonics can be taught through the shared reading experience. Phonics Through Shared Reading Podcast  Handout of article mentioned in the podcast from The Reading Teacher.

Spelling “The purpose of word study is twofold. First, through active exploration, word study teaches students to examine words to discover regularities, patterns, and conventions of English needed to read and spell. Second, word study increases specific knowledge of words—the spelling and meaning of individual words.” -Authors of Words Their Way, Bear, Invernizzi, Templeton, Johnston

Spelling Lesson Examples Spelling Rules Video bclid= &bctid= Investigating “oo” Video bclid= &bctid= Investigating “a” Video bclid= &bctid= Discovering Generalizations About Plurals Video bclid= &bctid=

Hands-On Word Activities Break into groups of three. Read the instructions you are given and complete the word activity described. Be prepared to share with the larger group about what your activity consists of and how you think you could use this in the classroom.

Spelling Lesson Demonstrations Letters vs. Phonemes Video ?bclid= &bctid= Phonemic Substitutions Video ?bclid= &bctid= Looking at Phonemes Video ?bclid= &bctid= Phonemic Segmentation ?bclid= &bctid=

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Word Girl This link takes you to a show on PBS called Word Girl. It is a great tool for improving students’ vocabularies. Students can log in and watch many episodes on-line. Word Girl

Professional Exploration Use a mini laptop to explore one of the following websites for word work tools for your classroom. Type the following URL in your address bar: d Utilize one of the professional books here to find pages you would like to copy for your word center. Take time to further explore any of the hands-on activities that are here. Read through the handouts provided & be ready to share one great thing you learned!