1. Teaching spelling through word study

2. 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

3. 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

4. Teaching Sequence

6. 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

7. Word Sorts

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

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

17. 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

18. 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

19. diagnostic assessment
Start at 1:13
1.46 – 2.35
3:55 – 4.50
5.56 – 6.54
diagnostic assessment