1. Teaching Literacy in the 21 st. Century Session 6 Ian Hauser

2. Some things never change!

3. Word Recognition Test  What did you learn about the student(s) from the Word Identification Test?  What can you do about it?

4. Teaching Speeling Spelling Teaching Speeling Spelling Ian Hauser

5. Spelling Test Ten Words 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- After the test How many words do you think you have correct? Put a √ beside the words you think are correct Put a X beside the words you think are wrong Put a ? beside the words you are not sure about

6. Spelling Test Ten Words 1-SEAL 2-HEMORRHAGE 3- POLYPHONIC 4-CARBONACEOUS 5-REIGN 6-SEPARATE 7-INTEGRATE 8-DIARRHEA 9-PARALLELOGRAM 10-DIDGERIDOO

7. Spelling Test Ten Words 1-SEALThere is only 1 way to spell SEAL, although there are several uses of the word 2-HEMORRHAGEPrefix ‘hemo’ from the Greek ‘haimo’ meaning ‘blood’. 3- POLYPHONICEasier from a Music teacher to spell 4-CARBONACEOUSEasier for a Science Teacher to spell 5-REIGNThere are 3 spellings for this word, depending on its meaning 6-SEPARATE Pronounced differently whether used as a noun or a verb, but spelled the same 7-INTEGRATE Second syllable the same as ‘separate’, but spelled differently 8-DIARRHEAA hard word to spell is one you don’t see very often 9-PARALLELOGRAMdouble ‘l’ confusing 10-DIDGERIDOOspelled as it sounds as Australian Aboriginals have no written language

8. Spelling Test Ten Words 1-SEAL 2-HEMORRHAGE 3- POLYPHONIC 4-CARBONACEOUS 5-REIGN 6-SEPARATE 7-INTEGRATE 8-DIARRHEA 9-PARALLELOGRAM 10-DIDGERIDOO 1. List the strategies you used for each word 2. Share your strategies with those around you 3. What are the most commonly used strategies for spelling?

9. Teaching Spelling Most commonly used strategies Phonics – how the word sounds Visual Memory – how the word looks Drawing on Rules and Generalizations Drawing on Linguistic Knowledge Referring to outside resources

10. Teaching Spelling Most commonly used strategies Phonics – how the word sounds Visual Memory – how the word looks Drawing on Rules and Generalizations Drawing on Linguistic Knowledge Referring to outside resources There are some problems with relying solely on one of these strategies….

11. Teaching Spelling Strategy Phonics – how the word sounds Problem Many words are not phonically ‘standard’. ‘O’ says - ? lot, omit, look, though, orange, touch, tattoo, period, only, one……

12. Teaching Spelling Strategy Visual Memory – How the word looks Problem Sometimes words that look the same are actually different WIND “I wind my watch.” “The wind is strong today.”

13. Teaching Spelling Strategy Drawing on rules and generalizations Problem “In the lexicon of the average third grader, there are 19,000 words, covered by 73 different rules with 27 exceptions and a further 18 anomalies” Biargowski 1974

14. Teaching Spelling Strategy Drawing on linguistic knowledge Problem Conflict between –Regular English –‘Street’ vernacular –Advertising –Academic English –Book language

15. Teaching Spelling Strategy Referring to outside resources Problem Availability Willingness Usefulness Time Constraints

16. Teaching Spelling Solution Demonstrate as many strategies as possible Encourage students to discuss and share strategies Make spelling matter

20. Running Records Conventions Taking a Running Record as Brandon reads “The Moon”. –What do you notice about the record of Brandon’s Reading? –What else do we need to know?