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WORDS THEIR WAY - WORD STUDY This word study approach allows students to learn their words at their individual level of instruction and teaches them how words work. It is a new approach to teaching spelling. Each week begins with a word sort focus in which students will learn to sort, compare and contrast word features in each category, make discoveries, become more fluent readers, and increase their vocabulary through word meanings. It's only natural that their comprehension will increase as a result of this program. WHAT IS A WORD STUDY? Word study is just what it sounds like – a study of words. Students are assessed throughout the year and placed into small groups based on their current spelling ability. Students move through weekly word study patterns and activities during the week with a word sort test on Fridays. Student lists will be on a word study PATTERN (example – short a, short e, blends, suffixes). The quiz on Fridays will be on the pattern from that week with about 15 words being called aloud as student write them and an additional 3 words that fit the pattern but might not have been on the list. WHY A "WORD STUDY" INSTEAD OF A "TRADITIONAL" SPELLING PROGRAM? Research studies clearly indicate that memorization of lists of "spelling words" does not promote the development of spelling skills. In the past when we’ve used this traditional approach of "everyone gets the same weekly list and test on Friday", many students who received a 100% on their spelling test could not spell most of the words in their writing! Memorizing a list of words and getting 100% on weekly tests does not necessarily mean a child is a good speller. It may just mean they are good at memorizing words for a test. WHAT ARE THE STUDENTS DOING IN CLASS? Students will compare and contrast words by sound to categorize similar sounds. This helps them associate certain sounds with letters, syllable patterns, and spelling conventions. Spelling patterns help students to recognize similar patterns in related words in their reading. This increases their ability to identify and understand more complex words in their independent reading. Students learn to categorize words and word parts by meaning and parts of speech WHAT DOES THE HOMEWORK LOOK LIKE? Words (on colored paper) will be sent home on Mondays. Here are some suggestions for practicing the words at home. Nothing needs to be returned to school. 1. Cut and sort by the vowel sounds and spelling patterns. Use the bold patterns as column headers (example: short i sound vs. short a sound). Have your child explain read and sound out the words and explain why they put the words in each column. We do this in class on Mondays so they should be able to teach you at home. 2. Sort and write by spelling patterns. Have you child pile the words together, sort them, and then write the words by pattern on a paper or home notebook. 3. Hunt for these spelling words in books/ children’s magazines….Find books your child can read by themselves. Ask the to use the “five finger rule” (a book they can read any give page without getting stuck more than five times) to find a book to use. Your child will find words that fit the different spelling patterns and list them. Check the words to make sure they follow the same sound and spelling patterns. Example: Pattern: short ar sound as in “shark” ….found words: charm, bark, mark *if you child picks a word that doesn’t follow the sound pattern--like “bare” have them make sure it has the same short “ar” sound as the words they have for the spelling list…. 4. Speed sort the words. Your child scrambles the word and then you time them for how fast they can sort them and then read them out loud to check. 5. Memory: your child flips the word over and tries to find words that match the same pattern. Make them spell the word out loud after they put them in a match pile upside down 6. Go Fish: players ask for specific words and have to spell them to get them from other players 7. Make sentences or even stories using as many of the words as possible! ****The stress is on understanding the connection between sound and pattern instead of just memorizing the words. Students should understand the meanings of the words as well! Keep the words after each week in a cumulative bag. Use these for review and for more game cards. Make up your own games with you child!!! This is new for all of us. If you have questions let me know and I will try to answer them. We are excited to get started with this new program. Thanks for your support in advance, Kristen Nellas