Word Study Groups Started This Week!

October 13, 2011

Students began working in differentiated Word Study groups this week! Students are placed in groups based on the spelling patterns they need to work on.

I meet with 1 group each day of the week to start them on the their word sort. After learning their sort, the group receives a copy of the sort to study at home. Each group completes specific activities with their words for next 4 days, the last being a "Spell Check" assessment.

If you would like to know what day of the week your child will receive a new sort or have an assessment, please email me.

Some Word Study activities we know how to do:

using the words in meaningful or "story" sentence
a "blind" sort to remember the spelling of each word
write the words in rainbow writing

Word Study activities we will learn:

conduct a word hunt to find more words that fit the spelling patterns
"operate" on the words to create similar words, by subtracting or adding 1 letter at time
play student-created board games in which students must spell words correctly to move forward