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A few weeks ago, I shared a Tic-Tac-Do Spelling Choice Board that generally works best with sight words. Today, I’m excited to share a Word Study Activity Page with you that works well after kids have sorted their words in a word sort. {Click the oval button towards the bottom of the post to get the freebie!}
If you’re new the concept of word study, please feel free to read more about in my 10 day series, Teaching Spelling Through Word Study. Or check out the word study supplement books from Words Their Way. I even have three apps that feature word sorts and other activities based on the word study approach.
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Word Study Activity Page
The heartbeat of the word study approach is word sorts. Word study routines are nice to have so that after the sorts are introduced by the teacher, kids know what to expect next.
I also think that kids enjoy it when you shake things up a little every once in a while. That’s why I created this word study activity page. It features six different things kids can do with the words once they’ve sorted them.
After kids have sorted their words, they roll a die. They match the number rolled to the activity on the Sort It! Roll It! page and complete the extension activity. If the student already understands the phonics patterns in the sort, each activity can be done independently.
You will want to keep a few manipulatives close by, such as magnetic letters, bottle caps {read ideas about how to use bottle caps for spelling}, letter beads, or stamps specifically for #4.
Ways to Use the Chart
- spelling center
- morning work time
- homework
- over a school break to keep spelling skills fresh
This activity is just ONE of the many spelling activities and games that are included in my 700+ page ebook, Printable Spelling Activities and Games!
Follow This Reading Mama’s board Hands-On Spelling Ideas on Pinterest.
More Spelling Ideas:
- Using Words Their Way to Teach Spelling
- Teaching Kids to Read Is NOT Enough
- Why I Don’t Give a Friday Spelling Test {and What I Do Instead}
- Spelling Tic-Tac-Do Choice Board
Enjoy!
~Becky
Word Study Resources are plentiful, but sometimes they confuse the point of instruction or they are mere worksheets! In this quick read, I want to share 3 helpful resources to help you build stronger readers and writers with early readers and transitional readers.
But first, a quick definition of word study.
Our friends over at Reading Rockets say, “Word study” is an alternative to traditional spelling instruction. It is based on learning word patterns rather than memorizing unconnected words. This article describes the word study approach.”
The only thing I’d change to this definition is “spelling instruction”. Word study is so much more than just spelling! It all types of word knowledge: meaning, structure, usage, etc.
(Photo Courtesy of Gift Habeshaw)
What is Word Study?
Word Study is:
- Recognizing patterns in word sounds.
- Recognizing and using conventional spelling patterns.
- Finding connections between word meanings.
- Analyzing words based on word parts and roots.
If you’d like more detailed information on the research and science behind word study, I recommend this page from our sister site: Spiral WarmUps, Knowledge Base.
Word Study Resources
Let’s jump into this! What are some word study resources that are engaging and that are more than mere worksheets?
Real resources that engage students, are simple to use, and get results for reading and writing? That’s what I’m sharing with you here – 3 word study resources:
- Context Clues Strategies
- Free Spelling Videos
- Word Work from Jennifer Serravallo
Context Clues
First on the list is a set of word meaning strategies for teaching context clues. In this article, you’ll see How to Teach Context Clues. I love this resource because it really is a set of strategies you can use with any text, any material, and for any age group!
5 Ways to Teach Context Clues
Free Spelling Review
This warm-up website is full of word study resources and has paid memberships, but there’s also a free membership (not just a trial) that has more than enough warm-ups for spelling review to last almost an entire school year! It’s SpiralWarmUps.com.
Here are three of the free spelling units you can start using today with your students. I really think you’ll love how students engage with this word study resource.
Spelling 1
This is a 10-day unit for 2nd and 3rd graders who need practice with vowels, digraphs, and consonant blends. It features a variety of activities all in an online video format!
Spelling 1 Advanced
This is another 10-day unit that builds on the previous one but is geared more to 3rd- and 4th-grade spelling problems:
- spelling vowel digraphs,
- consonant digraphs, and
- consonant blends.
Spelling 3
There are more advanced units that teach how to spelling multi-syllabic words, including:
- compound words,
- prefixes, and
- words with suffixes.
But Spelling 3 is worth mentioning here because it really targets those missing skills for transitional readers who have spelling challenges in grades 3-5. Spelling 3 focuses on inflected endings and double consonants.
Explore this Free Spelling Resource at SpiralWarmUps.com.
The Reading Strategies Book
Yes, most of this amaaaazing book is for reading strategies, which I think you’ll really love! But the third chapter is dedicated to word study resources, activities, and lesson ideas. Or as Jennifer Serravallo calls it, “Supporting Print Work: Increasing Accuracy and Integrating Sources of Information”
Yikes, that’s a mouthful!
It’s not so much a material to use like the word study videos above. It’s more of lesson plans/activities to do. Here are a few activities from the third chapter that I think you’ll love!
- Try, Try, Try Again: this strategy is for when you get to a trick word. It also offers you almost a dozen questions to ask readers as they attempt to decode.
- Think (While You Read the Words): You’ll love the anchor chart on this one! It combines decoding and monitoring for meaning.
- Apply Your Word Study to Book Reading: This is really where word study connects to reading! See the image below.
Explore the Reading Strategies Book on Amazon*
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It’s Your Turn!
If you made it this far, I really appreciate you reading! What are some word study resources that you love?
I’d love to hear your thoughts. Scroll down below the related posts and leave a comment about word study resources. Thanks!
Чтение помогает ученику выучить новые слова и запомнить их через контекст, закрепить грамматические конструкции, потренировать произношение. Поэтому мы подготовили большой дайджест заданий, игр, планов уроков, идей для reading club и много методических рекомендаций, которые помогут прокачать reading skills у ваших студентов. Для удобства мы разделили статьи по уровням знания английского языка.
Первое с чего хотели бы начать — со статьи Stages of a Reading Lesson. В ней подробно разбираются все этапы работы с текстом: pre-reading, while-reading и post-reading.
1. Задания, игры и планы уроков для детей
Задания и приемы, которые помогут организовать интересный урок чтения для детей. В статьях пошаговые разборы упражнений, наглядные примеры, дополнительные материалы в виде красочной презентации, веселого квиза, полезных ссылок на сторонние ресурсы, которые обязательно пригодятся для уроков с самыми маленькими учениками.
Для урока также могут быть полезны статьи:
2. Задания и игры для подростков и взрослых
Подборка статей с необычными заданиями, советами на основе личного опыта, идеями, которые подскажут, как работать с книгами, как адаптировать упражнение под любой текст, как удерживать внимание ученика на протяжении такого непростого урока и многое другое.
Дополнительно рекомендуем статьи:
3. Методические рекомендации
Перейдем теперь к вопросу о том, как сделать урок чтения интересным и продуктивным.
Дети
Статьи с подробным разбором всех этапов обучения младших школьников чтению. С чего начать, какие приемы использовать, какую литературу выбрать? На эти и множество других вопросов вы найдете ответы по ссылкам. Все советы подкреплены комментариями преподавателей и методистов, а также примерами из практики.
Подростки и взрослые
Статьи с объяснениями, как выстраивать этапы работы с текстом, а также множеством примеров, которые станут полезным дополнением к вашему уроку по развитию reading skills.
4. Подборка Graded readers
Младшему школьнику будет непросто читать книгу со сложной лексикой, и наоборот, взрослому студенту быстро наскучат простые короткие тексты, поэтому у преподавателя всегда должны быть в запасе источники, откуда он сможет взять материал, подходящий уровню конкретного ученика.
- Graded readers for young learners
- Graded readers for teens
- Graded readers for adults
Дополнительно предлагаем Запись вебинара How to teach reading effectively с ссылками на 10 материалов по теме и презентацию.
Рекомендуем сохранить дайджест в закладки, так он всегда будет у вас под рукой!
Другие похожие дайджесты:
A few years ago, I wrote a blog post about how I used a variation of Daily Three in my reading classroom. Since writing that post, I have gotten several questions about a word study activity I mentioned in the post.
As an upper grades teacher, I have always struggled with finding word study activities that are appropriate for my students. To be honest, I still struggle and my personal goal for this school year is to work on developing or finding more word study activities that are engaging, grade level appropriate, and truly help my students think about, analyze, and explore words. This post shares one of my favorite go-to word study activities for upper elementary students that I have used for the past five years. This word study activity can be completed during centers or even as a whole group activity.
About the Word Study Activity
Basically, students choose one of their spelling words for the week and then “Make Connections” between that word and other known words or words they specifically search for while they are reading.
Here are the “Making Connections” choices that students can choose from at the beginning of the year to complete this word study activity. We do add to this list as the year goes on and the students become more proficient with these choices and are ready for more.
Introducing the Word Study Activity
I spend the first few weeks of school modeling each one of the choices. It helps ensure the students understand the choice and understand how to find words that meet that requirement.
To do model this, we choose one word from our spelling list. The students help me choose “Making Connections” choices from the list that we have not used before. We go through the entire activity with students volunteering words that fit the choices we chose. When we have four words for each, I have them choose another word from the list to complete the activity on their own with the same “Making Connections” choices.
This can be done on a piece of paper easily, but I like to use a printable. It helps keep the work neat and organized, and I really dislike grading things work like this on notebook paper for some reason.
The students write their chosen word in the middle of the printable. Then they write their four chosen “Making Connections” choices in the four outer boxes. As you can see, this student chose same number of syllables, synonyms, same part of speech, and same ending sound.
Completing the Word Study Activity
After making their choices and clearly labeling each box with their choice, students get to work finding words that they can connect with their chosen spelling words. They can pull from their own knowledge, previous spelling lists, books they are reading, and even dictionaries.
I do require that they double check the spelling in a dictionary before recording the word in their printable. This takes extra time at first, but it takes care of my dictionary skills for the year and the students get faster as they use it more.
I also have a requirement of at least four words in each of the outer boxes. However, I have been known to allow students to do five in one box and three as long as they average about four words in each box.
Since this word study activity requires thinking, searching, and double-checking with dictionaries, I only require one printable (with one spelling word) to be completed during a 20 minute center in the beginning of the year. After Christmas, I require two to be completed. I do have some students who actually finish more than the required amount during the time frame. For students who need more time, you could lower the requirement to two words per “connection.”
In addition to using this in a word work center or station, this can also be done whole group. Read more about implementing word study in a whole class format versus centers by clicking here.
Download the Word Study Activity Printable Here
Click here or on the image below to download the FREE word study activity printable.
Do you have any word study activities that you have your students complete that you love? Let me know in the comments.
Want more word work activities? Click here to check out my FREE Word Work Activities using Jenga blocks!