Thursday, October 20, 2011
Word Study
This week's readings focused on the use of Word Study in the classroom. From reading these articles and also from the research that I've done on Word Study, I have found that there are a variety of ways that one can do a word study. In Cunningham and Cunningham's article they discuss the invented words and discuss how a teacher can turn "Making Words" into a fun activity for students. Since Word Study was my real-life application project topic, I had the opportunity to conduct a Word Study with a first grade student. I gave her a spelling assessment in which I realized she was struggling with her short 'u' and short 'e' vowel sounds. This assessment allowed me to better cater the Word Study activity to her needs. Below is an example of the type of activities that I did with her to help her on these areas of weakness. To find more worksheets and activities like this to use as a Word Study, check out PhonicsWorld.com.
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It is great that you were able to focus on an area during your real life application that we are discussing now. Although worksheets may be a waste of learning time when used inappropriately, it seems as though your use of this worksheet would be beneficial for this student since you were aware of specifically what area she needed more practice in.
ReplyDeleteThis articles gave examples of for word study. They start small and build to larger more difficult words. Words with more vowels and more letters. I also liked your real life application and seems like it would work well with many children.
ReplyDeleteThe word study in this article is excellent. The chart that displays the short vowel Ee is a great tool for teaching and PhonicsWorld.com will come in handy when I begin teaching. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to show that worksheets can be applicable in certain settings or situations. It is evident that teachers must be able to recognize individual strengths and weaknesses and differentiate instruction to meet that learners need.
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