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Words Their Way (WTW) to teach phonemic awareness, spelling patterns, and morphology to adolescent students.

I really liked this Lauren, thanks for posting! I used WTW at Lincoln, and it worked well. I was wondering how to implement it with older students, and here are some answers!

This article provides a seven step approach to spelling instruction that encourages word study based on the words students experience in their daily writing activities. It focuses on shifting spelling instruction from a focus on the number of words spelled correctly to developing an understanding of how words work.

I love this article. Spelling is so much more than memorizing and the author is right when she says that the words the student don't master on Friday are forgotten by Monday. That is why we work on blends, digraphs, onsets, and rimes. I also love the part about how spelling affects self-esteem and vocabulary as well. Awesome information!

This article really got me thinking about spelling and how it affects a students writing confidence. I like how it is an analyzing of words approach rather than just memorization. I think the chart fort student analyzing could be useful but I might change the wording to be more kid friendly.

This is the main resource for PALS information and PALS materials. It has contact information as well as links to their grade level teaching manuals.

This is the main resource for PALS information and PALS materials. It has contact information as well as links to their grade level teaching manuals.

This article discusses a strategy that encourages honest discussion, critical thinking, concept formation, and the use of problem-solving strategy. It also allows the children to make predictions, revising their predictions through reading, and using evidence from the readings to defend their conclusions.

I liked the different strategies that the authors wrote about on page 103. Those strategies seem to be more student-led, which could mean that students are exploring and solving problems with spelling. However, I wonder how the strategies will work if student's aren't used to self-monitoring spelling individually (asking themselves, does it look right, sound right, and make sense)?

While this is a book, there is a lot of the book included in this preview. The book discusses strategies to help students create their own writer's notebook. 

This article shows how a school started to include seven literacy strategies to help them improve their academic achievement. The seven strategies include read-alouds, KWL charts, graphic organizers, vocabulary instruction, writing to learn, structured note taking, and reciprocal teaching. The article gives a brief example on how they defined the strategies and examples of the strategies in a classroom.

Study of four teacher's and their strategies used to enhance vocabulary development during read alouds.

is this relevant for older students or just relevant for primary kids?

This is an article about a study that was done with English Language learners and the relationship between their reading comprehension and reading fluency.

Video that showcases Read 180 success in Brooklyn, NY. Teachers and principle share their opinion.

Another great website to learn about this program and give you a good insight of how it works and why people use it. Has great question and answer document. It has a lot of common questions and their answers to them for quick reading. Good website to check out!

This article is about word study and different techniques that a teacher can use with a student who need help in this particular area.

This article gave great examples of sorting the different types of words into categories. For example, when two words that sound the same have different meanings (their and there). It also expresses different spelling patterns that the children will encounter. Words that end in "or," "er," and "ar." This article explains that studying words of more than one syllable offers opportunities to build awareness of how language is used in narrative writing.

This article tells about 10 free internet tools that can be used to build vocabulary skills. These tools can be used in a variety of classrooms for any grade level.

I absolutely love the "combine vocabulary learning and social service" part of this article. The website, freerice.com, is an amazing way to motivate the student to practice their vocabulary. Every time the user gets a vocabulary definition correct the website donates 10 grains of rice through the United Nations World Food Programme! I remember using this years ago when someone posted it to a social media site, and I stayed on it until I'd gotten 600 pieces of rice donated. I definitely want to do this as a fun activity with my student. Thanks for posting this!

Excellent choice. Hoping folks use these tips and try them out when they are applicable.

This article shows how a teacher uses word study in their classroom. It includes what they do each day of the week regarding word study and different games you can have your students play to help them with words.

This article shares the idea of having students choose the words they would like to learn as a strategy to teach vocabulary. The students put their chosen words in a box to review as a class.

Word Study Strategy

And...I wonder what the benefit is or who it applies to or why we might use it...so many questions. Perhaps you could add a few bullet points or highlights to help others see if it is useful for their context.

This article connects with our video strategy, because it talks about how struggling readers take leadership roles through discussion.  The article is a study about struggling readers and discussion.

study of three struggling readers in first grade who were in Reading Recovery

Advanced Children's Literature Course from UNI. Author Studies assignment posts on this blog.

are these units? what do they include?

This blog has posts about authors of multicultural themed books. There is a description of the author, background, biographical and writing style information as well as a list of their books.

And watch this video second! The same three students talk about their lives after READ 180.

compelling...heros!