Words Their Way Program
At the start of the new semester we had the addition of a wonderful teacher that in partnership with me, has set up a program called "Words Their Way"
What is "Words Their Way?
It is a word study program that individualizes the way students learn to spell. It is a hands on approach to practice spelling patterns and to manipulated the words into different categories. This Sorting process help students analyze, compare and contrast the words they see. This program not only motivate the students to practice spelling words but it also helps students internalize the spelling patterns in words for the future!
Words Their Way Language
Sorting – organizing words into groups based on similarities in their patterns or meaning.
Sound marks / / - Sound marks around a letter or pattern tell the student to focus only on the sound rather than the actual letters. (example: the word gem could be grouped into the /j/ category because it sounds like j at the beginning).
Vowel (represented by V) – one of 6 letters causing the mouth to open when vocalized (a,e, i, o, u, and sometimes y). A single vowel sound is heard in every syllable of a word.
Consonants (represented by C) – all letters other than the vowels. (b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,q,r,s,t,v,w,x,z) Consonant sounds are blocked by the lips, tongue, or teeth during articulation
We already had a computer lab session where we got to use Spelling City to practice our words in a variety of games!
