Words Their Way (Word Study Program), There is a Change for Day 4, Pretest will begin
Words Their Way is organized by 5 levels with an Early, Middle and Late stage. These levels are Emergent, Letter-Name-Alphabetic, Within Word Pattern, Syllables and Affixes, and Derivational- Relations.
Emergent is learning letter sounds associated with pictures.
Letter Name- Alphabetic is learning short vowels, word families, initial consonant sounds. and phonemic awareness.
Within Word Patterns is learning short and long vowel sounds, consonant and vowel patterns, vowel patterns and irregular vowels.
Syllables and Affixes is learning how review vowel and consonant patterns, syllables and affixes can effect the sound of vowels and consonants, and how affixes change meanings.
Derivational-Relations is studying how affixes change meaning and pronunciation and Latin and Greek root meaning.
Students in Pod Thinkers will refer to themselves as Yellow, Green and Blue Groups. These colors are colors of the Books I use for the lessons.
Students took a pretest(s) to determine the spelling patterns or roots they knew and did not know.
Below are the days on which each group completes activities.
Green Group (Syllables and Affixes)
Day 1: Wednesdays, New lesson, Introduce Sort and students cut the sort into individual words.
Day 2: Thursdays, Independent Study Sheet, Analyze the sort
Day 3: Fridays, Students write a paragraph or poem using any 8 of the words but representing all 3 patterns.
Day 4: Mondays, Buddy Test, Students take a buddy test with a peer in his or her group.
Day 5: Tuesdays, Final Test, students can be tested on any 6 words plus 4 words that have the same pattern.
Blue Group (Derivational Relations and Latin and Greek Roots )
Day 1: Thursdays, New lesson, Introduce Sort and students cut the sort into individual words.
Day 2: Fridays Independent Study Sheet, Analyze the sort
Day 3: Mondays, Students write a paragraph or poem using any 8 of the words but representing all 3 patterns.
Day 4: Tuesdays, Buddy Test, Students take a buddy test with a peer in his or her group.
Day 5: Wednesdays, Final Test, students can be tested on any 6 words plus 4 words that have the same pattern.
Dark Blue Group will follow the same days as Light Blue Group
Yellow Group (Words within words)
Day 1: Fridays, New lesson, Introduce Sort and students cut the sort into individual words.
Day 2: Mondays, Independent Study Sheet, Analyze the sort
Day 3: Tuesdays, Students write a paragraph or poem using any 8 of the words but representing all 3 patterns.
Day 4: Wednesdays, Buddy Test, Students take a buddy test with a peer in his or her group.
Day 5: Thursdays, Final Test, students can be tested on any 6 words plus 4 words that have the same pattern.
Weeks prior to a vacation and after will be used for review and parts of speech lessons. Students are encouraged to play the following games.
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