Words Their Way with English Learners : Word Study for Spelling, Phonics, and Vocabulary Instruction

by Bear, Donald R.; Helman, Lori; Invernizzi, Marcia; Templeton, Shane; Johnston, Francine R.

• ISBN13: 9780131915671
• ISBN10: 0131915673
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Words Their Way with English Learners One reality of todayrs"s classrooms is the limited help available to teachers trying to support English learnersrs" literacy skills. The educators and researchers who developed Words Their Way understand this challenge. Their original text, a phenomenon in word study, provides the proven framework and application to allow students to develop literacy skills. And now they apply this approach to teaching English learners. Based on the same solid research, Words Their Way with English Learners helps you determine what your students bring with them from their home languages, where their instruction in English orthography should begin, and how best to move these students through their development. Chapters 1 through 3 introduce you to the stages of spelling and reading development, the assessments to use, and the best ways to organize your classroom for word study. Each subsequent chapter focuses on a specific stage of spelling, outlining the most appropriate and effective word study instruction for this audience, from the Emergent learner through readers and writers in the Derivational Relations stage. Each of these chapters closes with a rich bank of classroom-proven word study activities that promise to engage your students, motivate them, and improve their oral and written abilities in English. The Appendix at the back of Words Their Way with English Learners contains all the assessment tools necessary to get word study underway and offers word lists in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Arabic; picture and word sorts; and game templates to advance word study instruction in diverse K-8 classrooms. Word study can be a powerful instructional method for teachers and their English learning students. With this text, you can evaluate studentsrs" langage needs. Empower your students to grasp this new language at the word level, building skills to understand how English differs from their primary language,and providing them with the skills to predict word meaning through spelling. Words Their Way with English Learners will help you build vocabulary, spelling, and word recognition skills in your English learners, giving them the foundation to master their new language.

Table of Contents

Word Study with English Learners and the Development of Orthographic Knowledge	1	(19)
Understanding Word Study with English Learners	1	(6)
Who Are the Students We Teach?	2	(1)
What Do Students Bring to Learning to Read in English?	2	(4)
What Do Students Achieve in Word Study?	6	(1)
Foundations of Orthographic Knowledge	7	(11)
Layers of English Orthography	8	(1)
Stages of Literacy Development in English	9	(3)
Layers in Other Orthographies	12	(4)
Stages of Literacy Development in Other Languages	16	(2)
Integrated Word Study Instruction	18	(2)
Assessment	20	(26)
Assessing Spelling Developmentally	21	(5)
Collect Developmental Spellings	21	(2)
Score and Analyze Spelling with a Feature Guide	23	(3)
Choose Features and Activities	26	(1)
Assessment at Each Spelling Stage	26	(17)
Assessments with English Learners in the Emergent Stage	26	(2)
Assessments with English Learners in the Letter Name--Alphabetic Stage	28	(2)
Assessments with English Learners in the Within-Word Pattern Stage	30	(1)
Assessments with English Learners in the Syllables and Affixes and Derivational Relations Stages	31	(4)
Dialects, Creoles, and Learning to Read and Spell	35	(1)
Assessment of Spelling in Students' Primary Languages	36	(1)
Inventories and Spelling Development in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean	36	(5)
Assessments of Orthographic Knowledge in Primary Languages	41	(2)
Oral Language and Vocabulary Learning	43	(3)
Critical Questions About Students' Languages and Learning	43	(1)
Levels of Proficiency and Formal Tests of Oral Languages	44	(1)
Talking with Families	45	(1)
Word Study Organization with English Learners	46	(20)
Types of Sorting for English Learners	47	(4)
Sound Sorts	47	(1)
Pattern Sorts	47	(1)
Concept or Meaning Sorts	47	(1)
Variations of Sorts	47	(3)
How to Select Words for Sorting with English Learners	50	(1)
Word Study Instruction in Multilingual Classroom Settings	51	(3)
Supportive Strategies for Literacy Instruction	51	(3)
Organization of Word Study Instruction	54	(8)
Materials	54	(3)
Scheduling	57	(1)
Structuring Interactions	58	(2)
Integrating Word Study into the Language Arts Curriculum	60	(1)
Teaching Vocabulary	61	(1)
Involving English-Learning Parents in Word Study	62	(1)
Ten Principles of Word Study Instruction with English Learners	62	(4)
Word Study with English Learners in the Emergent Stage	66	(28)
From Speech to Print with English Learners	67	(1)
Characteristics of the Emergent Stage of Reading and Spelling	68	(1)
Components of Early Literacy Learning	69	(5)
Read To	69	(1)
Read With	70	(1)
Write With	71	(1)
Word Study	72	(1)
Talk With	73	(1)
Activities for English Learners in the Emergent Stage	74	(20)
Concept Books and Sorts	74	(3)
Games Using Concept Picture Sorts	77	(3)
Talk With and Read With Activities	80	(3)
Talk With Activities	83	(3)
Alphabet Knowledge	86	(8)
Word Study with English Learners in the Letter Name--Alphabetic Stage	94	(42)
Literacy Instruction for English Learners in the Letter Name-Alphabetic Stage of Word Study	95	(3)
Characteristics of Orthographic Development for English Learners in the Letter Name-Alphabetic Stage	98	(7)
The Letter Name Strategy, Reliance on Articulation, and the Alphabetic Principle	98	(1)
Consonants and the English Learner	98	(3)
Vowels and the English Learner	101	(2)
The Sequence of Word Study Instruction with English Learners	103	(2)
Components of Literacy Instruction at the Letter Name-Alphabetic Stage	105	(7)
Talk With	106	(1)
Read To	106	(1)
Read With	107	(1)
Write With	108	(1)
Word Study	109	(1)
Word Study Lesson Plan Format	110	(2)
Activities for English Learners in the Letter Name--Alphabetic Stage	112	(24)
Multi-Use Sorting Activities	112	(2)
Picture Concept Sorts	114	(2)
Working With Words and Sounds	116	(1)
Personal Reader Activities	117	(6)
Picture and Word Sorts and Related Games for Developmental Features	123	(13)
Word Study with Transitional English Learners in the Within-Word Pattern Stage	136	(40)
Literacy Instruction for English Learners at the Transitional/Within-Word Pattern Stage	137	(2)
Be Pattern Puzzlers	138	(1)
Include Vocabulary Instruction	138	(1)
Wide Reading Supports Oral and Written Language Development	138	(1)
Sounds Play a Role at the Within-Word Pattern Stage	139	(1)
Characteristics of Orthograpic Development for English Learners at the Within-Word Pattern Stage	139	(5)
Sequence of Word Study for the Within-Word Pattern Stage	141	(3)
Studying High-Frequency Words with English Learners	144	(1)
Components of Literacy Instruction at the Transitional Stage	144	(5)
Talk With	144	(1)
Read To	145	(1)
Read With	145	(1)
Write With	146	(1)
Word Study	147	(2)
Activities for English Learners in the Within-Word Pattern Stage	149	(27)
Teaching New Words	149	(1)
Word Study Activities at the Early Within-Word Pattern Stage	150	(3)
Word Study Activities at the Middle Within-Word Pattern Stage	153	(16)
Word Study Activities at the Late Within-Word Pattern Stage	169	(7)
Word Study with English Learners in the Syllables and Affixes and Derivational Relations Stages	176	(37)
Literacy Instruction for English Learners in the Syllables and Affixes and Derivational Relations Stages	177	(1)
Characteristics of Orthographic Development for English Learners in the Syllables and Affixes and Derivational Relations Stages	178	(5)
Inflectional Endings	181	(1)
Derivational Suffixes	182	(1)
Instructional Implications	182	(1)
Components of Literacy Instruction at the Syllables and Affixes and Derivational Relations Stages	183	(6)
Talk With	183	(1)
Read To	184	(1)
Read With	184	(1)
Write With	185	(1)
Word Study	185	(4)
Activities for English Learners in the Syllables and Affixes and Derivational Relations Stages	189	(24)
Word Study Activities at the Early Syllables and Affixes Stage	189	(7)
Word Study Activities at the Middle Syllables and Affixes Stage	196	(6)
Word Study Activities at the Late Syllables and Affixes/Early Derivational Relations Stages	202	(11)
APPENDIX	213	(134)
Assessment Materials for Chapter 2	214	(24)
Sound Boards and Alphabets	238	(5)
Pictures for Sorts and Games	243	(34)
Word and Picture Sorts by Spelling Stage	277	(25)
Sample Picture and Word Sorts	302	(21)
Word Lists of Pictures in Book with Translations	323	(18)
Templates for Sorts and Games	341	(2)
Game Boards	343	(4)
References	347	(6)
Index	353