The Wonder of Word Study

by Lucht, Lauren Berman

• ISBN13: 9780325008110
• ISBN10: 0325008116
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-13
• Publisher: Heinemann

Summary

Full of reproducibles, example lessons, and hands-on activities, and brimming with great ideas, The Wonder of Word Studyis easy to understandand even easier to use. Lauren Berman Lucht has put everything you need at your fingertips, sharing lessons; transcripts of important teaching moments; and ideas for planning, scheduling, and assessment. She also includes numerous classroom-tested tools for teaching and learning about words that have engaged her students and that support a love of diction in early elementary students. The Wonder of Word Studywill help you teach phonics and spelling skills without resorting to stodgy, skill-and-drill routines. Best yet, the techniques in The Wonder of Word Studywill give your students the sound basis they need to go beyond fluency into comprehension and independent reading.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: Why Teach Word Study?	ix
Integrating Word Study into Your Literacy Curriculum	1	(10)
The Basics: Ideas for Your Word Study Inquiries	11	(9)
Setting Up Your Word Study Workshop	20	(6)
Motivation: Making Word Study Fun for Young Children	26	(12)
What Is Assessment?	38	(5)
Activities for Beginning Readers	43	(4)
Using Poetry to Have Fun with Word Study	47	(3)
Games and Activities for Word Study	50	(84)
Appendixes
A. A Walk Through a Word Study Lesson	91	(5)
B. Blending and Segmenting Assessments	96	(1)
C. Rhyming Assessment	97	(1)
D. Word Study Assessment Checklist	98	(1)
E. Blank Workshop Chart	99	(2)
F. Homework Ideas	101	(5)
G. Titles for Word Study Inquiries	106	(3)
H. Word Study Inquiry Poetry	109	(25)
Books That I Couldn't Live Without	134