Words Their Way : Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers

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

• ISBN13: 9780131838161
• ISBN10: 0131838164
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This supplemental book expands and enriches the practical, research-based and classroom proven way to study words with students, specifically Word Pattern spelling.Notes for the Teacher, Organizational tips, andfollow-up activities all assist teachers and future teachers to begin using word sorts with minimal preparation and to easily reinforce previous word sort skills as students learn and build new ones. Designed for use as part of a reading curriculum where word pattern spelling is covered, topics provide step-by-step instructions on how to introduce and guide students through the sorting lesson. The freeWords Their Way CD-ROM supplement is loaded with extra pdf files of games, word sorts, word lists, and game boards providing ready to print activities for new teachers. The Companion Website provides a resource for additional spelling inventories for grades 1-3, resources for using word sorts with ELL learners, and links to related word study websites. Designed for use as part of a reading curriculum where word pattern spelling is covered.

Table of Contents

Overview	p. 1
Picture Sorts for Short- and Long-Vowel Sounds	p. 3
Word Sorts Contrasting Short- and Long-Vowel Sounds and Patterns (CVC and CVCe)	p. 13
Assessment for Short- and Long (CVCe)-Vowel Patterns	p. 28
Common Long-Vowel Patterns (CVCe and CVVC)	p. 29
Assessing the CVVC Long-Vowel Pattern for A, E, O, and U	p. 43
Less Common Long-Vowel Patterns	p. 45
Assessment for Less Common Long-Vowel Patterns	p. 58
R-Influenced Vowel Patterns	p. 59
Assessment for R-Influenced Vowels	p. 72
Diphthongs and Other Ambiguous Vowel Sounds	p. 73
Assessment for Diphthongs and Other Ambiguous Vowels	p. 85
Beginning and Ending Complex Consonants and Consonant Clusters	p. 87
Assessment for Beginning Complex Consonant Clusters	p. 101
Assessment for Hard and Soft C and G and Word Endings -CE, -SE, and -VE	p. 104
Assessment for Complex Consonant Clusters DGE/GE and TCH/CH	p. 107
High-Frequency Words and Contractions	p. 109
Assessment for High-Frequency Words Starting with A- and Be-	p. 114
Assessment for Contractions	p. 116
Inflectional Endings for Plural and Past Tense	p. 117
Base Word + Inflection: Plural and Past Tense Endings	p. 123
Long -a and Long -i Homophones	p. 125
Appendix	p. 133
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Excerpts

Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellersis intended to supplement the textWords Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction.That core text provides a practical, research-based, and classroom-proven way to study words with students. This supplemental text expands and enriches that word study, specifically for within word pattern spellers. Within word pattern spellers are typically transitional readers. During this stage of development, students learn to spell long-vowel patterns, and they read most single-syllable words accurately and with increasing fluency. They are ready to begin contrasting long and short vowels, and sorting words by grammatic and semantic features. Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellersprovides teachers with prepared reproducible sorts and step-by-step directions on how to guide students through the sorting lesson. There are organizational tips as well as follow-up activities to extend the lesson through weekly routines. The materials provided in this text will complement the use of any existing phonics, spelling, and reading curricula. More resources for word study in the within word pattern stage, including additional spelling inventories for grades 1 through 4, resources for using word study with students who speak Spanish, links to websites related to word study, as well as news about theWords Their Way CD-ROMand Video, and other companion materials and word study events, can be found on the text's Companion Website. You can link to this site at www.prenhall.com/bear