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

Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction, 2/e

Donald R. Bear, University of Nevada, Reno
Marcia Invernizzi, University of Virginia
Shane Templeton, University of Nevada, Reno
Francine Johnston, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Published July, 1999 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

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Summary

Designed as a text or supplement for reading methods course. With more than 15 years of extensive observations and experiences in real classrooms, the authors bring keen insight to this activity-based text. They advocate basing student learning on the appropriate developmental level. This philosophy is supported with more than 250 ready-to-use word study, spelling, vocabulary, and phonics activities presented in developmental sequence, from the Emergent through the Derivational Relation stage.

NEW—Includes effective strategies for assessing developmental levels—The new feature guides help teachers who are new to assessment. The teacher simply checks features present to determine a spelling stage.

Ensures instruction at the appropriate level.

NEW—Offers fun, interesting, and meaningful word sorts, games, and activities for every developmental level—This broad selection includes more than 100 word sort lists, pictures for picture sorts (illustrated by a professor from the McGuffey Reading Center), and templates for word study gameboards.

Step-by-step directions for how to run sorts and games are provided. Students in practicum settings have easy assessments and can turn right to the word study activities they can use. NEW—Presents easy-to-locate sections that are packed with activities.
Students can turn to particular activities for each stage of development.

NEW— Features a Companion Website that includes English as Second Language (ESL) activities.

The Website offers support for teachers working with children learning English as a second language. The student will have access to assessments and word sorts in Spanish.

Demonstrates how to use guided reading and language-experience activities for beginning readers—Shows how to work with word banks, and picture and word sorts.

Student has steps to conduct support reading activities, including pattern books and dictations. A step-by-step sorting process is described for each stage of development.

Reflects research on developmental spelling and word knowledge.

Student learn how to integrate spelling and phonics instruction. Students know they are teaching developmentally.

Links activities to the five stages of spelling/orthographic development-from Emergent through Derivational Relations.

Once a student has identified a stage of development, they can turn to the instructional chapter titled by stage.

Offers ready-to-use scoring guides and checklists along with feature guides, and charts of invented spellings to make it easier to determine a spelling level.

Teachers use these assessments to track progress and develop word study groups. Districts throughout the country use these inventories.