Word Study and Handwriting

Handwriting Without Tears

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6-2-08
Saturday
father (red word)
plate (rhyme word)
crush (rhyme word)
duck (rhyme word)

5-27-08
Sunday
while
write (rhyme word)
joke (rhyme word)
Mr. (red word)
Mrs. (red word)

5-19-08
looked
Monday
his
say (rhyme word)
only (red word)

5-12-08
Thursday
over
down (rhyme word)
junk  (rhyme word)
always (red word)

5-5-08

laugh

if

old *rhyme families

keep *rhyme familie

more 

4-28-08

don't
now (rhyme word)
quit
mother (red word)
Tuesday (red word)

4-18-08

talk (rhyme)
does
Wednesday
her
run (rhyme)

4-14-08

zip *rhyme

after

mail *rhyme

people

mail

4-7-08

five*

green

into

why

sale*

3-24-08

four

boy *

want

think*

watch

3-17-08

three

first

thing*

light *

again

3-10-08

rest *

ride*

two

today

girl

3-5-08

put

little

clock*

once

tell *

2-25-08

saw

away*

rain *

where

one 

2-18-08

going *rhyme word

need

house *rhyme word

your

love

2-11-08 

read

eat (rhyme family)

asked

family

there

2-4-08

good

get

kick* rhyme word

came*rhyme word

would

do

said

bug*

cub*

no

10-22-07  This week we will also be focusing on words with the short /a/ sound and words that end in -ck

come

is

on

like*

dog*

10-15-08

we

in*

it*

this

here

10-8-07

beg*

men*

me

and

to

10-1-07 (* = rhyme family)

you

look

go

am*

up

9-24-07

same words from last week

Focus on Rhyme families -at and -an

9-17-07

1. at*
2. can*
3. my
4. see
5. the

 9-10-07   

First week of school- Practiced identifying vowels (short and long) and consonants! Learned about the word wall!

Working with Words

The field of "word study" provides students an opportunity to manipulate words (and parts of words) in meaningful and enjoyable activities and games.   Reading ability can develop dramatically as word study lessons develop experience with:           - Letters and their corresponding sounds.           - Components of words, such as roots, prefixes, and suffixes.           - Patterns of how words are spelled, such as word families.           - How parts of words often will give hints to the meaning of a word, as well as its spelling or pronunciation.           Word study activities call for active problem solving.  Students are encouraged to look for spelling patterns, form hypotheses, predict outcomes, and test them.  These activities require students to continually ask themselves, "What do I know about this new word, and how is it similar to words that I already know?"

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