Teaching spelling through word study Word study trailer

Teaching spelling through word study

Word study trailer

How does it work? Overall aim is to support students on a developmental journey from relying on letter sounds to using visual patterns and word origins and meanings as spelling strategies Sound patter n meaning

Teaching Sequence

Use what the children already know about words! Children already know many technical terms for describing words – – – Phoneme Grapheme Digraph Trigraph Syllable Vowel Consonant Rhyme Root Prefix/suffix Word class – noun, adjective etc

Word Sorts

• • Vocabulary development Using in context Nuances of meaning Link with other skills

• • Vocabulary development Using in context Nuances of meaning Link with other skills word rich teaching classroom

Stages of Spelling Development Spelling Stage Features 1 Emergent The distinction between drawing and writing, How to make letters The direction of writing on a page Some letter-sound matches Sound 2 Letter-name alphabetic Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondence Blending and segmenting Consonant sounds Short vowel sounds Consonant blends and digraphs 3 Within Word Pattern Alternative vowel spellings More complex consonant patterns Spellings for all syllables 4 Syllables and Affixes Moving away from sounds to visual representations, and an understanding of orthography Inflectional endings (-s, -ed, -ing) Rules for adding inflectional endings Syllabication Homophones 5 Derivational Relations Consonant alternations (e. g. , soft–soften, magic–magician) Vowel alternations (e. g. , please–pleasant, define–definition, explain–explanation ) Greek and Latin affixes and root words Etymologies patter n meaning

Stages of Spelling Development Spelling Stage US age range UK curriculum, equivalent skills taught, age range 1 Emergent Age 3 -5 FS 1 and 2, Phase 1 3 and 4 year olds 2 Letter-name alphabetic 5 to 7 year olds Grades 1 -3 Phase 2 – 4, FS 4 and 5 year olds Sound patter n 3 Within Word Pattern 5 -9 year olds Phases 5 and 6, Years 1 and 2 5 – 7 year olds 4 Syllables and Affixes 9 -11 year olds Phase 6, from Y 1 in new curriculum 5 – 11 year olds 5 Derivational Relations Age 11 – 14, Grade 7 onwards Throughout KS 2 into KS 3 7 – 14 years old meaning

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