WORDS THEIR WAY What is Words Their Way

WORDS THEIR WAY What is ‘Words Their Way’ and how can it support our students learning ? By Anita Paice

What is Words Their Way ?

How can it support our students learning? Rather than teaching spelling “rules” which sets unrealistic expectations in English, “Words Their Way” is taught through stages of development and instructional level, which are easily adjusted to suit the students learning styles. ü ü Engaging Caters for differentiated learning Hands on Allows students to move at their own pace and spend time learning about specific features of words. “Categorising is the fundamental way that humans make sense of the world. It allows us to find order and similarities among various objects, events, ideas and words that we encounter. When students sort words, they are engaged in the active process of searching, comparing, contrasting, and analysing. Word sorts help students organise what they know about words and to form generalisations that they can then apply to new words they encounter in their reading. (Gillet and Kita, 1979). ”

Stages & Phases ü Each student is given a spelling inventory ü After tallying the assessment, students are placed within a specific stage of the developmental spelling scale

Teaching Support For Teachers: Pearson academy offers webinar’s on a regular basis. Workshop Objectives: • To provide an overview of Words Their Way to support the teaching of spelling in the Australian Curriculum: English • To provide experience in analysing student data using the spelling inventories • To demonstrate how to plan and organise for daily word work using Words Their Way • To share practical approaches for the successful implementation of Words Their Way in classrooms These webinar’s will need the teacher to have a copy of the “Words Their Way” text. For Families: The classroom teacher should always be the families first port of call for support. In addition their many online support forums and documents to assist in better supporting the child. WTWoverview for families. pdf

Assessments

Resources wtw resource. pdf

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