All students were given a DSA (a spelling inventory) in September. When I was a classroom teacher, this was how I taught word study. ![]() So let’s take a look at some old practices, why the traditional word sort approach doesn’t work, and how we can alter them for today’s instruction. Looking back, despite having an entire word study course, I was not trained in the actual phonics of English and how that translates into instruction for our students. At the time, I thought I was doing what’s best for children. We were elbow deep in word sorts and word sorting activities. ![]() Bye-bye whole group spelling tests, HELLO individualized word sorts for each small group. I live in Virginia, where Words Their Way originated, and I felt like I was on the cutting-edge of word study instruction. ![]() (I’m out of hands, or I’d be raising another one).Īs part of my master’s degree in reading, I took a course in word study. Raise your hand if you have ever had children sort and glue their words in at the end of the week. Raise your hand if you have ever asked children to write a word 3 times each. Raise your hand if you have ever given children the assignment to “sort and write” their words.
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