In the Within Word Pattern Spellers activities, students may be asked to identify short- and long- vowel sounds, create words given a beginning sound or blend + an ending (onsets + rimes), choose the correct beginning letters, vowels, or rime to complete a word, write "silly sentences" to apply the meanings of homophones, create contractions, make words plural, and more! In the Letter Name-Alphabetic Spellers activities, students may be asked to distinguish between beginning consonant sounds, create words by matching a beginning sound to same-vowel and mixed-vowel word family endings (onsets +rimes), identify and represent initial sounds in words beginning with digraphs and blends, separate individual phonemes and blend them together to create CVC words, compare and contrast how preconsonantal nasals change the spelling and pronunciation of a word, sort words with r-controlled vowels from CVC words containing an r before the vowel, match contractions to their expanded form, and more! Here’s an idea of the activities students may be asked to complete: Incorporate the pages as extension activities or use to guide your small group lessons. I recommend a gradual-release approach to using these word study notebook activities.
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While the activity sheets are designed for independent exploration, students often need support in learning how to complete the activity pages. For a number of the sorts, extension activities are also included. These word study notebook activities are meant to give students more structure as they delve into building a deeper understanding of the words and spelling patterns on their word list. In a discovery word search, when students find words in their word search, they sort the words into categories based on the look of the word and/or the sounds in the word (just like when sorting words with word sort activities!). One year, the idea of "blind searching" using a word search that does not contain the students’ word sort word list came to my mind. By "blind searching" through a word search without having a list of the words contained in the word search, students have a fun way of discovering the word patterns for their upcoming word sort/word study list.ĭiscovery Word Searches are an engaging, fun way for students to sharpen their ability to recognize words that ARE spelled correctly (which I've found is a major key to spelling improvement). It's called BLIND because students are not looking at the words.
If you are familiar with Words Their Way, then you know that a "blind sort" is an activity where students sort the words from their word lists into categories (and write them down) as they hear the words called out.
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