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Helping children become better problem solvers of words as they are reading and writing.

Helping children become better problem solvers of words as they are reading and writing. Word study is:. a n essential component of a balanced literacy curriculum basic to the complex act of reading

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Helping children become better problem solvers of words as they are reading and writing.

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  1. Helping children become better problem solvers of words as they are reading and writing.

  2. Word study is: • an essential component of a balanced literacy curriculum • basic to the complex act of reading • employing a flexible range of strategies for solving words rapidly and efficiently, which frees attention up for comprehension • fundamental to fluent, phrased reading

  3. 9 Areas of Word Work Learning • early literacy concepts: how written language works • phonological awareness: recognizing the individual sounds in words (identify, isolate, manipulate) • letter knowledge:knowledge of the graphic characters in our alphabet • letter-sound relationships: connections between letters and sounds • spelling patterns: noticing and using patterns in the way words are constructed • high-frequency words: automatically recognizing high-frequency words • word meaning and vocabulary: comprehending and pronouncing words accurately • word structure: understanding the rules words are built with • word-solving actions: strategic moves using knowledge of the language system

  4. Behaviors and Understandings to Notice, Teach and Support

  5. Word Work Resources • Words Their Way by Donald R. Bear et al. • Making Words by Pat Cunningham • Phonics Lessons by Pinnell and Fountas • Daily Five by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser

  6. Online Resources • Songsforteaching.com • Internet4classrooms.com • Sesamestreet.org • Starfall.com • linktolearning.com

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