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Word Work/Spelling
This page has a wealth of ideas and documents for word work
and spelling.
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Word Walls
Word walls used to be a huge trend in education, and many
classrooms still have them. However, some teachers feel that the traditional
word wall of high frequency words is not effective. Luckily, there are many
variations on traditional word walls, all designed to improve students word use
and knowledge.
| High Frequency Word Walls |
- Choose words your students need to learn to read and spell. Fry
and Dolch lists are good sources for words.
- Introduce 4-5 words each week, and post them under ABC headings.
- Some teachers color code their words by part of speech.
- Consider introducing at least some words grouped by beginning
sound, e.g. 5 th- words one week.
- Expect your students to spell the words with 100% accuracy once
they are placed on the word wall.
- Spend 5-10 minutes each day with your word wall, doing
chants or other
activities.
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| Word Family Displays (a.k.a. chunk walls) |
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http://www.literacyconnections.com/Phonograms.php |
| Content Area Word Walls |
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| Picture Words |
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| Individual Word Walls |
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Word walls -high frequency, content area, word families,
picture words, individual, chants & activities
roots and affixes - Nifty Thrifty Fifty
individualized spelling
dictation assessments
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