I do word study the same way that Kristin mentioned. Vocabulary is taught with the read aloud book I teach from during reader's workshop and language is taught in my mini lessons for writing workshop. This seems to all mesh pretty well.
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Kristin Mitchell < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I teach word study based on Words Their Way and Word Journeys. I have 15 > minutes a day dedicated to our word work. > Mondays the kiddos do an Open Sort (they sort them any way they want...but > I challenge them to be creative) while I work with each of my groups and > "teach" them the pattern. > Tuesdays they do a modification of the Buddy Sort where they find a buddy > and do their Closed Sort (sorting words by sound and/or pattern) and then > they make observations about their words (is there another way to sort > them?) > Wednesdays we do a Word Hunt. They scan passages (in books they choose) to > find words that fit their patterns. > Thursdays we alternate between Speed sort (to work on fluency/automaticity) > and Blind Sort (where they have to spell the words and place them in the > correct column). > Fridays I give a quick assessment. 5 words from their list and 2-4 not on > their list that fit their pattern. > > Hope this helps some! > > Kristin Mitchell/4th/CO > "Be the change you want to see in the world" > -Ghandi > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Andrea Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Is there a better way? Do any of you teach a concentrated Word Study and, > if > so, how/what do you do? > > Thanks! > Andrea > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > -- Elisa M. Kifer Third Grade Literacy Teacher Fox Meadow Elementary "Love of reading and writing is not taught, it is created. Love of reading and writing is not required, it is inspired. Love of reading and writing is not demanded, it is exemplified. Love of reading and writing, is not exacted, it is quickened. Love of reading and writing is not solicited, it is activated." -Russell Stauffer, 1980 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
