I do the words the way mentioned above. I also incorporate Janet Allen (*Yellow Brick Roads* & *Words, Words, Words*) The one I am experimenting with right now is *Accelerating Vocabulary* by Nancy Akhavan. She does a lot with refining min-lessons and connecting concepts.
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:23 PM, elisa kifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 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. > > -- Kim ------- Kimberlee Hannan 7th CORE-ELA & WH Sequoia Middle School Fresno, California 93702 The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. ~Author Unknown [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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.
