Hi Karen, I have been using Words Their Way in my third grade classroom for the past two years. I find it manageable to have three differnent levels in my class at one time. I use the pretests to determine the levels and then place the students as close to their level as possible. I reassess their levels every 9 week period and move students accordingly.
Students do most of their word study with spelling partners at school and I give a spelling test to each group on Thursdays. I meet with each group on Friday to go over their new spelling patterns. They record their new words and sorts in spelling notebooks. Students are responsible to practice using the sorting activities for homework. Hope this helps. Brenda Rootstown, Oh 3rd grade ________________________________ From: Karen Back <[email protected]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 2:02:56 AM Subject: [MOSAIC] Words their Way Hi there Apologies for cross posting.... I am interested in hearing from teachers who are using 'Words Their Way' as part of their spelling and vocab. program. I particularly would like to know more about how it is managed in the room when you have children at various levels. The program is becoming very popular here (Queensland, Australia) and schools are finding it is improving data. I know from previous threads on these lists there are quite a few of you that use it, so I thought I would go straight to the experts! Any information you can provide would be a great assistance. Kind regards, Karen Back _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
