If youre not familiar with words their way, it is a developmental spelling program which has students work with levelappropriate word sorts in order to improve their understanding of the written language. Blends, digraphs, trigraphs, and other letter combinations. Words their way is a series of textbooks, activity books, activity guides, teachers guides, and workbooks owned by pearson education, inc. These texts provide k12 teachers with instruction and word lists that correlate to students developmental stage.
Engaging low prep activities to keep your students interested. The authors of the professional development book words their way. Following the 5 stages of spelling development, this classroomready package features all materials needed to assist teachers to instruct in phonics, vocabulary, and spelling. Consonant blends are two or more letter sounds in a row. Words their way spelling list matches sorts 26 digraphs and. At the beginning of the withinword pattern stage students begin to study long vowels by using pictures to compare the sounds of short and long vowel sounds. I discovered and became interested in the words their way program. The matching sorts from words their way are listed at the end of the book for your reference. A teachers how to guide to using words their way, an assessmentbased. Students in this group must be guided to start recognizing patterns within words instead of solely relying on the sounds that they hear. The ideal stagespecific companion to words their way. I was given the newest versions of these books by words their way, but have. Words their way sort books are available for use in the wenonah literacy center.
Words their way series the word study approach that more than half a million educators trust. Pearson words their way literacy program for grades k5. The big book of rhymes and the words their way library. Think of and write words that start with the blends scr, shr, and spl. Word study for phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction.
This book could be appropriate for kindergarten, first, or second grade classes. Beginning readers focus on consonant blends words with short vowels like. Words their way letter name alphabetic spellers digraphs and. At this stage of word study, learning word families, blends, and digraphs in order to increase students ability to correctly spell words, make new words, and read new words is essential. There are also blends which contain three consonants. This is all good, we know that little kids who start school with awareness of initial sounds, rhyme and letters are ahead of the game on literacy. At this point, students know 26 consonants and their most common sounds, short vowel sounds, and digraphs sh, th, ch, ck, and wh. Words their way within word patterns super in second grade.
High frequency words and contractions sort 43 sort 44. Beside each blend, in brackets, is an example of a word starting with that blend. I wonder what prompted the particular school to make such a strange decision. Words their way letter name alphabetic spellers activities to teach unit 3 digraphs and blends. In the table below are the different combinations of blends you will find at the beginning of words. You may have access to the sort books at your school. Jul 4, 2014 words their way spelling list matches sorts 26 digraphs.
Words their way letter name alphabetic spellers digraphs. Distribute copies of the page enlarge, if desired, and have children cut out the word cards, then work with partners to sort the words by their soundspellings. Words their way for letter name alphabetic spellers units bundleyour students will enjoy learning about initial consonants, same vowel word families, digraphs, and blends in these low prep activities. Register your copy and download correlations and other resources. Following the 5 stages of spelling development, this classroomready package features all materials needed to assist teachers to instruct in.
Word study in action, level a, teacher resource cd. Exploring the implementation of words their way in a first. Helps you stay organized with a day to day layout lesson plan. With this in mind, i can now go into how i teach consonant blends. A consonant blend is when two or more consonants are blended together, but each sound may be heard in the blend. Building on its bestselling approach, this edition of words their way continues the phenomenon that has helped thousands of children improve their literacy skills. The words their way system itself is acceptable, but this book is not very practical for easeofuse. Teachers are encouraged to make use of the sorts found within these books for word study instruction. Words their way level b wtwr teacher reference book trg teacher resource guide wsn student word study notebook bbr big book of rhymes wtwl words their way library cd cdrom 4 3.
This contains long vowels spelled in various ways ace, ai. The range of reading levels within this stage could span from grade 3 to grade 8. The easiest and first ones to learn are the two letter blends which begin words. The first of these is their 124 free decodable books. These readers often read at the oral rate of 100 words per minute. Words their way is a teacherdirected, studentcentred approach to vocabulary growth and spelling development where students engage in a variety of sound, pattern and meaning activities, sorting pictures and words. Based on years of research into invented and developmental spelling, the classroomproven framework of this successful series is keyed to the five stages of spelling and orthographic development. It can be used as early as first grade, particularly if a school system wants to use the same inventory across the elementary grades. This developmental model recognizes the synchronous nature of reading, writing, and spelling, and has identified common characteristics of readers, writers, and spellers along the literacy continuum. Feature analyses inform teachers what spelling features to teach.
Blending sounds into wordswhat an exciting step in learning to read. Rfamily blends rfamily blends rfamily blends rfamily blends rfamily blends rfamily blends rfamily blends. The letter name and alphabetic stage words their wayby. Words their way suggests starting with the short a word families first, such as sorting words like mat and man. Words their way scope and sequence syllables and affixes syllables and affixes derivational relations unit 4.
Conversely, s blends refer to a consonant cluster that begins with s, like when st. Do you have students who know their letters and sounds and can sound out any. Simply cut the page to give students justright words for sorting practice. Students blend the sounds for c, a, and t to read the.
Consonant blends word list consonant blends activities. The keys to this successful, researchbased approach are to know your students literacy progress, organize for instruction, and implement word study. Word study for phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction, the professional development book by words their way. I need quite a lot of these books as i get more and more referrals of kids with literacy difficulties, but i cant buy anything like enough of them at that price. Using words their way to teach spelling this reading mama. See words their way for complete instructions about how to place students, how.
Word sorts are simply a set of words which fall into certain spelling, sound, or semantic categories. For example, in the word break, the b and r sounds are pronounced. Words their way digraphs and blends spelling homework book. Sorts 16 picture sorts for short and long vowel patterns sort 1 sort 2 sort 3 sort 4 sort 5 sort 6. Frog and toad books henry and mudge books magic tree house encylopedia brown ranger rick magazines bear, d.
The goals of phonics and word study instruction are to teach children that there are systematic relationships between letters and sounds, that written words are composed of letter patterns representing the sounds of spoken words, that recognizing words quickly and accurately is a way of obtaining meaning from them, and that they can blend. Mar 01, 2018 consonant blends are two or more letter sounds in a row. The directions here offer some ideas for guiding the sort and shows what the final sort will look like. To begin using words their way, we recommend that you gather some supplies. The correlation charts found on the next few pages provides some alignment between the word. The most common beginning consonant blends include.
Kids can practice consonant blends with reading elephant phonics books with blends. Based on years of research into invented and developmental spelling, the classroomproven framework of this successful series is keyed to the five. This 27 page wtw spelling pack matches digraphs and blends for sorts are 2. Invernizzi, coauthor of the words their way series of books. Provides a way of interpreting childrens spelling errors by taking into account their knowledge of specific orthographic features such as consonant blends or short vowels. Build decoding and spelling skills with this 1page differentiated word sort, with words organized by level of complexity. Words their way is a handson, developmentallydriven approach to word study that illustrates how to integrate and teach children phonics, vocabulary, and spelling skills.
I have also included a fillintheblank cloze activity for each week of words that can be used as class work or homework for reinforcement. Blends can also occur at the end of words as in the word last. I discovered and became interested in the words their way program wtw. Consonant blends, also referred to as consonant clusters, are a set of two or three consonant letters that when pronounced, retain their sound. Dec 21, 20 blending sounds into wordswhat an exciting step in learning to read. Once students know a few consonants and vowels, we can begin to teach them how to blend those sounds into meaningful words. These texts provide k12 teachers with instruction and word lists that correlate to students developmental stage of word study. Vowel patternsaccented syllables continued sort 23. Think of and write words that start with the blends sc, sk, sl, and squ. A printout about blended consonant sounds and spelling for early readers.
Words their way literacy program pearson elementary. Blends are found either at the beginning or end of a word. Use crab, drum, tree, broom, present, and fry to teach students to recognize the rfamily blends and hear their sounds in the initial position of words. In keeping with the authors belief that the handson word sorting approach to word study is invaluable to teachers and students alike, this volume presents prepared sorts covering the complete curriculum of word study for the letter namealphabetic state of spelling. Word study in action developmental model aligns students spelling development into the following five researchbased stages. Wtw letter name miss gabriels second grade website.
Stone fox by john reynolds gardiner uses many complex consonant blends like strength, stronger, and straight. Students should work with their words throughout the week in order to understand the features and the connections with the sorts. Elementary spelling inventory esi the elementary spelling inventory esi covers more stages than the psi. If you are teaching early childhood, we recommend words their way for prekk book. Get the latest information about words their way and other pearson learning group products. Words their way enables teachers to assess, clearly identify and document each students spelling stage, group students with common.
If possible, share books, songs, or poems that use some words that contain the targeted spelling feature. Similarly, the final sound in r blends is r, such as when br and cr appear in words like brown and crowd. Teacher layout for what to teach and have the small group do f. Tony is part of a large group in the middle letter namealphabetic stage who has beginning and ending consonants under control, but shows little accuracy when spelling digraphs and blends or short vowels. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. After digraphs, i teach consonant blends, again with short vowels only. Literacy development of students in the syllables and affixes stage students in the syllables and affixes stage of word knowledge are what henderson 1990 called intermediate readersstudents who are not yet mature or advanced readers. The developmentally driven words their way instructional approach is a phenomenon in word study, providing a practical way to study words with students. Jun 03, 20 words their way s assessments for emergent spellers first examine their ability to identify rhyme and alliteration, and circle pictures that begin with given letters. The first and easiest way is to use one of the workbooks see resources books below and simply photocopy an. Jan 23, 20 the most common beginning consonant blends include. Sorts 4546 inflectional endings for plural and past tense sort 45 sort 46. Words their way letter name alphabetic spellers uni. Students in this stage begin to be able to sustain longer amounts of silent reading.