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Within Word Stage
(Phonetic-Gentry)
(Phonetic-Beers)
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ages 6-12, spell short vowels correctly and experiment with long vowels, stop fingerpointing, silent reading |
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long vowel patterns of single syllable words |
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students use teacher-made sorts |
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homographs and homophones |
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less frequent vowel patterns: oi, ow, ou |
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| Examples |
Word
(bed)
(ship)
(chase)
(float)
(cattle) |
Spelling
bed
ship
chais, chase
flote, float
catel, catol |
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Encourage students to use their best phonetic spelling |
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Have students develop personal dictionaries. |
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Have students identify their own problem words |
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Have students act as spelling editors for each other. |
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Word Study Notebooks |
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Word Hunt (Newspaper) |
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Variations on Jeopardy, Uno and Scattergories |
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| Sorts |
- Long-vowel picture/word sorts
- Short/long-vowel word sorts
- Vowel-blend word sorts.
- Vowel Patterns: CVC, CVVC
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| Take and Make Activity |
Train Station Game (p. 259-260, Bear, Templeton, Invernizzi, and Johnston) |
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Walters & Kehus, 1998
www.oakland.edu/~mikehus/wordstudy.htm
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