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Word Work @ Daily 5. Students will practice spelling, vocabulary, or high frequency words kinesthetically and visually. Common Questions. What words do I use? What are the best Word Work materials to use? How often should I be changing the materials?. What words do I use?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Word Work @ Daily 5
Students will practice spelling, vocabulary, or high frequency
words kinesthetically and visually.
Common QuestionsWhat words do I use?What are the best Word Work materials to use?How often should I be changing the materials?
What words do I use?
Sight Words (65% of written text)
Words from Trophies Spelling Cautions
Words from Words Their Way
Words students are getting wrong in their writing
Vocabulary WordsTier 11 Words (fortunate, required, endure)
What are the best materials to use?
Individual White Boards
Beans or shells that can be used over and over again
Oily Crayola Modeling Clay smashed into the lid of a coffee can. Kids use a golf tee to write the words, smooth it out to erase, and begin again.
Magnetic Letters
Letter stamps- Stamp it, Write it, Read it
Magna Doodles
How often do I change materials?
We used to change the Word Work materials often to make it fresh and fun.
The “Sisters” say changing materials too often hinders word development. WW becomes more about the materials instead of learning words.
Typically the WW materials we begin the year with are the same ones we end the year with. Once children are independent with the process of getting out the materials, using them correctly and putting them away, the focus turns to the words and away from the materials!
Important Reminders
Word Work holds no content.
Word Work is merely the time to practice moving words into long term memory.
Children don’t have to stay at WW for a full round. 10 minutes is enough. Children practice their words and put their materials away and move into another Daily 5 choice.
Going Beyond Daily 5
More Effective Strategies
Interactive Read Alouds
Word Consciousness Classroom Million $ Words, RIP Words
Frayer Model (Examples, Non Examples, Illustration)
Stoplight Strategy
Multiple Meaning: Rock
Model Excellent Language
Book Wall and Content Wall
Voracious Reading
Less Effective Strategies
Asking, “Does anybody know what _____ means?”
Having students “look it up” in a typical dictionary
Having students use the word in a sentence after looking it up
Students guessing the definition
Copying from dictionary or glossary
Copying same word several times
Activities that do not require deep processing (word searches, fill-in-the-blank worksheets, etc.)
Rote memorization without context
Relying on incidental teaching of words