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Word Facts There are about 400,000 words in a

dictionary. Only 13 percent of these words are truly exceptional, in that they must be memorized by sight.

Spelling Instruction Should Include:

Alphabetic principle knowledge Pattern information Meaning information

Yardsticks by Chip Wood 2nd Edition NEW EDITION

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Black Socks Black socks, they never get dirty,The longer I wear them, the stronger they

get!Sometimes I think I should wash them,But something inside me keeps saying ,

“Not yet! Not yet! Not Yet!

Stay on the Sunny SideStay on the sunny side,

always on the sunny side

Stay on the sunny side of life!

You’ll be to blame if we drive you insane, so just stay on the sunny side of life!

(For the verses, people tell riddles and then the crowd groans and sings the chorus again and so on.)

Why Use Active Learning Strategies?

Kids are mobile creatures! They are going to move and talk. It is how they learn. We want to capitalize on that energy by providing powerful tools for learning.

What is a word sort? A strategy for understanding words and

word parts. Students learn by doing. Students analyze a set of word cards for similarities. They sort the words into categories.

Why use word sorts? Spelling Content Build background knowledge Review Assessment Practice Reading/Fluency

Picture SortsS B

When and Why? Work on

beginning or ending sounds.

Concept Sorts

Clothes Toys

Why and How Use when teaching

content. Math Science Social Studies

Brian P. Cleary

Anne Rockwell

Rhyming Picture Sort

Vowel Picture Sort

Teacher Directed Sorts Teachers define the categories and

model sorting. The teacher shares with students the key word or word part students should use in the sorting.

Beginner Level : Sort for Word Families 

cat man can

rat fan hat

pan sat pat

that tan bat

van mat than

fat ran  

Student Centered Sort: Open Sort Students examine all the words in the

sort and decide the categories for sorting the words. They sort the words based on this prediction.

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Rounding up the Rhymes

Steps for Rounding Up the Rhymes Round up the rhymes by asking the

children tell you the rhyming words. Write the rhyming words on index cards and put them in a pocket chart.

Underline the spelling pattern in each word.

Discard any rhyming words which do not follow the spelling pattern.  (example: heard, bird)

Round up more words in each category.

Environmental Print/Word Wall

Fly Swatter

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