Instruction Plan
M is a 3rd
grade student at a small rural school in Iowa. She is nine years
old and loves to
play with her dog, Bobo the English Mastiff, and younger sister
Gabby. When I was
administering the spelling test she was attentive and seemed
confident in the work she was
doing. She didnt take an extremely long time to spell every word
and fixed her mistakes
immediately if she thought there was one.
After administering and grading the assessment I believe M is at
the late within word
pattern stage. She struggled with the sections other vowels, and
inflected endings. While I will
focus most of my recommendations for M on the late within word
pattern stage I also will point
out that she may need a quick review of blends and common long
vowels.
I picked an activity called Word Study Uno found on page 233 of
Words their Way. This
Uno game has vowel patterns that the students are currently
working on written on the cards.
Players start with 5 cards and then take turns playing cards
that match the pattern on the face-up
card in the center. For example if the card in the middle is
boat a student could lay goat, road,
soap, or play one of the special cards such as skip, draw 2, or
wild which allows the students to
choose any new vowel pattern. The first student to run out of
cards wins!
This activity was selected because I know that M loves to play
games and is competitive.
I also like how the Uno game allows me to select several vowel
patterns that she is struggling
with and tailor it to fit her needs. In order to make sure that
M is learning new information and
not just revisiting previously learned skills, we will focus on
the vowel patterns of ew, aw, and
ow. She missed those on her spelling inventory so this game will
allow her to see those patterns
in many words and gain skills in the other vowels category.
