What is Word Recognition?
Word recognition occurs when readers can easily identify and pronounce a word. Generally, word recognition is used in primary grades as a way to teach reading. It is important because it helps students become strong readers.
Words Their Way is now listed as an Instructional Intervention Tool on the National Center on Response to Intervention (NCRTI) website! Words Their Way: Word Study in Action Developmental Model received full bubbles in all categories!
The following are some activities for the using Words Their Way
Monday: Hand out sorts.
Discuss with groups.
Cut Out Sorts
Sort: There is usually a lot of discussion going on about what they have discovered about their words.
Place Sort in Baggie
(They get one sort for school and one sort for home)
Tuesday: Speed Sorts
Put a timer on the Smart Board and we all do the speed sort together.
The timer counts up and when they are finished they record their time on their sheet.
Wednesday: Buddy Sort
They find someone in their sorting group.
When they find someone, they work together to "quiz" each other. "What word would go in this feature?" "Where does this word belong?"
Thursday: Word Hunt
Using their Daily 5 Read to Self bags, they have to find words that go along with their features.
Friday: Test
The students sort their words and then glue them into their Spelling Journals. After the entire group was finished with this, call them back for some extra testing.
Clothes pin sight word match.
Example of word work practice.
This website has several cute activites that go with Dr. Suess Celebrations including word work with the -at family.
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