Today (January 17th) we are completing our WTW (Words Their Way) initial assessment to place students in the appropriate groups to have them work on a spelling/vocabulary/phonics program that caters to their needs. Most of the students are familiar with the word sorts as both Mr. Dan and Mrs. Taylor used the program in some context last year. It is a program that has a wide array of research behind it for improving spelling, reading, and writing.
In class, students will be completing glue and sorts, speed sorts, putting into alphabetic order, blind sorts, learning the meaning of the words and putting into sentences, and doing partner work. Each week I will also post the different groups and their words so that they can print off and practice at home. To save trees, I will only be printing off the sets used in class. If you would like to print off a third set, you can print from the menu. Students will know which sort they are on as well as which colour.
The best way to practice at home is to complete the sorts again, explain what the word means, and do partner work. Your student can also use the links on the right to head over to Spelling City. They can play games with their words and practice the spelling as long as they remember which group they are in.
We will be going through a set of words every two to three weeks. For more information on Words Their Way please click here.
