In ch.5, the book discusses how students have more words in their listening/meaning vocabulary than in their sight-reading vocabulary.
It also discusses certain lesson formats for students to learn and pay attention to patterns in words.
-Guess The Covered Word
-Using Words You Know
-Making Words
However, which format is appropriate in terms of grade and skill level?
In my opinion 'Guess The Covered Word' is for the early elementary grades. This game allows students to guess and introduces them to not only focus on the word, but also on the meaning. It also leaves room for students to grow--once they know certain words, they can practice on harder word sounds.
'Using Words You Know' is intended for middle elementary age because they use the words they already know. The purpose is to decode unknown words by using the patterns of words they do know, but it still leaves room for new knowledge and improvement.
'Making Words' is for the higher elementary grades. Guided discovery leaves students to grow on their learning independence. They use the skills they have already obtained and apply them to this format. Students use the sorted rhyming words to spell some new words with the same rhyming pattern.
Miranda,
ReplyDeleteI really liked the three activities you included and your analysis of them and what age group they work best for. I believe the Guess the Word activity is a fun way to help students test their decoding skills. I also really liked the Using Words You Know Activity and the way that they created the activity (with the paint samples).
I really like your activity for "using the words you know" because it is a great way for students to realize that words that look similar are from the same "word family". I also liked how to specified which age group is appropriate for each activity because younger kids would have no clue what to do if they were given the "making words" worksheet!!
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