Word study identifies the unique characteristics of the English language while looking for meaningful patterns and connections to support students' understandings of words. During word study, students are actively involved in manipulating letters, sounds, and words during classroom activities such as shared writing, shared reading, word gathering, and poetry study.
Word study activities take place in a variety of settings. These activities can take place during whole-group or small-group instruction. It may also occur during individual reading and writing as the teacher provides instruction needed to help the child be successful. Activities should be based on observations and assessments of students' needs. Activities should also build on children's interest in words as they generate charts of related words, create new additions to their word study notebooks, or read thematic collections of books looking for words about a particular topic. Word study activities use a variety of materials, including slates for writing, chart paper and markers for creating class charts, word cards for sorting words in a pocket chart, and sentence strips to create sentences to cut-up and reassemble.
We kicked off our first word study by learning the names of all our classmates!
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