Working With Words
Making Words in Third and Fourth Grade (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 3: Literacy for GrowthAges:
5-8
Grade Range:
3rd 4thFood Groups:
Primary:
Spelling & Word Study
Transcript
In this Working with Words activity the students are given a number of letters that create a word. We first start with a chart and brainstorm together and come up with words that contain three of these letters and then we move on to words that contain four letters and then words that contain more than four of the letters that I have given them. After we come up with all of these words together, their job then, their task, is to come up with the secret word. And in this case the secret word was instruments.
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Activity Objective
The goal of Working With Words: Making Words in Third and Fourth Grade (Virtual Tour) is to provide students with practice in blending sounds to make and read words and to teach common spelling patterns and word families.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- Exposing students to new vocabulary words will help them expand their vocabulary. Providing opportunities to practice spelling words through a fun and motivating game will also help students commit the words to memory and will also promote the automatic use of the words when communicating with others.
- Explicit instruction in word recognition has a direct effect on students' reading ability.
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