Chapter 3 WTW Flashcards
Oddball
Word that has the same sound but different spelling pattern
Synthetic Phonics
Phonics instruction that begins with individual sounds and the blending of sounds to form words.
Analytic Phonics
Word study that divides words into their elemental parts through phonemic,orthographic and morphological analysis.
Key Pictures
Pictures placed at the top of each category in a word sort. Key pictures act as headers for each column and can be used for analogy.
Key Words
Words placed at the top of each category in a word sort. Key words act as headers for each column and can be used for analogy.
Pattern Sort
A word sort in which students categorize words according to similar spelling patterns.
Headers
Words pictures or other labels uses to designate categories for sorting.
Phonics
The Systematic Relationship between letters and sounds.
Word Hunt
A word study activity in which students go back to texts they have previously read a hunt for other words that follow the same spelling features examined during the word or picture sort.
Word Study
A learner centered, conceptual approach to instruction in phonics, spelling, word recognition and vocabulary based on a developmental model.
Speed Sort
Pictures or words that are sorted under a timed condition. Students try to be there own time.
Meaning sort
A type of word sort in which the categories are determined by semantic categories or by spelling meaning connections.
Cut and Paste Activities
A variation of picture sorting in which students cut out pictures from magazines or catalogs and paste them into categories.
Blind Sort
A word sort done with a partner in which a students who are responsible for sorting cannot see the word. They must instead attend to the sounds and sometimes visualize the spelling pattern to determine the category.
Blind Writing Sort
A variant of a blind sort in which one student (or teacher) names a word without showing it to another student, who must write it in the correct category under a key word.
