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Sample Phonics Skills for Investigation Planning

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Sample Phonics Skills for Investigation Planning

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Sample Phonics Concepts for Investigation

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Grade 1 Writing Conference with Word Study Lens

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Grade 1 Writing Conference with Word Study Lens

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mollyrance@gmail.com

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Example - Planning a Spelling Investigation K-2

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Great resource to understandings and planning for phonics

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If you're not sure how phonics fits within your daily instruction, or crave a more effective process for teaching phonics, Heidi Anne Mesmer is here to help. In Letter Lessons and First Words, Heidi Anne provides a research-based vision of what lively, engaging phonics instruction can look like, along with practical, classroom-tested tools to make it happen in your classroom.

Heidi Anne provides a one-stop shop for phonics instruction, including a clear scope and sequence of what to teach, a quick assessment to differentiate instruction, a simple lesson framework, and three activity-filled units matching key developmental milestones.

More than twenty classroom videos bring the content to life, showing children working with letters, words, and books at various stages of learning. Additional resources include:

A "know the code" chapter explaining English spelling (and online glossary)

Answers to common questions

Guidance about choosing books for readers at different stages

new info about how children cognitively store words and why inductive tension is important.

Isn't it time to re-imagine how you teach phonics? Letter Lessons and First Words will show you the way toward joyful instruction for today's classrooms.

Read Heidi Anne's Blog post Developmentally Responsive Phonics Instruction: A Research-Based Approach

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Research-based strategies for lively, engaging phonics instruction with young children. - Heinemann

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Flyleaf Publishing - Online Materials Portal

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For Students - Flyleaf Publishing - Online Materials Portal

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Connect with other international educators who are passionate about all things literacy!

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Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.

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No More Teaching a Letter a Week (Not This but That)

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No More Teaching a Letter a Week (Not This but That) [McKay, Rebecca, Teale, William H., Keene, Ellin Oliver, Duke, Nell K] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. No More Teaching a Letter a Week (Not This but That)

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Phonics Scope and Sequence - Adapted from Letter Lessons & First Words by Heidi Anne Mesmer

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Spelling Stages - Determining Instructional Focus

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Spelling Stages - Determining Instructional Focus

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EKC

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Model for how a lesson can go.

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The Reading GPS gives teachers information about whether students are moving toward the goal of proficient reading.

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Good guide to using morphology to help with spelling and vocabulary

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This reference manual includes several useful features:

takes teachers through how English spelling uses morphology to represent the meaning of words

teaches word sums and word matrices as tools for examining word structure and constructing and deconstructing words morphologically

contains a series of ready-to-use lessons, helping teachers and students act as word detectives who problem-solve the links between structure and meaning

targets vocabulary, reading, and spelling skills!

By: Peter Bowers

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Kendore Learning Store Teaching How the Written Word Works [WVC216] - This reference manual includes several useful features: takes teachers through how English spelling uses morphology to represent the meaning of words teaches word sums and word matrices as tools for examining word structure and constructing and deconstructing words morphologically contains a series of ready-to-use lessons, helping teachers and students act as word detectives

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How a lesson could go.

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K-2 Phonics Instruction Planner - Bal Lit

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Jeff Anderson & Whitney La Rocca

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Process for Investigating Letters, Sounds and Words

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Process for Investigating Letters, Sounds and Words

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got- some ideas to incorporate more vocabulary/student written word work in the classroom.

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Got: I am a visual learner and I found the progression levels of the phonics layout very beneficial.

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I really liked the examples /photos shared for showing word study. For e.g. joke of the day.

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I really liked the examples /photos shared for showing word study. For e.g. joke of the day.

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Got - I liked the reminders of easy, basic things to do and incorporate in word study.

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Got: I loved the saying - the brain that does the work is the brain that is learning. I am going to keep that in mind all through my day

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Got: I loved the saying - the brain that does the work is the brain that is learning. I am going to keep that in mind all through my day

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Want: I would love even more picture examples of activities that have been successful. I loved the pictures you shared during our session with us today.

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Want: I would love even more picture examples of activities that have been successful. I loved the pictures you shared during our session with us today.

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want - I would like more ideas of how to do fun word study activities with my remote students.

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Potential small group, partner, or individual inquiry

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Etymonline - Online Etymology Dictionary

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The online etymology dictionary (etymonline) is the internet’s go-to source for quick and reliable accounts of the origin and history of English words, phrases, and idioms. It is professional enough to satisfy academic standards, but accessible enough to be used by anyone.

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Filled with ideas to explore...

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A great resource where you can (or teach the kids to) make matrices.

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Morphology Home / Matrix Home

Welcome

Welcome to the main information page for Mini Matrix-Maker.

We aim to provide a simple low-cost web-based tool for creating word matrices, similar to the one below. For the moment, the current version is free.

Visit our Morphology Home page for other useful tools, which can help you improve your matrices.

Run Mini Matrix-Maker (free version)

Click the link below to run the program.

www.neilramsden.co.uk/spelling/matrix/run.html?version=temp

You may wish to add a bookmark to this link.

Please read the current terms and conditions before running it. They may be updated periodically.

Free Usage

We may charge for using the Mini Matrix-Maker in future, but for the moment usage is free. The most likely next step will be to include a voluntary donation box to help keep this web-site active.

Using Mini Matrix-Maker now doesn't commit you to any future involvement.

Example Matrix

View a sample Matrix Results Page, built from word sums around the base element <mode>.

What is Mini Matrix-Maker?

Mini Matrix-Maker will automatically build a word matrix for you from the set of word sums in your word family.

Normally, deciding how to organise your word matrix can be hard to get right and even one small change to your word sums can make a big difference in how the matrix looks.

Mini Matrix-Maker makes life easy for you, because all you have to do is concentrate on the word sums. From there, building an accurate, attractive matrix is all done for you.

How do you use a Word Matrix?

Word matrices are powerful tools for exploring and testing knowledge of word structure. They provide a graphical shorthand for illustrating families of interrelated words.

Word matrices read from left to right.

From them, you make single, complete words.

You may use one element from a column at a time.

You don't have to take an element from every column of a matrix - but you must not "leapfrog" over a column.

How does Mini Matrix-Maker compare with Word Microscope?

The Word Microscope program can more actively guide you in creating word sums and matrices. It recognises prefixes, bases, connecting vowels and suffixes, and includes checks and reference tools. You can also easily save and retrieve your work, or print a customised findings log.

Learn more by reading the quick comparison between Word Microscope and the Mini Matrix-Maker.

There is a Word Microscope download for Microsoft Windows, which can be used for free for a limited period.

Word matrices originated within Real Spelling. Visit the Real Spellers web-site to discover more about Real Spelling concepts and the role of matrices in understanding English orthography.

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Welcome to the main information page for Mini Matrix-Maker.

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This blog is both a forum for collaboration and a resource for language arts teachers to use. Please use the sentences you find here as models for exploration and imitation in your classrooms, and add to them as you find strong examples through your personal and class readings. Use the sidebar to the left to view or add to the collected sentences.

The idea for the blog grew from a conversation at one of Jeff Anderson's workshops. Jeff is the author of Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Workshop , a very practical and valuable exploration of grammar and writing instruction. Through discussion of how to promote positive development of students' grammar knowledge and writing style, Jeff encouraged us as teachers to find powerful model sentences in the stories and books we read, and to present these sentences to our students as models for discussion (what he calls "noticing") and imitation. When teachers asked if there is a collection of these model sentences somewhere, the idea for this blog was born. Jeff's second book, Everyday Editing: Inviting Students to Develop Skill and Craft in Writer's Workshop , also holds many lessons to help you teach editing outside of the "vacuum" of canned instruction.

Use in the Classroom: These are meant to be noteworthy sentences from published authors that students can examine ("What things do you notice about this sentence?") and imitate ("Now you try it, using this sentence as an example.") within the context of writing instruction of all types. Some sentences could also serve as leads, prompts, or stems for journal entries or more formal writing assignments.

Organization of Blog: In the left sidebar, I have grouped these entries in a variety of ways, knowing that teachers look for sentences for many reasons. There is a general "Best Sentences Ever" Section, and below that there are numerous more specific categories of the following titles: Parts of Sentences (with subheadings of Parts of Speech, Phrases, and Clauses), Purpose of Sentences, Structure of Sentences, Length of Sentences, Syntax Techniques, Figurative Language, Sound Devices, Literary Techniques, Punctuation, and Style/Voice.

How to use this site as a resource: Use the links in the left sidebar to select a category of sentences. Once on the category page, click on individual types of sentences to view or add sentences. Read the "Comments" to find sentences relevant to your current search.

How to contribute to this resource: Below any post about a type of sentence, click on the "Comments" link, and type the sentences according to the following directions. Please write out your selected sentence(s) in quotations, followed by the name of the author, the work in which these lines appear, and the page number(s) on which these lines appear. Please proofread before posting. NOTES: Colorful quotations are wonderful, but please try to make sure they are also appropriate. If you have a strategy that has worked well with this particular sentence you are posting, you may also include a brief description of that strategy.

Thanks for contributing! If you have a comment or suggestion, you may email me at lswolter@gmail.com.

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Notable Sentences...for Imitation and Creation

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"As writers, we learn most of what we know just by watching the pros, don't we?" ~John R. Trimble

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Group Planning: Patterns of Power Planning Process

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Adapt to your kids!

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Thank you for the session.
Got’s: I am looking forward to improving the ‘Edit/ transfer’ points from Jeff Anderson.

Want’s: I would like to know more about recommended way to monitoring and documenting students’ progress.

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I really appreciated the sentence structure comparison. I am going to try that in small groups to improve writing sentences.

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EXAMPLE Whole Class/Small Group Word Feature Concepts SAIA

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Collecting Evidence: Patterns & Trends  

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Example of 'Quick Check' for Understanding

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Example of 'Quick Check' for Understanding

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Example of 'Quick Check' for Adding Suffixes

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Example of 'Quick Check' for Adding Suffixes

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Word Study with B.L. - Planning for Transfer

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Example:Conferring with a Word Feature Lens

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