teaching literacy in the 21 st. century session 6 ian hauser

Teaching Literacy in the 21st. Century Session 6

Ian Hauser

•Some things never change!

• Word Recognition Test

What did you learn about the student(s) from the Word Identification Test?

What can you do about it?

Teaching SpeelingSpelling

Teaching SpeelingSpelling

Ian Hauser

Spelling Test

Ten Words1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -

After the test

• How many words do you think you have correct?

• Put a √ beside the words you think are correct

• Put a X beside the words you think are wrong

• Put a ? beside the words you are not sure about

Spelling Test

Ten Words1 - SEAL2 - HEMORRHAGE3 - POLYPHONIC4 - CARBONACEOUS5 - REIGN6 - SEPARATE7 - INTEGRATE8 - DIARRHEA9 - PARALLELOGRAM10 - DIDGERIDOO

Spelling TestTen Words1 - SEAL There is only 1 way to spell

SEAL, although there are several uses of the word

2 - HEMORRHAGE Prefix ‘hemo’ from the Greek ‘haimo’ meaning ‘blood’.

3 - POLYPHONIC Easier from a Music teacher to spell4 - CARBONACEOUS Easier for a Science Teacher to

spell5 - REIGN There are 3 spellings for this word,

depending on its meaning6 - SEPARATE Pronounced differently whether used as a noun

or a verb, but spelled the same7 - INTEGRATE Second syllable the same as ‘separate’, but

spelled differently8 - DIARRHEA A hard word to spell is one you don’t see very

often9 - PARALLELOGRAM double ‘l’ confusing

10 - DIDGERIDOO spelled as it sounds as Australian Aboriginals have no written language

Spelling Test

Ten Words1 - SEAL2 - HEMORRHAGE3 - POLYPHONIC4 - CARBONACEOUS5 - REIGN6 - SEPARATE7 - INTEGRATE8 - DIARRHEA9 -

PARALLELOGRAM10 - DIDGERIDOO

1. List the strategies you used for each word

2. Share your strategies with those around you

3. What are the most commonly used strategies for spelling?

Teaching Spelling

Most commonly used strategies

• Phonics – how the word sounds

• Visual Memory – how the word looks

• Drawing on Rules and Generalizations

• Drawing on Linguistic Knowledge

• Referring to outside resources

Teaching Spelling

Most commonly used strategies

• Phonics – how the word sounds

• Visual Memory – how the word looks

• Drawing on Rules and Generalizations

• Drawing on Linguistic Knowledge

• Referring to outside resources

• There are some problems with relying solely on one of these strategies….

Teaching Spelling

Strategy

• Phonics – how the word sounds

Problem

• Many words are not phonically ‘standard’.

‘O’ says - ?

lot, omit, look, though, orange, touch, tattoo,

period, only, one……

Teaching Spelling

Strategy

• Visual Memory –

How the word looks

Problem

• Sometimes words that look the same are actually different

WIND

“I wind my watch.”

“The wind is strong

today.”

Teaching Spelling

Strategy

• Drawing on rules and generalizations

Problem

• “In the lexicon of the average third grader, there are 19,000 words, covered by 73 different rules with 27 exceptions and a further 18 anomalies”

Biargowski 1974

Teaching Spelling

Strategy

• Drawing on linguistic knowledge

Problem

• Conflict between– Regular English– ‘Street’ vernacular– Advertising– Academic English– Book language

Teaching Spelling

Strategy

• Referring to outside resources

Problem

• Availability• Willingness• Usefulness• Time Constraints

Teaching Spelling

Solution

• Demonstrate as many strategies as possible

• Encourage students to discuss and share strategies

• Make spelling matter

Running Records

• Conventions

• Taking a Running Record as Brandon reads “The Moon”.– What do you notice about the record of

Brandon’s Reading?– What else do we need to know?