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