1. Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Learning at Home
Word Study
Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Learning at Home

2. What Is Word Study? Definition
Active exploration of words that leads to spelling and meaning knowledge
Includes children learning at their stage of development
Is based on 30 years of research conducted through UVA

3. Some Guiding Principles
What Is Word Study?
Some Guiding Principles
Look for what students use but confuse
Use words students can read
Work for automaticity
Sort by sight and sound in early stages
Sort by sight/sound and meaning in later stages

4. Fall DSA determines a stage
What Is Word Study?
Assessment
Fall DSA determines a stage
Weekly/Biweekly class assessments
Using words not on the initial list or used in the initial sort
Scoring features and/or correct words at earlier stages

5. What Is Word Study? Stage Grade Range Characterized By.. Emergent
Pre k to mid 1st
Pre Literate
Letter Name
K-early 3rd
Alphabet
Within Word
Pattern
1st -mid 4th
Patterns
Syllables & Affixes
3rd-8th
Meaning
Derivational Relations
5th-12th

6. Features Studied in the Emergent Stage
What is Word Study?
Features Studied in the Emergent Stage
Concept of word
Phonemic Awareness
Letter Identification
Direction

7. Features Studied in the Letter Name Stage
What Is Word Study?
Features Studied in the Letter Name Stage
Compare/contrast beginning and ending consonants
Develop sight words
Compare/contrast consonant blends and sh, th, ch
Word families
Short vowels
mp, ng, nd, nt, nk

8. Features Studied in the Within Word Pattern Stage (One Syllable Words)
What Is Word Study?
Features Studied in the Within Word Pattern Stage (One Syllable Words)
Common long vowel patterns (i.e. ay, a_e, ai; ee, ea, e; i_e, igh, y; o_e, oa, ow; u_e, ew)
Syllable patterns across vowels (VCe, CVVC (rain), CVCC (back))
Less common long vowel patterns (ea, old, ei, ind, ue, etc.)
R-controlled vowels (ar, air, etc.)
Complex consonant clusters (scr, thr, etc)
Dipthongs and others (oi, ough, etc.)
Begin to bring in meaning with homophones

9. What Is Word Study?
Features Studied in the Syllables and Affixes Stage (Mulisyllable Words)
Plural endings (doubling, e-drop, no change, y to i, irregular plurals)
Open and closed syllables
Vowel patterns in accented and unaccented syllables
The j sound in the middle and ends of words (badger, major, village)
The cher sound (culture)
Simple prefixes and suffixes