Index 1.Catch kids with an interesting spelling question. 2.Present a set of words that make the relevant pattern more salient. 3.Help kids hypothesize a solution from carefully presented evidence. 4.Guide testing of students’ hypotheses and identify the precise pattern. 5.Practice the identified pattern with appropriate tools. Structured Word Inquiry: Integrating Content & Process Bowers, P. N. & Kirby, J. R. (2010).

Index Structured Word Inquiry: Integrating Content & Process Mean? Built? Relatives? Pronunciation?

Index Why is there a in ?

Built on lessons for Grade 4/5 Instructional Study by Bowers & Kirby (2010) Reading & Writing

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sign Mean? Built? Relatives? Pronunciation?

sign + al → signal Mean? Built? Relatives? Pronunciation?

sign + al → signal Mean? Built? Relatives? Pronunciation?

Index → Mean? Built? Relatives? Pronunciation? Page 6 of handout

Mean? Built? Relatives? Pronunciation?

Mean? Built? Relatives? Pronunciation?

sign + al → signal Mean? Built? Relatives? Pronunciation? Page 6 of handout

de + sign → design Mean? Built? Relatives? Pronunciation? Page 6 of handout

de + sign → design /s/ /z/ Mean? Built? Relatives? Pronunciation? Page 6 of handout

sign + ate + ure → *signateure Mean? Built? Relatives? Pronunciation? Page 6 of handout

sign + ate + ure → signature “no ” Mean? Built? Relatives? Pronunciation? Page 6 of handout

suffixes that cause a change: -ed, -er, -ing, -ure, -age, -es suffixes that do not cause a change: -ment -s Hypothesis: Vowel suffixes replace single, silent s. Page 6 of handout

a e i o u y Hypothesis: Vowel suffixes replace single, silent s.

Index cave + ed → caved require + ment → smile + ing → brave + est → brave + ly → imagine + ary → ice + y → icy Suffixing Flow Chart (

Index Building and announcing word sums: Free resourcewww.wordworkskingston.com

Index Building the word sum for the word Step 1: Assemble morphemes. Building and announcing word sums: teach + er →

Index Building the word sum for the word Step 1: Assemble morphemes. Building and announcing word sums: teach + er → t-ea-ch-- plus -- er -- is rewritten as --

Index Building the word sum for the word Step 1: Assemble morphemes. Building and announcing word sums: teach + er → teacher t-ea-ch---- er t-ea-ch-- plus -- er -- is rewritten as --

Index Building the word sum for the word Step 1: Assemble morphemes. Building and announcing word sums with doubled consonants: shop + ing → sh--o-p -- plus -- i-n-g -- is rewritten as -- check the joins!

Index Building the word sum for the word Step 2: Check the joins! Building and announcing word sums with doubled consonants: shop + ing →

Index Building and announcing word sums with doubled consonants: shop + ing → Is it a vowel suffix? Building the word sum for the word Step 2: Check the joins!

Index Building and announcing word sums with doubled consonants: shop + ing → Does the word end with just one consonant letter? Building the word sum for the word Step 2: Check the joins!

Index Building and announcing word sums with doubled consonants: shop + ing → Is there just one vowel letter before that consonant letter? Building the word sum for the word Step 2: Check the joins!

Index Building and announcing word sums with doubled consonants: Double the last letter before you add the suffix. Building the word sum for the word Step 2: Check the joins! shop(p) + ing →

Index Building the word sum for the word Step 3: Write and spell out the result. Building and announcing word sums with doubled consonants: shop(p) + ing → sh--o-p -- plus -- i-n-g -- is rewritten as --

Index Building the word sum for the word Step 3: Write and spell out the result. Building and announcing word sums with doubled consonants: shop(p) + ing → shopping sh--o-p -- plus -- i-n-g -- is rewritten as -- sh--o-- double p ---- i-n-g

Index tell + ing → t--e-- double l -- plus -- i-n-g -- is rewritten as --

Index tell + ing → telling t--e-- double l -- plus -- i-n-g -- is rewritten as -- t-e-- double l ---- i-n-g

Index fly + es → f--l--y -- plus -- e-s-- is rewritten as-- “check the joins!”

Index fly/i + es → flies

Index fly/i + es → flies f--l-- change the to ---- e-s f--l--y -- plus -- e-s-- is rewritten as--

Index Synthetic Word Sums Substructure → Surface Structure spring → spring care + ful + ly → spell + ing → cute + er → cut + er → act + ive + ity + es → Page 7 of handout

Index Synthetic Word Sums Substructure → Surface Structure spring → spring care + ful + ly → carefully spell + ing → spelling cute/ + er → cuter cut(t) + er → cutter act + ive/ + ity/i + es → activities Page 7 of handout

Index Analytic Word Sums Surface Structure→ Substructure spilling→spill + ing helpfully→ help + ful + ly sisterhood→ sister + hood assistance → as + sist + ance duckling→ duck + ling bookkeeper→ book + keep + er Page 7 of handout