Vocabulary Blog: Learning New Words Every Day!

Module 6 (Week 2) Vocabulary 1.) Invented Spelling - "allows students to write even before they can read during the emergent stage" ( Words Their Way) Invented spelling offers creativity within the literacy classroom by allowing students to attempt to communicate with the letters and sounds that they are already familiar with. This also allows teachers to identify struggling students who are not familiar with letter-sound recognition. 2.) Word Walls -"a collection of words which are displayed in large visible letters on a wall, bulletin board, or other display surface in a classroom"(readingrockets.com) Word walls within the literacy classroom are essential because this teaches students new vocabulary and offers them a wide variety of new words that they are able to see daily around the classroom. They promote vocabulary growth and improvements in literacy. 3.) Word Sorts -" A basic word study routine in which students group words i

Module 5 (Week 2) Vocabulary 1.) Interactive Writing -" a process where students "share the pen" with the teacher and classmates. " (brighthubeducation.com) Interactive Writing is important for emergent readers who are learning how to read, write and develop words by supporting them to use what they already know about sounds and letters to create a writing prompt. 2.) Letter Recognition -"identifying the name, characteristics, and formation of the 26 uppercase and lowercase letter symbols used in the English language" (teachervision.com) Letter recognition is a building block for students to begin identifying letters within different forms which is then related to developing early literacy and oral language skills. 3.) Phonics -"the relationships between the letters of written language and the sounds of spoken language." (readingrockets.org) It is very important to teach phonics at a young age because

    Module 4 (Week 2) Vocabulary 1.) Phonemic Awareness - " the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in words." (readingrockets.org ) Since phonemic awareness is the awareness that sounds of language creates words. This is one of the fundamental learning skills of literacy. If a student is able to sound out the different letters in a word with different techniques then they are able to learn a word.  2.)Concepts of Print - "understandings about how books are organized, how print is oriented on the page, and features of print such as punctuation and capitalization " ( Words Their Way )  This is important to teaching literacy because this offers students the basic understanding of how to begin reading a text and where to find specific content and concepts with a text. 3.) Morphology - "the   patterns   of   word   formation   in a   particular   language,   including   inflection,   derivatio

Module 3 (Week 1) Vocabulary   Hello Everyone! My name is Katlyn Edenfield and I am currently a senior as a k-12 Intervention Specialist Major. I am very excited to start methods and student teaching in the fall. Within this summer, I just have to finish up with this course and educational psych and then I will be all set for fall. During Phonics this semester, I am really hoping to learn more in depth concepts of how students learn and understand words, what I can do as an IS major to help them and also any helpful tips for the OAE, as well.     1.) Alphabetic Principle  - "the concept that letters and letter combinations are used to represent phonemes in orthography."  ( Words Their Way ) The Alphabetic principle is important to literacy learning because it helps students gain a better understanding of the relationship between written and spoken language which effects a students ability to read and write. 2.) Explicit Phonics Instruction - &quo