Ch3 Flashcards
when students do this they engage in the active process of searching, comparing, contrasting, and analyzing
sort words
the sorting approach is different than other phonics because it sorts this way and not synthetically
analytically
students are taught the letter-sound correspondences and then expected to sound out words phoneme by phoneme
synthetic phonics
approach uses known words; students are asked to examine their parts listening for sounds, looking for patterns, or thinking about meaning
analytic phonics
how do students sort words
rhyme, initial sounds, consonant blends or digraphs, rhyming word families, or vowel sounds
phonemes
smallest unit of sound
key pictures
images associated with the initial sound
what stage spellers sort words into word families
letter-name alphabetic
what stage do spellers sort words into groups by vowel patterns
within word pattern
what stage spellers sort by the pattern of consonants and vowels at the syllable juncture or by patterns of constancy and change across derivationally related words
advanced
these often follow a sound sort
pattern sorts
contain the pattern under study may be underlined or bolded to label each category
key words
used to highlight the reoccurring pattern
headers
two major types of meaning sorts
concept and meaning sorts related to spelling
words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently, depending on part of speech
homographs
these define the categories in advance using key words and/or headers and make it clear how to conduct the sort; this is the highest level of support and explicit instruction is offered in teacher-directed…
closed sorts
how to demonstrate and sort words (steps=4)
1) Review the words 2) Establish the categories (use open-ended questions) 3) Model several words into each category and explain why you are sorting 4) Turn the task over to students to finish the sort
this form of sorting is useful in small groups for exploring content-specific vocab while also stimulating creative thinking
guess my category
this sort is student-centered; and demands the highest level of independent efforts and thought because students are not given any clues to the categories or features - only a set of words to sort; make students explain why they sorted the words how they did
open sort
this is important for any type of sorting so students can help and understand what they are needing to do
modeling