Word-Analysis Skills and Vocabulary Development Flashcards
a correspondence between letters and sounds
phonics
the structure of the language
syntax
meaning; how words relate to form meaning
semantics
the way in which expression can provide meaning to language
pragmatics
any number of ways in which readers analyze unknown words: using phonics to decode words, being able to chunk words into parts, and being able to recognize the meanings of these parts
word-analysis skills
making word families word sorts take apart blending wheel or T-scope word walls
methods of teaching word-analysis skills
the teacher gives students a group of letters such as ‘c’, ‘f’, ‘l’, ‘m’, ‘p’, and ‘v’ in order to work with the spelling pattern ‘ast’. to start, the ‘ast’ may be on one card with the other letters separate. the teacher begins by making the word ‘cast’ and saying a sentence with the word in it
making word families
students are given a group of words to sort into various categories
free sort: students can sort words any way they wish; by beginning sounds, ending sounds, rhymes, parts of speech
guided sorts: the teacher directs students to sort into particular phonetic categories, such as the ‘at’, ‘ing’, and ‘ake’ rimes
word sorts
students build a word, take it apart, and build it again as they study the word formation
take apart
different onsets can be matched to the same or different rimes to make a new word
blending wheel or T-scope
can be used to build categories of words, such as various word families, number of syllables, or beginning/ ending consonant blends
word walls
an abbreviation that is used as a word; ASAP
acronym
a letter or group of letters added to a root word to change its meaning; pre: re-, un- and su: -less, -acy
affix
a word or phrase that can be made by rearranging the letters of another word; ocean/canoe
anagram
words that mean the opposite; hot/cold, guilty/innocent
antonyms
