Fluency and Word study part 2

3 levels of words, which ones to teach

The 3 levels of words are 1.Familiar words- words that we all know and use and do not have to be taught 2. words that appear often- these words come up in text or conversation often enough that we do want our students to know the meaning and how to use these words. 3. These are the highly technical words that are not often used and therefore we do not focus on teaching the meaning of these words.

Teaching students to chunk words in order to decode meaning:

Students can be taught to chunk words by a. checking to see if any part of the word is familiar to them  b. by  drawing clues from text content c.by using the strategy of onset and rhyme to break apart a word and seeing if they can figure any part of it. We teach students these strategies during any actual reading activity rather than giving a separate lesson, this way we model good reading and understanding strategies.

Incorporating word study in my classroom:

I would use words that students find in text to teach vocabulary rather than using a vocabulary book or planner. This way students see that the words they are learning are actually used in everyday conversations rather than being abstract words. I would also teach students to encode and decode words using onset and rhyme- using larger units in the word rather than teaching a letter by letter strategy, this would help students with fluency.