When I first started teaching, I was very overwhelmed with all the word study programs I was expected to run. Each week, we had 30 spelling words, 10 root-based vocab words and the Words Their Way program. Like all new teachers, I had to start small with each program to be able to do them all at once. So I made this small, very simple outline to get me started.
Words Their Way: WEEK OUTLINE
Monday– introduce
cut, name on chips
lay & say
sort
write down sort
Tuesday– lay & say
sort
write down sort
game: memory
Wednesday– lay & say
Sort
game: zoom around (each has 7, play same category until you can’t)
Thursday– lay & say
Sort
Game: Slap Jack (war)
Friday– lay & say
Sort as a review
Test (choose a few words and they must sort them by category as they spell them)
MIX UP GAMES AS DESIRED.
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I remember when I started using Words Their Way… I was a bit intimidated. Wish I’d had this then!
Me too. Our literacy coach helped me come up with this to use until I got the hang of it. 🙂