Published by Pearson (30 June 2024) © 2024
The ideal stage-specific companion to Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction
In keeping with the authors’ belief that the hands-on, word sorting approach to word study is invaluable to teachers and students alike, this volume presents prepared sorts and activities covering the full curriculum of word study for students who are in the emergent stage of spelling development. Complete with 26 sorts, and dozens of other activities and assessments, this book provides all of the resources needed to teach phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, initial letter sounds, concepts about print, and concept of word in text. Together, the Words Their Way core text and this supplement provide teachers with the knowledge and tools to meet the wide range of needs in today’s classrooms.
The 3rd Edition includes enhanced step-by-step directions for each sort; additional assessments; expanded syllable, rhyme, and font sorts; and reorganised chapters to make word study more teacher- and student-friendly.
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Assessments for the Emergent Stage
2. Concept Sorts
3. Phonological Awareness Picture Sorts
4. Alphabet Knowledge
5. Word Study for Initial Letter Sounds
6. Concepts about Print and Concept of Word in Text
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Assessments for the Emergent Stage
Notes for the Teacher
Assessment Summary Sheet and Other Forms
Alphabet Assessments
Alphabet Recitation and Tracking
Alphabet Recognition
Alphabet Production
Phonological Assessments
Syllables
Rhyme
Alliteration
Phonemes
Phonics and Spelling Assessments
Beginning Consonant Sounds and Letters
Qualitative Spelling Checklist
Kindergarten Spelling Inventory
Concepts About Print Assessments
Name Writing
Writing
During Reading
Concepts about Print Sort: “Picture, Letter, Word, or Sentence?”
Concept of Word In Text Assessments
Tracking Memorized Lines of Print
Word Recognition in Context
Word List Reading or Recognition in Isolation
Teaching Notes
Sort 1a
Sort 1b
Sort 1c
Sort 1d
Sort 2a
Sort 2b
Sort 2c
Sort 2d
Sort 3a
Sort 3b
Sort 3c
Sort 3d
Emergent Assessment Summary Sheet
Alphabet Recognition: Capitals
Alphabet Recognition: Lowercase
Syllable Sort with Pictures
Rhyme Identification with Pictures
Alliteration-Beginning Sound Match
Beginning Consonant Sounds and Letters
Beginning Consonant Sounds and Letters (continued)
Qualitative Spelling Checklist for Emergent and Letter Name-Alphabetic Stages
Emergent Class Record
Kindergarten Spelling Inventory
Concepts about Print Assessment
Concepts about Print Sort: “Picture, Letter, Word, or Sentence”
Concept of Word in Text: Recording Form for Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty
Word Recognition in Isolation for Humpty Dumpty
Concept of Word in Text: Recording Form Template
2. Concept Sorts
Notes for the Teacher
Standard Routines for Concept Sorts
Sort 4A: Food and Not Food
Sort 4B: Australian Notes and Coins
Sort 5: Fruits and Vegetables
Sort 6: Food Sort
Sort 7A: Shapes: Circles, Triangles, and Squares
Sort 7B: Shapes: Rectangles, Diamonds and Stars
Sort 8A: Animals and Plants
Sort 8B: Australian Native Animals/Pets
Sort 9: Clothing
Sort 10: Cleaning Items
3. Phonological Awareness Picture Sorts
Notes for the Teacher
Standard Routines for Phonological Awareness
Rhyme Sorts
Sort 11A: Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go and Rhyming Pairs
Sort 11B: Rhyming Words
Sort 12: Rhyming Dust Bunnies
Sort 13: Frog on a Log? and Rhyming Pairs
Sort 14: Here Are My Hands and Rhyming with Body Parts
Sort 15A, B, and C: Rhyming Sorts for “I Can’t,” Said the Ant
Syllable Sorts
Sort 16A and B: Syllables and The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Sort 16C: How Many Syllables Can You Hear?
Sort 17A and B: Animals and Syllables
Sort 18A and B: Compound Cupcakes
4. Alphabet Knowledge
Notes for the Teacher
Letters I Read
Standard Routines for Learning the Alphabet
Sort 19: Rhyming Letters
Alphabet Tracking
Alphabet Tracking Strips
Alphabet Squares for Sequencing and Matching
Alphabet Squares (Capitals)
Alphabet Squares (Lowercase)
Letter Lotto
Letter Lotto Board
Sort 20 A, B, C, and D: Font Sorts
Sort 20 A: Fonts For B, P, D, Q
Sort 20 B: Fonts For F, I, J, T
Sort 20 C: Fonts For H, M, N, U
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Extend learning beyond the classroom. Pearson eText is an easy-to-use digital textbook. It lets students customise how they study and learn with enhanced search and the ability to create flashcards, highlight and add notes all in one place. The mobile app lets students learn wherever life takes them, offline or online.