Words Their Way: Within Word Pattern Sorts for Spanish-Speaking English Learners

Lori Helman

Donald R. Bear, Iowa State University

Marcia Invernizzi, University of Virginia

Shane Templeton, University of Nevada, Reno

Francine R. Johnston, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

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A practical, research-based, and classroom-proven way to study words with students.

Designed as a supplement to the text Words Their Way^®with English Learners, this practical, research-based, classroom-proven approach to studying words with students provides a complete curriculum for within word pattern spellers from Spanish-speaking backgrounds. The approach focuses on vocabulary development and linguistic commonalities and contrasts to help support students as they advance in English. The text outlines a curriculum designed to scaffold students in four ways:

1) Carefully pacing and sequencing word study learning from simple to more complex features

2) Starting with the most common and high-utility English words

3) Teaching vocabulary through pictures and word-picture matching

4) Providing opportunities to build on the Spanish language skills that students bring from their home language

Included are prepared reproducible sorts and step-by-step directions on how to guide students through the sorting lesson, make literature connections, and follow-up activities to extend the lesson through weekly routines. Teachers will find it easy to use this guide as a complement to existing phonics, spelling, and reading curricula.

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Teachers with Spanish speaking students who are working on the vowel patterns of English in their classrooms get invaluable aids for helping these students:
- The book focuses specifically on the background knowledge and possible cross-linguistic confusions experienced by Spanish speaking students.
- Notes throughout the text help readers become aware of the most challenging sound and spelling patterns in English for students who speak Spanish.
- The pace and scope of the book is helpful for English learners from non-Spanish speaking backgrounds as well because it provides a focus on important, high-utility vocabulary; frequently uses pictures to teach new words; provides multiple opportunities to practice skills in a systematic manner; and gives the teacher control of how and when oddball words are introduced.
Included is valuable, practical guidance for:
- Helping students learn sorting procedures, teaching important content words from typical primary-grade thematic units, and pre-assessing students’ oral English skills (Unit 1)
- Reviewing and assessing students’ abilities to distinguish the long and short sounds of each vowel using pictures (Unit 2)
- Comparing the spellings and sounds of CVC and CVCe words (Unit 3)
- Practicing common long-vowel spelling patterns (Unit 4)
- Focusing on additional patterns, such as those in the words stay, grow, sight, and gold (Unit 5)
- Introducing the concept of homophones while also helping students review many words that are spelled with the CVCe and CVVC patterns (Unit 6)
- Guiding students through r-influenced vowel sounds and their spellings (Unit 7)
- Addressing diphthongs and words with other vowel sounds that are neither short, long, nor r-influenced (Unit 8)
- Identifying and focusing on sounds and spellings of complex consonant clusters (Unit 9)
- Introducing, defining, and sorting contractions according to their component parts (Unit 10)
- Revisiting homophones using multiple vowel patterns (Unit 11)
- Introducing two-syllable high-frequency words (Unit 12)
- Introducing inflectional endings for plural and past tense (Unit 13)
Practical resources help teachers guide students through the sorts:
- Notes for the Teacher in each Unit provide placement guidelines and background information about the features of study.
- Introductory materials describe standard weekly routines.
- Directions show how to introduce the sort, along with additional teaching tips for each lesson.
- Reproducible black line masters allow for practice in sorting.

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Lori Helman is associate professor in literacy education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota. Her research and writing have focused extensively on the reading and spelling development of students learning English as a new language, including other Words Their Way^®instructional materials for English learners.

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