1. Word Learning
Katie DiCesare and Lisa Kent
Dublin City Schools
Presentation Found @
creativeliteracy.blogspot.com

2. How do we know
our word learners?

3. How do we know our word learners?
 DRA2
 Running Records
 DSI
 Dictation Sentence
 High Frequency Word Assessment
 Student Writing
 Conversation

4. Ask

5. Engaging Word Learners
Throughout the Day
How can we help our students connect
word learning to real reading and writing?
• Anchors
• Tools
• Explorations
• Reading & Writing
• Conversation
• Reflection & Assessment

6. Letter Learning Alphabet Charts Vowel Charts
Word Web Hearing Sounds Labels
Create and Model
Anchors

7. High Frequency Words

8. Names, Names & Names

9. Charts and Tubs as Anchors
Blend & Digraph

10. “Book Baskets” Anchors
“Book Genres” Anchors
Alphabet books Rhyming books
Fables and Fairy Tales
Word Discovery

11. “Vocab” Anchors
Read Aloud:
Babushka’s
Doll and
Jeremy
Draws a
Monster

12. Tools for Word Learners
Post-it Tape, Highlighter Tape, Chart Paper

13. Tools:
Magnetic Letters, Dry Erase & Gel Boards

14. Notebooks “Try It Page”
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15. Letter Sort
Explorations

16. Sound Sorts

17. Sound Sorts

18. Manipulate
Independent/Supported

19. Word Play!

20. Word Play!

21. Word Play Apps for Kindle Fire or i Pad
• Dabble
• Words with Bees
• Words with Friends
• Word Stack
• What’s the Word
• Scrabble
• And more!
Games

22. Word Work with ELL’s

23. Reading, Writing, Science & More

24. Shared Text for Word Learning
James K:
The Good Green Earth
youblisher.com

25. Shared Reading

26. Guided Reading
Word Discovery

28. G
uided
Writing
Shared Writing

29. Use Picture Books: Word Play

30. Use Picture Books: Mentor for Verbs

31. Transfer to Writing

32. Kid Blog: Poetry Nouns and Verbs
Kid Blog: Synonyms
Transfer to Writing

33. Read the Walls

34. Similes
Read the Walls

35. Read the Walls

36. ion

37. What did we do?

38. Conversations

39. You Tube to introduce, support and enjoy!
Use online resources

40. Websites for Word Play
Poetry Splatter
Word Games
Free Rice
www.vocabulary.co.il
www.wordplays.com/
Pitara Kids Network

41. Pinterest
for Additonal Resources
Katie DiCesare and Lisa Kent

42. Goals for Students
 Connect back to patterns/words learned
 Reread and take risks in attempting words
 Experiment in writing
 Notice words in reading/conversations
 Study how Authors use words
Become word solvers…….