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Lesson 5.7: Word Study

Focus: Understand how to prompt students in the use of reading strategies.

Prior to the Collaboration Group Meeting

1. Reflection Journal

Write in your reflection journal prior to the Collaboration Group meeting. You are to respond weekly in your journal, reflecting on your learning, observation, questions, and personal connections. Your reflections need to be at least 250 words. You may choose how to format your journal, though you may want to consider the following as you write:

    • What are some new understandings you made this week as a result of the work for this lesson and your work with your students?
    • How has this new understanding influenced your current practice?

Bring your reflection journal to the weekly Collaboration Group meeting, and prepare to share your entries.

2. Reading

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    • After saving the document, open and print it in MS Word.
  1. Read On Solid Ground (pp. 115-132).
  2. Read Word Study Overview.
  3. Read Sample Word Study Lesson Plan.
  4. Read Word Study Lesson Plan.
  5. Read Debriefing the Word Study Lesson.
  6. Read Phases of Phonic Learning.
  7. Read Learning About Words.
  8. Read A Sample Literacy Schedule.
  9. Read Resources for Planning Word Study Lessons.

3. Classroom Application

During the Collaboration Group Meeting

  1. The facilitator leads the Collaboration Group in:

  2. Determine the facilitator, recorder, timekeeper, date, time, and location for the next Collaboration Group meeting.

After the Collaboration Group Meeting

  1. Email a copy of your Word Study Lesson Plan and Debriefing the Word Study Lesson to the instructor. Send your assignment(s) to the instructor as an attachment to an email message. Be sure to include your name, date, location, and title on the document. Also, include your name and lesson title in the file name, for example, moses_wordstudy_plan and moses_debriefing_wordstudy.
  2. The recorder emails the Collaboration Group notes to the instructor.
  3. The recorder places copies of all the work done by the Collaboration Group in the Collaboration Group Notebook for future reference.
  4. The timekeeper emails the attendance to the instructor.