Application Through Reading

Application Through Reading

1. rhymes

   • builds fluency, automaticity, and confidence
   • nursery rhymes

2. word wall

   • reinforcing both patterns and high frequency words
   • words placed on the wall in alphabetic order
     • about 5 new words added each week
       • basals
       • trade books
       • experience stories
       • real world materials
       • encourage students to suggest words from stories they have read or words they would like to learn
     • helps reinforce alphabet
     • discuss with students before adding to wall
       • emphasize spelling
       • emphasize pronunciation
       • any distinguishing characteristics
       • how might relate to other words
   • organize by pattern
     • highlight pattern on each word
       • begins with same sound
       • rhymes
       • is an action word
     • place new pattern on different part of wall
   • model word
     • placed first
     • accompanied by illustration
       • students can refer to if forget how to read model word
   • helps with reading and spelling

3. secret messages

   • substituting onsets in familiar words and putting newly formed words together to create a secret message
   • motivational
   • help students focus on onsets and rimes of words
   • fosters sentence comprehension

4. secret word

   • "The Secret Word"
     • select word from a pattern, jot on sheet of paper but do not reveal
     • have students number papers 1-5
     • give series of 5 clues to identify word
     • after each clue, students write guess
     • object is to guess on basis of fewest clues

5. making words

   • students put letters together to create words
     • up to a dozen words
     • beginning with 2 letter words and extending to 5 letter or longer words
     • last word assembled contains all the letters students were given