"Sound it out." I'm curious how often this approach actually works for English spellers. I'm thinking it's not all that often. I've read that approximately 50% of English words can be spelled by sound/symbol correspondence, but really? Does that account for phonemes (basically, the sounds...
Whoa, it's been a while since I've added to my posts here. There just isn't time to pull together a blog post with the thoughtfulness it deserves. But my work continues to amaze and excite me ...
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This is something I wrote to some colleagues, that I thought might be worth sharing here ...
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I was discussing a word with a student the other day and she said, "Agh! Why can't we just spell a word the way I say it?" Which, of course, launched a big discussion about how different people say the same word many different ways...
Here's a great infographic about how I approach literacy: [caption id="attachment_16080" align="alignleft" width="1006"] Graphic describing structured word inquiry[/caption] Thanks Dvora Kravitz! (http://www.dvorakravitz.com) ...
Are you ever confused about whether you add <s> or <es> when making a word plural (e.g., rose/roses, iris/irises, lilac/lilacs)? Or 3rd person singular (e.g., he dribbles the ball, he passes the ball)? Often students are asked to memorize when to use one or the other,...
Here's another question I was asked recently: What happened to the <u> in forty? I have two answers: The long one and the short one. Here's the long answer: First, I have to first explain a couple cool things about the English language. In English, whenever possible,...