Jaime's Ch.9 Reflection
What I liked From Chapter 9:
Taberski’s Dependable Spelling Pattern Word Wall is a must have in my future classroom. It’s a great way to group words into their families and children can see the spelling patterns. I think a word wall is also good for Kindergarteners because they can see that the words end the same and therefore the words are rhyming words. Many of the Kindergarteners I work with are having difficulty with rhyming words. The word wall that Taberski shows as an example is definitely not for Kindergarteners. Some of the spelling patterns I would use are –an, -am, -ing…These are fairly simple words for Kindergarteners and once they know the pattern they can start writing words without using inventive spelling.
Another thing I liked from this chapter was her suggestion on Making Words. I like the idea of working with a smaller group because all the children will have the chance to get more of what they need from the teacher. It seems like a fun and effective way to help the children figure out a word by building smaller words that are in the bigger words. Confused? Her secret word was ‘skate.’ She gave each child a ‘s, k, a, t, e.’ Then she told them to make the word 'at.' So they put the ‘a & t’ together. Then eventually she added more letters until they figured out the secret word was ‘skate.’ Both of Taberski’s strategies are realistic and cheap and that’s what I like!
Taberski’s Dependable Spelling Pattern Word Wall is a must have in my future classroom. It’s a great way to group words into their families and children can see the spelling patterns. I think a word wall is also good for Kindergarteners because they can see that the words end the same and therefore the words are rhyming words. Many of the Kindergarteners I work with are having difficulty with rhyming words. The word wall that Taberski shows as an example is definitely not for Kindergarteners. Some of the spelling patterns I would use are –an, -am, -ing…These are fairly simple words for Kindergarteners and once they know the pattern they can start writing words without using inventive spelling.
Another thing I liked from this chapter was her suggestion on Making Words. I like the idea of working with a smaller group because all the children will have the chance to get more of what they need from the teacher. It seems like a fun and effective way to help the children figure out a word by building smaller words that are in the bigger words. Confused? Her secret word was ‘skate.’ She gave each child a ‘s, k, a, t, e.’ Then she told them to make the word 'at.' So they put the ‘a & t’ together. Then eventually she added more letters until they figured out the secret word was ‘skate.’ Both of Taberski’s strategies are realistic and cheap and that’s what I like!
posted by Jaime | 8:07 PM
1 Comments:
I also like the idea of a Spelling Pattern Word Wall. I think it's a great way to help kids learn and see the similarities in words, their spellings, and even sounds. It can also help them see that some words, although they may have the same letter in them, can have different pronunciations. I plan on using this in my future classroom as well. And like you said, it's a great idea because it's "realistic and cheap!"
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