Word Study & Spelling Resources

Use these resources to find instructional activities for Word Study & Spelling Instruction:
TPRI
Find activities for phonemic awareness, graphophonemic, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and writing.

Participant Resources
Make your own Word Work Mat HERE
Resources from Fountas and Pinnell:

Carl's Corner Resources:

Decoding
  • Blends Bonanza: HERE
  • ​Word Families, Diagraphs, Diphthongs, Long & Short Vowels (scroll down past the CD sets): HERE
Structural Analysis
  • Compound Connection: HERE
  • ​Contraction Action: HERE
Irregular Words & Sight Words

Decoding

Table of Contents
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words_their_way_toc.pdf
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Sample 5 Day Lesson Sequence: 
5_day_lesson_plan_sample.pdf
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Assessing Decoding

Use these assessments to identify where to start in a phonics curriculum, such as Words Their Way.
Quick Phonics Screener (QPS)
qps_summary_score_sheet.pdf
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Retrieved from: ​https://www.readnaturally.com/knowledgebase/documents-and-resources/23/276
 Words Their Way Spelling Inventories
 Words Their Way - Assessment for Emergent Spellers
This assessment tool measures:
  • alphabet recitation and tracking
  • alphabet recognition - upper and lowercase
  • phonological awareness - rhyme identification, alliteration,
  • letter sound assessments - beginning consonant sounds and letters, kindergarten spelling inventory, writing observations
  • concept of word assessments - tracking and word recognition in context and isolation
words_their_way_assessment_for_emergent_spellers.pdf
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File retrieved from: ​http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780135145791/samplechapter/BearEmergentch01.pdf
primary_spelling_inventory.pdf
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elementary_spelling_inventory.pdf
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words_their_way_feature_guides.pdf
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Starfall Resources:

Decoding
  • Letter-Sound Correspondences: HERE ​
  • Short & Long Vowels, and R-Controlled: HERE​

Structural Analysis

Compound Creations Activity
compound_creations_activity.docx
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Multisyllabic Word Recognition

Six Syllable Types: Closed Sort Activity
syllable_type_word_sort.docx
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Irregular Word Recognition

The many ways you say "ough" - from the I Love Lucy show.