Teacher Implementation Guide Willow’s Word Work
Word awareness activities challenge students to apply and expand t previously taught phonics skills, strengthening their grasp of word structure and spelling conventions. Willow's Word Work guides students through a series of engaging, hands-on activities that explore complex sound-spelling and syllable patterns. Through carefully designed word sorts, word ladders, and dictation exercises, each lesson offers students multiple opportunities to integrate new knowledge with existing skills, fostering a deeper comprehension of how words work.
Best Practices
Multisensory Exploration: Use a variety of activities that engage different senses, like visual sorts, auditory exercises, and hands-on word manipulations. This multisensory approach reinforces sound-spelling patterns and syllable structures, enhancing engagement and effectiveness for all learners.
Progressive Skill Building: Utilize the collection's structure of open sorts, closed sorts, and time sorts to gradually increase the complexity of the activities. This scaffolded approach allows students to build confidence and independence as they deepen their understanding of the focus patterns.
Integrated Writing Practice: Regularly incorporate writing activities that focus on words, phrases, and sentences using the target patterns. This practice helps students apply their knowledge in context, reinforcing their understanding of how these patterns function in real-world writing scenarios and strengthening the connection between phonics knowledge and practical literacy skills.
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