Word Bag Excitement
Lyn Anderson (Beyond the Word) first introduced us to the joy of the Word Bag game several years ago now. It’s a simple teaching...
Instead of spelling exceptions,
SWI offers spelling explanations.
Structured Word Inquiry does away with rules, tricks, and memorization, and replaces them with a linguistic approach to spelling.
When we broaden our scope to consider the meaning, structure, and history of a word alongside the pronunciation, the mysteries of spelling are revealed. Integrating morphological instruction with phoneme-grapheme instruction gives students a deeper and more accurate understanding of our language.
Readers and writers of all ages and abilities benefit from this scientifically-based literacy framework. Finally spelling can make sense!