Diving deeper into Word Bags
After the exciting Word Bag lesson that sparked so much interest, the teachers came to me with some big questions. One of the children...
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spelling, reading, writing, and vocabulary
with Structured Word Inquiry
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!
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