[MOSAIC] Words Their Way

[Amy Swan]

You all might consider checking out www.proteacher.net  

I'm sure that you could set up a discussion "room" about WTW by asking one of the ProTeacher admins.  It's a really fantastic site with great conversations and ideas.  I'm sure that there are lots of teachers with questions as well as lots with ideas/suggestions!  

*There are already some really interesting "rooms" set up for discussions about picture books, Debbie Miller, Reading Essentials, National Board Certification, poetry, Responsive Classroom, etc...

:) Amy

Amy Swan
3rd Grade Teacher
Cedar Creek Elementary
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>>> Debbie Goodis <mrs_goodis at yahoo.com> 11/12/07 5:25 PM >>>
Melissa, I would like to be invited to chat somewhere with anyone using WTW. I have always loved the idea and the book and now that I have our reading program "under my belt" I feel I can add this and still stay withing our OC reading program. I don't know what all the sorts are --- open, blind??? Not sure yet, I am reading the book but it's a lot right now. We do the sorts all together, so time isnt being wasted, the kids are playing with the  patterns.

Debbie

Melissa Kile <tchkgn24 at gmail.com> wrote: Many of the teachers in our school use the program. One of the authors
is the developer of the spelling component in Houghton-Mifflin, which
our county adopted a few years ago. We've been told we can use WTW
rather than what's in the program. That's good, because the program's
spelling is for the average kid, and with WTW you can group kids by
developmental level. In my 2nd grade classroom, I have 1/2 the class
doing Within Words (long-vowel spelling patterns) and 1/2 the class
doing Letter-Name (short vowels, digraphs, blends). I determined the
groups by giving the developmental spelling inventory in the WTW book.

I've also used this extensively in K and 1.

Melissa/VA/2nd

On Nov 11, 2007 4:46 PM,   wrote:
> I would be interested in hearing from anyone who is currently using this program.?
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