Words  Their  Way  Spanish  Interven3on  Program:    Palabras  a  su  Paso  

 Lori  Helman  

University  of  Minnesota  California  Associa3on  for  Bilingual  Educa3on  

March  4,  2015  

palabras  PALABRAS palabras  palabras palabras PALABRAS  

palabras  PALABRAS palabras  palabras palabras PALABRAS  

Goals  for  the  workshop  

•  Get  an  overview  of  developmental  learning  milestones  in  Spanish  literacy  

•  Examine  connec3ons  between  students’  reading  and  wri3ng  knowledge  

•  Analyze  examples  of  students’  developmental  spelling  

•  Consider  ways  to  differen3ate  literacy  instruc3on  based  on  students’  developmental  understanding  

Word study =

phonics + spelling + vocabulary instruction

What is word study?

Word study is an instructional focus on the spelling, sounds and meanings of words

Most  languages  require  readers  and  writers  to  understand  increasingly  complex  

structures  in  wriSen  language  

Sound  

sonidos  

PaSern  

patrones  

Meaning  

significado  

En  español…  

Layers  of  Spanish  Orthography    

Alphabet/Sound  

PaSern  

Meaning  

mesa campo

té gigante útil

exhalar juzgar

The Slant of Development

reading

spelling Spelling is a conservative measure of what students know about words.

Reading  and  wri3ng  are  connected  

To find out where students are, we can use observation and informal

assessments such as:

•  Informal reading inventories •  Examining unedited writing •  Assess phonics knowledge

-OR- •  Give a qualitative spelling inventory

The Spanish Developmental Spelling Inventory may be found in Palabras a su paso and on the PD Toolkit for Words Their Way and Words Their Way with English Learners.

The  Spanish  Developmental  Spelling  Inventory  

-­‐vocal  prominente  ✔

-­‐consonante  prominente  ✔  -­‐vocales/consonantes  ✔  -­‐representación  de  sonidos  ✔  -­‐dígrafos,  sílabas  cerradas  ✔  -­‐contrastes,  letras  mudas  ý  

Now  you  try  it  with  a  partner  

Here  are  the  words  as  the  student  spelled  them:  

1.   el  2.   suma  3.   pan  4.   red  5.   campos  6.   plancha    7.   brincar  8.   fresa  9.   apietro  10.   gisante  11.   cisiera  12.   gigante  13.   ac?ses  

We look for what a student is “using but confusing” to plan for instruction. What is this student “using but confusing”?

Example  word  study  ac3vi3es  at  each  developmental  level  

In  ac3ve  and  engaged  word  study:  

Students participate and interact.

Students use language and literacy in purposeful ways.

Teachers are explicit and systematic.

New learning builds on what students already know.

We  are  thrilled  to  have  so  many  Spanish  word  study  materials  available  

through  Palabras  a  su  paso!  

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