Guth Fourth Grade will be using the Words Their Way program this school year.
Words Their Way is a developmental word study program that provides a different approach to spelling and word work. Word Study offers hands-on experiences to manipulate and discover word features.
It gives children a chance to "experience" and "play" with words in order to discover patterns instead of just "memorizing" them. Research shows that analyzing and working with words to learn spelling patterns results in better retention and application for spelling unknown words.
Watch this video to see how to do a Closed Word Sort.
Watch this video to see how to do a Speed Sort.
Watch this video to see how to do a Blind Sort.
Watch this video to see how to do a Blind Writing Sort.
Link to additional types of sorts done in school and may be done at home: