Word+Study

What is word study?
Word study is both vocabulary and spelling, word usage and phonics. Students will be given words to study for spelling patterns. Students will also choose five words, which will be used as vocabulary words that they will write in sentences. I will be giving the spelling words on the back of the homework sheet, which has changed a bit.(see below) I am no longer having students pick words of their own. Instead I am choosing five words from the larger list on the back, that I would like them to study as vocabulary words. On Wednesdays I will call the words and the students will need to spell them correctly and place them in the appropriate category based on the sort of the week. I will also give two of the five words for the students to write in sentences. The words will be copied from the resource, //Words Their Way//. There are two word study groups that are based on letter patterns.

Word Study Schedule:
Students will receive new words on Wednesdays after the previous week's word study assessment. Students will complete the following in class:
 * record the 5 teacher selected words for vocab
 * practice the word sort based on categories

Students will then have the rest of the week to complete three activities on the homework guide. All assignments should be stapled to the original packet and turned in each Wednesday morning for a completion grade.

NEW Format!
 * Word Study Homework Information Sheet**:

Schwa: the mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in  [|English], however spelled, as the sound of //a// in // alone // and // sofa, e // in // system, i// in // easily, o// in //gallop, u// in  //circus.// (from Dictionary.com)


 * Syllables and Affixes (SA)**

Category Rule:Prefixes dis- pre- mis- **Words to define for the week:** dislike, preheat, disloyal, misjudge, precaution dislike disable disobey discover dishonest disloyal disappear discomfort || preschool prefix premature preteen preview preheat pretest precaution || misspell mistreat mismatch misplace misbehave misjudge || precious ||
 * ~ Syllables and Affixes ||  ||~   ||
 * = **dis-** ||= **pre-** ||= mis- ||= oddball ||
 * disagree

Derivational Relations (DR)
Category Rule: Latin Roots (-jud, -leg-, biblio-, -mod-) adjudicate judiciary || legalistic legible legislate legend allegiance legion allege allegation privilege ||< bibliography bibliophile bibliomania biblical bibliotheca || moderate mode modern modernity modality accommodate ||
 * Words to define for the week**: prejudice, legible, modern, allegation, privilege
 * = **Derivational Relations** ||
 * = -jud- ||= -leg- ||= -biblio- ||= -mod- ||
 * prejudice