{"id":946,"date":"2011-02-05T08:58:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T16:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbyfastforword.wordpress.com\/?p=946"},"modified":"2011-02-05T08:58:45","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T16:58:45","slug":"words-their-way-shedding-light-on-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/words-their-way-shedding-light-on-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Words Their Way &#8211; Shedding Light on Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digisandbox.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/wordstheirway.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/digisandbox.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/wordstheirway.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Words Their Way<\/strong> is a program that offers a   developmental  curriculum for phonics\/spelling instruction, reading   fluency and    vocabulary development. The hands-on activities engage   students as  they actively categorize their <em>&#8216;word sorts&#8217;<\/em> and the assessment inventory provides a clear indicator of where each student is in the process.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been working with a new group of teachers this term to further our understanding of word sorting.\u00a0\u00a0 Check out the page under <strong>LITERACY BRIDGE <\/strong> for details on the actual &#8220;how to&#8221; process. \u00a0  An added feature is  using technologies to provide multimodal practice.\u00a0 As well, posting to a  blog creates opportunities for  shared partnerships with parents. More importantly, the program provides a strong connection to the sound features of Fast ForWord.\u00a0 We&#8217;re discovering that students who are in Fast ForWord and also have the added element of <em>Words Their Way<\/em> &#8211; &#8216;word work&#8217; make quicker connections.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d be interested in any thoughts or comments you have around this topic or how you organize your <em>Words Their Way<\/em> activities. Click on &#8220;Leave a Comment&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words Their Way is a program that offers a developmental curriculum for phonics\/spelling instruction, reading fluency and vocabulary development. The hands-on activities engage students as they actively categorize their &#8216;word sorts&#8217; and the assessment inventory provides a clear indicator of where each student is in the process. We&#8217;ve been working with a new group of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,5,6],"tags":[44,56,65,66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}