USING STUDENTS INVENTED SPELLING AS A GUIDE FOR SPELLING INSTRUCTION THAT EMPHASIZES WORD STUDY

Authors
INVERNIZZI M ABOUZEID M GILL JT
Citation
M. Invernizzi et al., USING STUDENTS INVENTED SPELLING AS A GUIDE FOR SPELLING INSTRUCTION THAT EMPHASIZES WORD STUDY, The Elementary school journal, 95(2), 1994, pp. 155-167
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
The Elementary school journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135984
Volume
95
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
155 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5984(1994)95:2<155:USISAA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
This article outlines a theory of developmental spelling that has evol ved from qualitative research on children's invented spelling. We show how an analysis of students' invented spellings can inform teachers w hen to teach what. Examples of 3 students' (ages 6, 8, and 14) invente d spellings are provided, and an alternative approach to spelling inst ruction, called word study (word sorting, picture sorting, word huntin g), is discussed within the context of several minilessons about exami ning words by sound, within-word patterns, and meaning.