Taberksi talks about the 37 most common chunks in On Solid Ground and these same chunks (or phonograms) come up on web seraches.
Loir ----- Original message ----- From: Waingort Jimenez, Elisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Date: Sunday, 2007, 30 Of September 10:07 Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] spelling lists > I refer to chunking words as a strategy when kids are trying to read > unfamiliar words. Never thought of using it explicitly for spelling but it > makes sense. > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > > We studied word chunks in first grade, so that their 'spelling test' > consisted on my dictating words with their chunks. The worked on their > chunks, not on specific words. They also had three high utility words (word > wall words). Using chunk study got my parents doing great things at home, > because the old fashioned write it five times didn't accomplish much. > > > Lori > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
