Word Study

Word study integrates phonics, spelling, and vocabulary instruction to teach word patterns. This developmental approach uses hands-on activities to teach word recognition, which in turn provides a stronger foundation for both reading and writing.

Additional Resources for Word Study Instruction

• Word Knowledge Instruction: We Can Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time
  Kathy Ganske and Mia C. Heller
  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (paid access)
• Rethinking Sight Words
  Katharine Pace Miles, Gregory B. Rubin, and Selenid Gonzalez-Frey
  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (paid access)
• “Teacher, Teacher, Can’t Catch Me!”: Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar Using Nursery Rhymes to Children for Whom English Is an Additional Language
  Tara Concannon-Gibney
  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (open access)
• Stages, Phases, Repertoires, and Waves: Learning to Spell and Read Words
  Shane Templeton
  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (paid access)
• Teaching and Assessing Spelling
  Misty Adoniou
  BRIEF
• Opportunities for Word Learning: Promoting Vocabulary Acquisition With Vocabulary Talk Moves
  Blythe E. Anderson
  ARTICLE | Literacy Today (member magazine)
• Do Spelling and Vocabulary Improve Classification Accuracy of Children's Reading Difficulties Over and Above Word Reading?
  Young-Suk Grace Kim and Yaacov Petscher
  ARTICLE | Reading Research Quarterly (open access)
• Making Personal Connections to Words to Increase Early Childhood Vocabulary Learning
  Sabina Rak Neugebauer, Emmaline Ellis, and Michael Coyne
  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (paid access)