@JasmineFS208 Love that you are finding this useful Jasmine as I know your knowledge is so strong already!
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FionaHamilton
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FionaHamilton
@wordtorque
Offering PD in orthographic inquiry supporting the development of student agency in critical thinking, vocabulary, reading & spelling, across all subject areas.
Bangkok & Mollymook,Australia Katılım Eylül 2018
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We are putting more time into teaching our students High Frequency Words this year to build reading & writing fluency -but with knowledge about the history and orthography of function words thanks to Fiona Hamilton & Rebecca Loveless, authors of The High Frequency Word Project
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@PamelaSnow2 Thank you @PamelaSnow2! We are madly working on a paperback version for Australia as we discovered Amazon doesn’t print hardcopy here. Of course that paper size differs so reformatting required. Thrilled to see it’s already selling well.
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I have not visited here in ages
But am so excited about our new book I thought I’d jump on and share it with you. We are so excited to launch it into the world and really, really hope you’ll find it useful in your teaching of literacy.
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Are you in China or somewhere close? Are you wondering about the best way to approach teaching word study? I am running a workshop in Shenzhen on Sept 7-8 and there are still a few places available. Check out the details.
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Looking forward to @seniaworldwide's virtual conference this fall! I'll be presenting on the brain and learning for ALL learners. Find more info here: lnkd.in/dM8c23ig
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@JasmineFS208 And it’s one of very few words where there is a phoneme and no grapheme to represent it now. That initial/w/ and only the story helps to explain the lack of phoneme grapheme link.
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Etymology matters from the start!
<one>
The pronunciation of <one> has changed over time. Originally it was pronounced ‘own’ as in alone, atone & only. Other relatives include none, once, ounce, eleven and an. It’s a base in al+one=>alone,
at+one=>atone, and one+ion=>onion 🧅
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24hours until registration closes for Play Makes It Stay.
FionaHamilton@wordtorque
Why join the wordtorque July Targeted word inquiry workshops? #1 They are targeted deep dives #2 You'll save time - 75 min each #3 Immediate application #4 No decision fatigue - just 4 topics #5 They will be recorded - view til 30th September. wordtorque.com/workshops-menu/
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@PageEngage @laurenhateleyc @angelaebrienza Fledgling-fledge means to get feathers. I just read about this today.
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The results of the July workshops poll are in, stay tuned for announcements later in the week. Thanks to the hundreds of word inquiry educators who leant their voices to the selection process. What will the free workshop be? We know…and will share it soon!
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Over 200 votes already. Can you guess which is the most requested workshop? Have your say to guide the decision.
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Please vote for the targeted workshops you'd find the most helpful. The one that gets the most votes will be FREE so have your say now. The survey is open for 4 days only.
wordtorque July Workshops - Forward Planning docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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@SoundSyllable Such a great question I think Jason and one I’ve been asking for a long time. What makes us decide it’s <kn> not a silent <k> ? The reason for the silent letter obviously plays into it as you said. History and frequency and how useful it is to chn to learn this functional unit.
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<h> in school - silent or part of /k/ = <ch> digraph
<g> in gnaw - silent or part of /n/ = <gn> digraph
<gh> in night - silent or part of /ie/ = <igh> trigraph
<b> in tomb - silent or part of /m/ = <mb> digraph.
Which criteria do you use to decide if letters are silent or not?
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Building knowledge of how words work is a powerful strategy to aid reading comprehension & spelling. Here’s G5 exploring the base ACT w/an in-out sort—perfect word inquiry in the final phase of #PYPEx. #Multilingual Ss thrive in language-rich classrooms! @wordtorque @BQDressler
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@billdavidsoniii Practice is good if you are doing this grapheme by grapheme not just learning the word as a whole. Try saying the letters out loud as well as sounding the word. Just notice that some of the letters make an unexpected sound. eg w-a-s or th-a-t. thehfwproject.com
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My son's kindergarten teacher assigns sight words for practice. I know that some educators don't believe in sight words. What is the argument for & against this practice?
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One last workshop in the April series. Resource Development planning - 2 x 75 min sessions. I'll guide you through the process I use and support you so you walk away with a plan and at least the start of some resources. It's not too late to register wordtorque.com/workshops-menu/
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We had fun today focusing on helping Ss find words in a morphological family -starting with simple examples then increasing in complexity. Does pronunciation determine related words eg the ‘arch’-like a bow-family: archway, archbishop, archery, archenemy, architect? #wordinquiry
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