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Integrating Spelling into a Balanced Literacy Program
  • Holland Elementary
  • Holland I.S.D.
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Holland Elementary
  • Holland Elementary is a small school in Central Texas.
  • We have 205 students Early Childhood through Fifth Grade.
  • Over 50% of our students are identified as Economically Disadvantaged.
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Holland Elementary
  • Ethnic Make-Up
    • 77% White
    • 18% Hispanic
    • 4%   African American
    • 1%   Other
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Balanced Literacy-Kindergarten
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Balanced Literacy-Kindergarten
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Balanced Literacy-Kindergarten
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Balanced Literacy-First Grade
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Balanced Literacy-First Grade
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Balanced Literacy  First Grade
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Balanced Literacy - First Grade
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Balanced Literacy
Second Grade
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Balanced Literacy
Second Grade
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Balanced Literacy
Second Grade
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Balanced Literacy
Second Grade
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Balanced Literacy
Second Grade
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Kindergarten Word Wall
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First Grade Word Wall
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Second Grade Word Wall
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Second Grade Chunking Wall
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Sometimes We Feel Like a Three Ring Circus!
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Positive Outcomes of a Balanced Literacy Program
  • Observation Survey Results
    • Concepts About Print
    • Letter Identification
    • Hearing and Recording Sounds in Words
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Weaknesses Still Apparent in the Balanced Literacy Program
  • Observation Survey Results
    • Word Tests
    • Writing Vocabulary
    • Text Level in Reading
  • Reading Recovery
    • Our students were not retaining the curriculum taught in the classroom.
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   The Big Question
  • How can we strengthen our Balanced Literacy Program?


    • Without overwhelming the teachers and their already existing  “Three Ring Circus”
    • And continue to support the existing curriculum
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Solution
  • Create a Spelling Curriculum that supports the Balanced Literacy Program!
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Big Hopes, Big Dreams:  Is It Possible?
  • The word wall is the central focal point.
  • Study pattern words (Spelling Words)
  • Study sight words
  • Sight Word Sentence (Dictation)
  • Word work
  • Assessment
  • Freedom & Flexibility
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Development of First Grade Curriculum - Key Components
  • Pattern Words (ex: -at, -op, -ut)
  • Sight Words (ex: was, come, of)
  • Dictation Sentence(support sight words with meaning)
  • Additional Word Work (ex: endings, analogies)
  • Weekly Assessment (encoding and decoding)
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First Grade Spelling Curriculum at a Glance
  • Refer to blue spreadsheet
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Overview of First Grade Spelling Curriculum
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Week 1 - First Grade Spelling Overview
  • Refer to pink sheet
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Spelling Test Words (Pattern Words)
    • rat
    • mat
    • sat
    • sad
    • bad
    • had
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Sight Words
    • me
    • you
    • like
    • and
    • house
    • school
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Spelling Sentence
  • I like you and you like me.
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Word Wall Words
    • cat
    • dad
    • me
    • you
    • like
    • and
    • (I)
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Additional Activities
  • Practice Chunking Parts
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Overview of Classroom Activities and Homework-First Grade
  • Refer to Green Packet
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Overview of Classroom Activities and Homework-Second Grade
  • Refer to Purple Packet
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Overview of Classroom Activities in Kindergarten
  • 1st semester
    • Creating links with ABC song and students names in the classroom
    • Shared reading and writing to build CAP
    • Start building a bank of simple sight words
    • Sorting activities (by initial sound)
    • Making little books
    • Beginning Guided Reading Groups and Journal Writing
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Overview of Classroom Activities and Homework-Kindergarten
  • Refer to yellow packet


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Data Analysis
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Effects of Implementation in First Grade
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Effects of Implementation in First Grade
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Effects of Implementation in Kindergarten
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Effects of Implementation in Second Grade
  • The current second grade students are the first group to complete the entire spelling curriculum.
  • We are waiting for the May test scores on second graders in order to compile the results to determine the effectiveness of our curriculum on student achievement.
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Resources for Spelling Curriculum
  • Word Matters (Fountas & Pinnell)
  • Phonics They Use (Patricia Cunningham)
  • Phonics Patterns (Edward Fry)
  • Month By Month Phonics (Dorothy Hall & Patricia Cunningham)
  • Word Walls (Janiel Wagstaff)
  • Dolch Word List, Fry Word List, and Sunshine Testing Kit Word List
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Integrating Spelling into a Balanced Literacy Program
  • Holland Elementary
  • Holland I.S.D.