Invented Spelling
Source:
Cunningham, P. M., & Cunningham, J. W. (1992). Making Words: Enhancing the spelling-decoding connection. The Reading Teacher, 46, 106-115.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Making Words with Invented Spelling-Decoding
This week's reading was about allowing children to invent their spelling. It is a powerful indicator of their phonemic awareness. I think that it is a good starting point for knowing what children's knowledge is about spelling and making words. However, if their mistakes are not corrected then I feel that the children will not be good spellers as their education progresses. The article also states that children who can spell words are more likely to be able to read those words. I do not feel that this is always the case, especially in the English language where sometimes the word does not sound like it is spelled. I do however feel that having a decoding ability in reading is improved with being able to spell. A 15 minute activity that is used to accomplish these skills is Making Words. This allows children to take letters and use them to make words. The children start with two-letter words and continue to make eight-word letters. This active, hands-on manipulative activity where children discover sound-letter relationships and how patterns work in words. They understand that changing one letter or sequence of letters changes the entire word. This activity also teaches children the five vowels, and that the letter y can be a vowel and consonant. Overall this activity is supposed to help those who lack phonemic awareness develop this skill. I think that it is important to use an interactive lesson to teach children how to create words with invented spelling.
Making Words
Invented Spelling
Source:
Cunningham, P. M., & Cunningham, J. W. (1992). Making Words: Enhancing the spelling-decoding connection. The Reading Teacher, 46, 106-115.
Invented Spelling
Source:
Cunningham, P. M., & Cunningham, J. W. (1992). Making Words: Enhancing the spelling-decoding connection. The Reading Teacher, 46, 106-115.
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It is definitely important to use an interactive lesson to teach children how to create words with invented spelling. Since this is usually taught at younger grades, the students still have plenty of time to correct their mistakes in my opinion. I think this really gets their creative side out and lets them do it the way the feel is correct, and I think it could also provide excellent feedback to the teacher on what the student is struggling with.
ReplyDeleteI understand exactly what you are saying, but I somewhat disagree with your statement about the relationship between reading and spelling. Although some words do not sound like they are spelled, the majority of words do. If a child can spell a word it is a strong indicator that they can read that word. I feel that if they recognize the word enough to spell it then they should be able to read this specific word.
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