Word Analysis

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This professional development resource provides strategies for helping students develop an understanding of how the word analysis process works. Topics include phonics, structural anaylsis, sight words, vocabulary, context clues, and fluency. This resource also addresses special instructional needs of English language learners.

William Swinton's New Word Analysis, or School Etymology of English Derivative Words – With Practical Exercises, is a great resource guide and textbook for English language teachers and students. The focus of New Word Analysis is the deconstruction and tracing of the etymology of selected words, with a focus on the Latin and Greek suffixes and prefixes. The book also gives an introduction to the history of English words, includes chapters on the role of Latin and other borrowings.

A practical, self-paced tutorial on the phonics, phonemic awareness, and word analysis topics students need to know to succeed on teacher certification or competency tests. A classic in the field, written by two highly respected authorities. KEY TOPICS: Recognizing Words: Helping Children Develop Word Analysis Strategies; The Early Stages: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness; Phonics: Onset, Rime, and Consonant Patterns; Phonics: Vowel Patterns; Context; Sight Words; Morphemic Analysis; Chunking Words into Smaller Units: Syllabication and Structural Analysis; The Dictionary and Word Analysis; Developmental Spelling Patterns: Insights into the Development of Word Analysis Skills MARKET: Pre- and in-service teachers preparing for the state reading exams now required in many states, and those who are taking teacher certification or competency tests.

Gives middle school teachers a range of tools to help monitor literacy behavior continuously as they teach, as well as conduct periodic assessments for accountability. Intended to guide teachers' ongoing observations of student's progress within a literature-based reading program.

These valuable, grade-leveled resources incorporate reading skills identified by the National Reading Panel as critical to reading success. They provide standards-based, ready-to-use activities to improve spelling, phonological awareness, comprehension, and more!