The Purpose of Word Study
As a component of balanced literacy, word study achieves two goals; first to help students become fluent readers with a strong vocabulary, and secondly, to give students the opportunity to fully explore and manipulate words.
1.Word study isn’t about memorizing spelling words but about understanding spelling patterns.
2.It isn’t about manipulating a random group of words but can compare words that are phonetically similar.
3.It isn’t just another fun activity but is a purposeful look at word analysis.