chea

eiar

bb ckedau

All of which is achieved through the process of

visually recognising simple letter patterns and their associated

sounds

Sound

Hunter

Is a learning activity that helps children in the early

writing phase to:

Develop graphophonic knowledge

Begin the development of phonological awareness

Increase vocabulary

Expand their awareness of spelling generalizations

Students in Level 2:

• Make use of known spelling patterns to make plausible attempts at spelling unfamiliar words

• Use sound and visual patterns when attempting to spell unfamiliar words

• Begin to expand their vocabulary

• Develop spelling strategies by using graphophonic cues

Sound Hunter addresses thefollowing

Victorian EssentialLearning Standards for level 2

Learning Objectives

KeyIndicators

Conventions Processes &

Strategy

• The use of a small bank of words drawn upon for automatic spelling

• Knowledge of all the common sounds of the letters

• Knowledge simple of letter patterns and the sounds they represent

• The ability to draw upon graphophonic knowledge when writing

• The use of a small range of strategies to spell unknown words

Major Teaching

Emphases

Conventions

• Build graphophonic knowledge

Use of

Texts

• Expose students to a range of text forms • Build knowledge of words and

word parts

• Provide opportunities for students to develop new vocabulary

Processes &

Strategy

• Build knowledge of graphophonic elements

The sound‘air’ as in ‘fair’

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Select a text that clearly exhibits the chosen focus

2. Read the text for enjoyment

4. Discuss the words and ask students to sort them into subgroups

5. Create a chart of the words the students found

6. Challenge students to find more examples of words

7. Revisit, discuss and add to the chart on future occasions

3. Revisit the text, hunting for the chosen focus. Have students identify and record words with this focus

Advantages

+ Develops graphophonic understanding

+ Expands awareness of spelling generalizations

+ Increases Vocabulary

+ Has authentic applications

+ Involves the student in a fun and meaningful word play activity

+ Can be adapted for a diverse range of learners

+ Creates a resource for future reference

+ Develops spelling strategies

+ Employs a variety of texts

+ Helps build up a students bank of words that are automatically spelled

+ Builds knowledge of words and word parts + Is based on investigation, exploration

and inquiry approaches to learning

+ Develops phonological awareness

Teaching Methods Sound Hunter supports spelling development

in the classroom through the use of:

Direct instruction

Whole class and

Individual work

Explicit instruction

Reflection

Catering for:Learner Diversity

= Differentiating Instruction

Taking multiple approaches to instruction and making adaptions to content

Instruction and content is varied according to individual readiness level

INVOLVES:

SUFFIXES• ‘ing’• ‘ed’

CONTRACTIONS• ‘I’ll’• ‘can’t’

PREFIXES• ‘un’• ‘dis’

• ‘s’• ‘es’• ‘x’

• ‘wasn’t’

• ‘don’t’

Reference List

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Annandale, K., Bindon, R., Broz, J., Dougan, J., Handley, K., Johnston, A., Lockett, L., Lynch, P. (2005b). First steps writing resource book (2nd ed.). Port Melbourne: Rigby Heinemann.

Annandale, K., Bindon, R., Broz, J., Dougan, J., Handley, K., Johnston, A., Lockett, L., Lynch, P & Rourke, R. (2005c) First steps writing map of development CD (2nd Ed) [Computer Software] Belmont, Rigby.

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