Wilson Just Words

Mrs. Bretz/Mrs. SelbstOctober 2015

What is this program about?

Turn and talk!

Videohttp://www.wilsonlanguage.com/about-our-work/

Background Information

multisensory decoding and spelling word study program

Phonemic awareness, sounds, syllable structure

grades 4-12 and adults

students with below-average decoding and spelling scores

What does the program entail?

Daily 45 minute lesson

Small group (up to 15 students)

Nonsense words

Real/Decodable words

High-frequency words

Dictation

TappingWhat is tapping?

part of a multi-sensory approach

Each tap represents a sound

“HANDS”

Scope and SequenceUnit 1: Closed-syllable – 3 sounds

Unit 2: Closed syllable – 4-6 sounds and exceptions

Unit 3: Bonus letters and welded sounds

Unit 4: Suffixes: -s, -es, -ed, -ing

Unit 5: Compound & multisyllabic words (closed syllable)

**Bonus Review Unit**

Unit 6: Vowel and consonant suffixes; spelling rules

Unit 7: v-e syllable type; multisyllabic words; silent e

10 Day Instructional PlanDays 1-2: Introduce new concepts

Days 3-4: Provide practice with the concepts

Day 5: Provides practice and a dictation check-up

Days 6-7: Introduce additional new concepts

Days 8-9: Provide practice with these new concepts as well as review of current lesson

Day 10: Assesses mastery of all unit concepts

Progress MonitoringUsed as part of RTI

monitoring tool

Unit Tests: Dictation/Chart Phrases

Goal: 80% is Mastery

Double-dose if necessary

Fluency support in classroom

3 Types of Syllables

Closed Syllable

Vowel-Consonant-E Syllable

Open Syllable

Closed Syllableonly has 1 vowel

vowel is followed by 1 or more consonants (closed in)

vowel is short

Vowel-Consonant-e Syllable

syllable has a vowel, then consonant, and then an e

the vowel has a

long sound

the e is silent

Open Syllable this syllable has only 1

vowel which is the last letter

the vowel sound is long

Syllable House Sort – Tree Map

Word StudyDigraphs – 2 consonants that make

1 soundex: whip, dock

Blends – 2 consonants that make

their own soundex: c lap, hun t

HF words

Scooping

ConclusionRevisit Goal/Scale

Ticket Out the Door

Complete the survey emailed to you.

Questions?

Please stay seated for a brief meeting on 4/5th grade paper testing with Mrs. Bretz/Mrs.

Mansdorf.