Learning Opportunities

Structured Word Inquiry: A 'How To' Story of Practice (Grades 4-9)

Presented By

Jenny Lam & Lindsay Sanden

Series Sessions

Date Time
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Location

Online

Target Audience: Grades 4-9 teachers are encouraged to attend.

Structured Word Inquiry is an approach that guides students through investigation of how words connect through their origins, structure, and word parts. The more students understand the origins of a word, the more they understand the meaning behind it. Dr. Peter Bowers (Founder of WordWorks Literacy Centre) approach supports spelling as well as vocabulary and comprehension development. For example, through the students’ scientific exploration process of a word in science, such as ‘photosynthesis’. They learn to break it into two parts, "photo" and "synthesis’, this increases their awareness of morphology and how transferrable word parts are from one subject to the next. Join a grade six teacher and middle school literacy intervention teacher, both from Golden Hills School District, for a peek into how they first implemented Structured Word Inquiry with their whole class, as well as  small intervention groups. View video demonstrations and leave with tangible ways to start embedding SWI into any of the subjects you teach.

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