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  • Learning Routines

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    The routines that frame a JCSpell  Word Study lesson are listed in the order they usually occur.  Beside each routine is the Session in our on-demand JCSpell Word Study training course in which the routine is introduced and modeled.

    • Flash Cards -- Session 2
    • Optional: Tested Words --  Session 15
    • Dictation with self-checking  -- Phonograms in Session 3, Words in Session 11
    • Think to Spell (the word work) -- Session 10
    • Word Talk (the word work) -- Session 10
    • I-Work (completed independent of teacher) -- Session 11                  
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    The three routines "Think to Spell," "Word Talk," and "I-Work" are purposefully crafted so students will work with each word using five unique lenses.

    1) Think to Spell is the phonological awareness and phonics lens -- chunking sounds & syllables to write a spoken word

    2) Word Talk is a classification and connection lens -- building vocabulary concepts, studying parts of speech

    3) I-Work with re-write is a whole word lens -- the way we see/think the word when we read or write fluently

    4) I-Work with alphabetizing is the symbol lens -- thinking letters and letter names, no sounds

    5) I-Work with sentence writing is the meaning lens -- working with the word in text


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      Document: Learning Routines Summarized File
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      Grade 1 Student Work File

      An annotated sample of student work for one lesson.

      Note:  When kindergartners begin to do I-Work, they can do parts of their work in a notebook similar to the first sample shown for first grade.

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      Grades 2 - 3: Student Work File

      An annotated sample of student work for one lesson.

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      Grades 4 - 5: Student Work File

      An annotated sample of student work for one lesson.

    • Word Study lessons are easier with Alice Nine Academy

      Subscribe to Alice Nine Academy and stream student-facing videos into your home or classroom for JCSpell.

      In the K-1 Subscription Package
      1)  "Letters, Sounds, Words" (K) -- Students are.
      2)  "The Phonograms" (1st) -- Students are taught the 70 Orton phonograms, many of the spelling rules, and the procedures for JCSpell routines that will be used in Word Study 1.
      3)  "Word Study 1" (1st) -- See JCSpell routines below

      Recommended:  Complete "The Phonograms" before beginning "Word Study 1."

      In both 2-3 Subscription Package and 4-5 Subscription Package
      4)  "The English Code" (2nd-5th) -- Students review the 70 Orton phonograms, 30 spelling rules, and the JCSpell  routines that will be used in Word Study.
      5)  "Word Study 2, 3, 4, or 5" (2nd-5th) -- See JCSpell routines below

      Recommended:  Complete "The English Code" before beginning one of the Word Study courses.
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      JCSpell Routines in Academy Word Study 1-5 Lessons

      FLASH CARDS
      The routines of "Flash Cards" is part of the Retrieval Practice videos in each lesson.

      DICTATION with Self-Checking
      "Dictation" of phonograms with self-checking is part of the Retrieval Practice videos. 
      "Dictation" of words with self-checking is not provided and should, therefore, be provided by the onsite teacher or parent.

      THINK TO SPELL
      The "Think to Spell" routine is a stand-alone video by the same name.

      WORD TALK
      Word Study lessons online do not provide the "Word Talk" routine since it needs to be a dialogical conversation. Sometimes, Alice Nine includes snippets of word talk in the "Think to Spell" videos.

      I-WORK
      "I-Work" should be assigned and monitored by the on-site teacher or parent.

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