Teaching with Word Inquiry – Classes for Teachers

You will be introduced to methods for integrating educational and fun games into your Word Inquiry lessons. You will learn how to create games that can be used for teaching online or in-person.

You will be introduced to a variety of game formats and learn how to create your own games using:

• MS Word
• google slides
• flippity

You will also be introduced to commercial games that can be integrated into Word Inquiry lessons.

An emphasis will be placed on how to use games in Word Inquiry lessons to make review & repetition more engaging.

Classes will be recorded and recordings will be available for viewing (not download) for limited time.

During the course we will explore the following advanced SWI concepts and skills, and ways to use them for teaching students:

• complex etymonline searches 
• etymological families 
• orthographic denotation
• orthographic markers
  • etymological markers
  • phonological markers
  • lexical markers

The first week will be an exploration of different approaches to lesson planning, and writing lesson plans for, word inquiry lessons. This will include a discussion of how to connect your word inquiries to the major concepts in English Orthography.

Each following week, all class members will write a lesson on the same topic. Class members will work together to brainstorm ideas and share teaching methods, building a safe and collaborative environment.

Each session will focus on a different topic in English orthography, such as: one of the suffixing conventions, function & content words, etymological families, etc

Guest teachers will present different approaches to teaching Word Inquiry and teaching these key concepts.

Class members will not be required to present their lesson plans if they are not comfortable doing so, however, they should be prepared to share their experience writing the lesson as well as their reflections on their colleagues’ work.