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Pam Koutrakos
- Apr 6, 2020
Word Study At Home: Resources, Printables, Video Lessons, and Ideas for Joyful Word Exploring
Craving low-prep, playful, and inherently flexible ways to continue learning at home? Word exploring may be your answer! Investigating...
Pam Koutrakos
- Oct 29, 2018
Introducing… Word Study That Sticks! (A Sneak Peek and a Giveaway)
When I was growing up, there was no word study in schools. We had phonics, and then spelling, and then word of the day. My classmates and...
Pam Koutrakos
- Feb 1, 2017
How Do I Assess Students in Word Study?
For most of my life (as a student and as a teacher), word study assessments were a weekly spelling test. As a student, I numbered down...
Pam Koutrakos
- Dec 9, 2016
How can I bring a sense of DISCOVERY to word study?
“The important thing is to not stop questioning: curiosity has its own reason for existing.” -Albert Einstein I am an optimist......
Pam Koutrakos
- Nov 20, 2016
How might I schedule MY time during word study to meet the needs of all students?
I find tremendous value and flexibility in the structure of workshop. Instruction across subjects and throughout my day has a tendency...
Pam Koutrakos
- Nov 5, 2016
What Do Our Word Study Notebooks Look Like?
Many teachers I know (myself included) keep their own reading and writing notebooks. We want to show students that we live this work...
Pam Koutrakos
- Oct 22, 2016
What is Word Study?
“Words mean more than is set down on paper. It takes human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.” -Maya Angelou Word study is a hot...
