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WordWorks Newsletter #67

The Getting Started Issue

Click HERE to download Newsletter #65  Highlights in this issue include... Upcoming Workshops & Conferences Open for Registration Three upcoming IDA Workshops/Conferences about structured word inquiry Oct. 11: Joint presentation with Gina Cooke at the IBIDA Fall Conference, Illinois. Oct. 24: Pete invited speaker at IDA national conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Nov. 10-11: 2-Day Intensive IBIDA Workshop, Glen Ellyn, IL. (Download flyer here.) 2-Day Workshop with Chapters International in Dresden Jan. 19-20: Click here for information. Click here to register (Select workshop titled: “Understanding the Meaning-Spelling Connection: Structured Word Inquiry.) Publications Emphasizing Structured Word Inquiry, Matrices and Word Sums Kriby & Bowers (2012) published by the Ontario Ministry of Education’s Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat Bowers & Cooke (in press) in the IDA journal, Perspectives on Language and Literacy, Learn more about both articles here. New document from Skot Caldwell on “Getting Started in Grade 1” Amazing Teacher Blogs Dan Allen (Zurich) Ann Whiting (Kuala Lumpur) Structured Word Inquiry “Worked Examples” An account of lessons and learning over a series of lessons from a Grade 4 class during my 10-day visit to Wesley College in Melbourne, Australia. How to work out an unfamiliar suffix in a familiar word: A response to a student’s question about the structure of the word devotees.Newsletter_67_files/WW%20Newsletter%20%2367.pdfhttp://www.readibida.org/fallconference.phphttp://www.interdys.org/AnnualConference.htmhttp://www.readibida.org/http://wordworkskingston.com/WordWorks/Home_files/IBIDA%20Nov%2010%2011%20flyer.pdfhttp://wordworkskingston.com/WordWorks/Home_files/Deresden%20Mailer%20fixed.pdfhttp://chaptersinternational.com/registration.phphttp://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/WW_Morphology.pdfhttp://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/moreinfo.htmlhttp://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/moreinfo.htmlhttp://www.interdys.org/Perspectives.htmhttp://wordworkskingston.com/WordWorks/Home_files/2012%20summer%20and%20fall%20publications.pdfhttp://realspellers.org/forums/beginners/707-getting-started-in-grade-1http://blogs.zis.ch/dallen/2012/09/14/more-powerful-than-a-locomotive/http://wordsavviness.wordpress.com/Newsletter_67_files/WW%20Newsletter%20%2367_1.pdffile://localhost/WW%20Newsletter%20%2365%20Spelling%20Out-1.pdfshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14