Week #7 assignment 3

1. Explain the three levels of words and how you can use word levels to decide which words to teach.
• Easy and everyone (should) knows -
• Should not require any teaching.
• Appear often and we need to know
• The main focus should be on this level. They are not as difficult as the last level but appear in many more contexts in everyday life, so it makes sense to invest a lot of time here
• Highly technical - words really based in specific arenas, like scientists or doctors or engineers, words that most people likely will not need. These words can be important within a subject matter but otherwise may not add much value to emphasize. 
2. How do you teach your students to "chunk" words as a strategy for decoding unfamiliar words?When do you provide this instruction?  
• You teach by taking an example within class discussion. As the teacher in the video did with Charlotte's Web and salutations, showing the students that context can indeed lead to the understanding of a words definition. 
• I would provide this instruction when context will help, sometimes the author does not provide a clear enough context and you need to ask, or look it up.
3. Based on Professor Allington's comments and the classroom examples, what are some ways you might foster word study in your classroom?
• He mentions he really does not see a need to introduce external words but to use the words within the materials the students will already be working with. 
• During read aloud pay attention to the words and which categories they fall under and whether it may be worth making sure the students understand their meaning.
• Show the students how to unravel the meaning using context
• Ask the students to deconstruct the word and see if they can recognize the root of the word to extract meaning.