How to make a word bank

1. Prepare a series of envelopes or file folders by labeling one for each beginning letter or sound of the alphabet.

   Variation: Have just one envelope or file folder for each learner to put all their own words into.

2. File them in a box or hang them on the wall in alphabetical order.
3. When a learner learns to read or spell a new word, write the word on a card.

   Variation: Have the learner write the word.

4. Have the learner put the card in the appropriate envelope, according to the first letter of the word on the card.

• Using inventive spelling

• Using tok ples to learn how to read and write 1993

• Task module: How to make a word bank
• In task module: Making teaching aids
• In task module: Developing materials to teach reading and writing
• In task module: Developing instructional materials, by Trudy K. Stewart, Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Trudi C. Hunt (contributor)
• In task module: Developing an instructional program, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Patricia M. Davis (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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