Schedule

Words Their Way Implementation Schedule:

September

**During the first week of school, give the spelling inventory from the Words Their Way professional text. Give the Elementary Spelling Inventory from page 319 to all students. You may have to give the Primary Spelling Inventory (page 315) or the Upper Level Spelling Inventory (page 322) if a student scores low or high on the Elementary Spelling Inventory.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Week One-	**See note above
Week Two- Choose a low sort to introduce procedures and activities to all students. Students should be with their original teacher.	Set up notebooks and folders Introduce independent open sort	Introduce independent closed sort	Introduce blind buddy sort or Introduce blind buddy written sort	Introduce sentence writing	Introduce the game Tic, Tac, Toe
Week Three-	Introduce speed sort	Introduce word hunt	Introduce ABC order sort	Free day- students can choose their own or use this day to reteach or catch up	Conduct a practice assessment
Week Four- This is the first week to officially start the students’ sorts. They should be divided into their word study level. Students should rotate to their assigned teacher.	Use the rotation schedule found below

Words Their Way Two-Week Rotation Lesson Plan Schedule:

(The two-week rotation lesson plan is to fit within a two week block. It is not a ten day schedule. Therefore, you may need to eliminate a sort or more if there is a short week.)

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Week One-	Independent open sort	Teach pattern Independent closed sort	Blind buddy sort or blind buddy written sort	Sentence writing	Tic, Tac, Toe
Week Two-	Speed sort	Word hunt	ABC order sort	Free choice day	Assessment