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AVKO Educational Research Foundation Newsletter

August/2010

In This Issue
AVKO GOES
INTERNATIONAL
SPELLING-READING
CONNECTION
August Calendar
Aug 11 - Ramadan - 9th Month of the Muslim Calendar LEARNING-LOSS
Based on a lunar calendar and therefore varies every year. The Holy Month
A NEW TWIST
of Ramadan is a time when Muslims fast during daylight hours to celebrate
the time when Allah revealed the first verses of the Qu'ran, the holy book of
Islam. Quick Links
It is a time for spiritual reflection, prayer, doing good deeds, charity, You Can't Teach
spending time with loved ones. It teaches self-discipline, self-restraint, what you know, if
generosity and understanding of those less fortunate. you DON'T know
Aug 15 - Assumption day-commemorating the day of the Virgin Mary being you know it!
taken to heaven.
Aug 19 - National Aviation Day
Aug 26 - Women's Equality Day is observed to remember the day women Book of the
gained the right to equality. U.S Nineteenth Amendment .- Women's Right Month
to Vote 1920

News

AVKO GOES INTERNATIONAL !

The AVKO Foundation is sending Don McCabe,
our Research Director to several locations for both
homeschoolers living abroad and for those who wish to
learn English as a Second Language.
The first trip, Africa, is via the People to People
Program. Don is making time available during his trip
for homeschooling groups, schools and Individuals to Summer
make appointments with him for either FREE workshops, discussions or "Learning
individualized information. Please spread the word to any South
Afician homeschooling friends, missionaries and their homeschooling
Loss"
groups about Don's visit. Contact don@avko.org for an appointment. A TIME magazine
SOUTH AFRICA article that dis-
Johannesburg August 10, 11, 12 Southern Sun Grayson Hotel cusses how extend -
Cape Town August 13 - 17 Southern Sun Cape Sun Hotel ed vacations make it
more difficult for ALL
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OCTOBER - AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND students to "slide" in
their knowledge
Sydney, Au. Oct 21 & 22 retention. Perceptive
Fjordland, NZ - Oct 26, Fort Chalmers, NZ - Oct 27, Akarroa, NZ - Oct 28, and right on the
Wellington, NZ,- Oct 29, Auckland, NZ - Oct 31 money with it's
insights. It's the
NOVEMBER -PACIFIC ISLANDS reason AVKO
advocates doing
Suva, Fiji Nov 3 spelling year round,
Pago Pago, American Samoa Nov 4 even during vacation
Moorea, French Polynesia Nov 7 days. Just 15
Papeete, Taihiti, French Polynesia, Nov 8 minutes. And for fun
11-2, Bora Bora, French Polynesia, Nov 9 some word games
Honolulu, Hawaii. Nov 14 the whole family can
Maui (Lahaina) Nov 15 play.
More DETAILS we be given in September about his trip to Australia, New
Zealand and Fiji, Somoa, French Polynesia and Hawaii.

The Teaching of Spelling and Reading

THE SPELLING-READING CONNECTION
We know through trial and error
what
DOESN'T work:
1. Giving student word lists to study A NEW TWIST on
2. Correcting students errors. the Great Vocab.
This results in misspelling 10% of the most 1,000 Game
frequently used words. That is one in every 10
words, how frustrating! Go over word mean
Some of the things that HAVE worked: -ing in dictionary.
1. STUDENT SELF CORRECTION (Fitzsimmons, Students write the
Loomer, 1978) and word on one side, on
2. Carefully programmed and SEQUENCED presentations of words that the other, draw the
follow regular PATTERNS. (McCabe, 1991), (Leipzig, D. H. (2000). meaning of the word.
Some of the THINGS THAT WORK but haven't been tried: Drawing should
1. Systematic teaching of the mechanics of the code ( until Starting at express some feeling
Square One) of the word meaning.
2. Systematic teaching of the differences between spoken and written Hang up drawings
language (until Speech tuh Spellin') (McCabe, 1991) With 4 to 5 pix start a
The common words in our language have a simple base that conveys weekly game - you
meaning. Words like stepping, flashing, playful and spilling. either show them the
The power words are polysyllabic and cannot be reduced to one meaningful word and they have to
syllable, as: crucial union patient social and unique. tell the meaning of
the word by
"Notice that the simple words with common bases have more letters describing the picture
and more consonant blends that the power base words. Yet they are OR they look at
easier to read and spell. Why? Because the base words are taught and the picture and tell what
suffix -ing is taught. The same cannot be said about the words with power word it represents.
bases."
No matter how well student learn to read in grades one through three, if they A NEW TWIST: After
haven't been taught the spelling patterns of power words, we cannot expect students have tried
them now to read to learn especially when in grades four on up in the the game a few times
curriculum is loaded with new words that have power bases not simple the regular way,
bases." THEY get the
pictures- this time the
To be a good reader and speller one must know how to read and object is for them to
b bl t t ll th
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spell BOTH types of words. be able to tell you the
meaning of the word
Interest Piqued? The above information are from The Teaching of Reading or describe the
and Spelling, pages 131 - 149. FREE as an E-book with membership. picture/meaning so
Gloria Goldsmith that YOU can guess
the word. FUN!

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