I worked with the fourth grade language arts teachers to look over their word study curriculum. We had some confusion about the program and spent a lot of time trying to figure out how it was to be implemented. We made decisions on how to use the program, went through the units, and determined which lessons we are planning to teach in the 2022-2023 school year. The fourth grade also uses a grammar program so we wanted to figure out which lessons we could skip since they would be covered in the grammar book. We then spent a lot of afternoon time organizing the materials, cutting out our first month's worth of word sort cards, game pieces, etc, in order to prepare for the beginning of the year.
It's nice to have some time to reflect on the word study work and prepare for the upcoming year. I hope it was a good opportunity to address some of the confusing parts of the program and I'm happy to be a resource or help in any way I can.