Research supports the following features of word study instruction: balance between planned, focused lessons and spontaneous word study activities throughout the day, ongoing connections in cross-curricular contexts, student engagement through active exploration of language patterns, a critical stance toward the use of words in various media, student reflection on key strategies for approaching unfamiliar words in reading and writing, attention to individual needs and developmental research on language acquisition."--Overview.

Produced by the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat in partnership with Curriculum Services Canada. Print and Video Resources folder which contains WMV files for PowerPoint presentations and Viewer's Guide in PDF. Viewer's guide and Research monograph "Word Study Instruction" available under Additional Info Tag.

Digital Natives: A New Language -- Powerful Words: The Reading/Writing Connection -- Word Sorts and Multiple Meanings -- Engagement Through Word Study -- Understanding Word Structures -- Inference and Word Study -- General Viewing -- Research References -- Technical Instructions.