Word Inquiry: developing word ‘noticers’ and ‘knowers’ diving into phonology, morphology and etymology through investigations Word Inquiry uses an inquiry-based approach to uncover the logic of English orthography. As you learn to guide your students to analyze, synthesize and find relationships among words you help them build a bank of tools and strategies they can […]

This presentation will provide direct instruction in Structured Word Inquiry (SWI) to help all students, including dyslexics, improve comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, fluency and grammar.  Participants will learn about our English writing system to discover the interrelationship of morphology, etymology and phonology.   Teachers from kindergarten to junior high will participate in practical, hands-on activities that can be […]

Click to Register Presenters:  Pete Bowers and Douglas Harper Structured Word Inquiry: Literacy instruction that makes sense of our surprisingly ordered Spelling system This full-day on-line practical workshop is for novices as well as those who have worked extensively with structured word inquiry (SWI). The phrase "structured word inquiry" - first used to describe the […]