Word study provides students with opportunities to investigate and understand the patterns in words. Knowledge of these patterns means that students needn’t learn to spell one word at a time. Take, for example, the difference between “hard c” (as in cat) and “soft c” (as in cell).

Let's have a look at some word families - words that are linked by a letter pattern and meaning. - ject - (from Latin- throw) - reject (throw away!), rejection, projection (to throw light on something!), projectile, dejection, objection, adjective (to throw light on nouns!)