Word study takes up a portion of each literacy block because, "Creating and maintaining a time during each literacy block to focus on words is critical to developing readers, writers and communicators." (The Daily Five p.85)

During Word Work, we focus on spelling and vocabulary work with children. However, The Daily Five is not a proponent of a program or method for teaching Word Work, but instead, offers a rich literate environment that allows for the practice time that is so often missing in the lives of our students.