Joy awesome article thanks for sharing and I will pass it along at the local level in my district. I teach 6th grade and I am looking at doing more with vocabulary next year and have been looking for sources and ideas etc. This article looks as though it has lots of good links which I will explore. Love it thanks Susan
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Joy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This came through my email, and I thought it would be of interest to many > on this list. I remember many suggesting Isabel Beck for vocabulary > instruction. The link is to an article that further explains why this is > beneficial. > > SATURATE BEFORE SOAK: EARLY LEARNERS CAN HANDLE BIG WORDS > Researchers now believe that students in primary grades can acquire > more advanced words earlier than previously thought, reports Laura > Pappano in her article "Small Kids, Big Words: Research- Based > Strategies for Building Vocabulary from Pre- K to Grade 3" in Harvard > Education Letter. It is now felt that the mechanism for learning new > vocabulary isn't the same as that for learning new math skills, where > easier concepts are the building blocks for more complicated skills. > "Words are not related hierarchically," said Isabel Beck of the > University of Pittsburgh. "You can learn ˜saturated' before you learn > ˜soak'." What's more, children seem to enjoy it. More advanced words > also enrich conceptual understanding and enhance reading ability as a > student progresses. It's especially important in closing the achievement > gap for students who arrive to early grades with a limited vocabulary, > and for English Language Learners. > http://www.edletter.org/insights/bigwords.shtml > > > Joy/NC/4 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content > go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
