Susan, I love the thread you've opened up. I too teach 6th grade and have been there and done that with dozens of great models, methods, and activities, but like you I know I am still falling short of what feels like a vocabulary approach that truly makes a difference. The kids don't "own" new vocabulary to the degree that I'd like them too. I keep trying to figure out how to help that happen, and have come to the conclusion that maybe in the beginning some of it does have to be pushed in what may seem like an artifical manner. Take that anchor chart of words and directly ask them to do something each week with it. Last year I had kids do one minute presentations of word maps on new words they loved. But again, I often felt it was in one ear and out the other. There have to be soem clever usage and application ideas out there. _________________________________________________________________ It’s easy to add contacts from Facebook and other social sites through Windows Live™ Messenger. Learn how. https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_LearnHow _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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