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> I do NOT believe nonsense words should be taught in isolation just to pass 
> DIBELS!! 
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> > What are you thoughts about teaching nonsense words in isolation---just so 
> > kids will do well on the dibels test? 
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> >> Not all books with nonsense words such as those are meant to teach 
> >> phonics. 
> >> I'm thinking of the book Jamberry. What is a "jamberry"? It's fun to 
> >> play 
> >> with the silliness of language and it also shows kids how language can be 
> >> played 
> >> with and manipulated to make new meanings. Doing this also manipulates 
> >> sounds, 
> >> not just meanings. This is a great phonologicl/phonemic awareness tool. 
> >> Kids 
> >> often make up their own new words: my own kids say things like 
> >> "prettiful" and 
> >> "overbalanced", knowing they are being silly. 
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> >> Cathy 
> >> Title I Reading 
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> >> -----Original Message----- 
> >> From: anne ehrmanntraut 
> >> To: [email protected] 
> >> Sent: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 2:00 pm 
> >> Subject: [MOSAIC] Nonsense words 
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> >> tried to post something last night, but I didn't see the posting. So I 
> >> will 
> >> ost it again. I am taking a literacy course in graduate school and I had 
> >> a 
> >> uestion about books with nonwords or nonsense words. In our graduate 
> >> class our 
> >> rofessor presented to us a book called "Hairy Bear" The book has 
> >> sentences 
> >> uch as "I will crim cram crash'em" While these are not real words they 
> >> are 
> >> eing used for phonics. Is it such a good idea to use books with words 
> >> that are 
> >> eaningless? Do you use these type of books in the classroom? Thank you 
> >> for 
> >> our help. -Anne 
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