Wow! What a gold mine this is! It's heading straight into my lesson plan notebook!
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Sun, 13 Jul > 2008 04:38:02 +0000> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Vocabulary Strategies for > Cognitive Impaired Students> > > Okay, now back to your question about > vocabulary.> > My thoughts--you're probably already doing many of these > things:> One of the best things you can do to help students learn new words > is to use them repeatedly throughout the day in a variety of contexts (Stahl > and Fairbanks, 1986--and others). Making up fun rhymes or chants (maybe even > with a dance move or two if you're brave;) that get stuck in their heads is > another great way--because it gets the students trying the words out with > their own voices. Janet Allen suggested that words should be used 10-15 times > in meaningful contexts (she's not talking about students that have difficulty > remembering words so I'm guessing the number of repetitions would be more for > the students your working with).> > Also, start close to home with vocabulary > words most related to things students interact with on a daily basis. OR > relate the new words to things that students see or do daily.> > Someone > already mentioned word walls and, I think, linking words to visuals when > possible. I saw a first grade teacher last year who put sight words on the > carpet where students were sitting and each student was responsible for the > word they were sitting on. Then they focused on one or two words a day then > the student would get to put the word up on the word wall which was in reach > of all the students. I liked this approach because it gave students ownership > of the words. Of course this was for words that were already in their > vocabulary. They were learning to spell these for their writing and recognize > them automatically in their reading.> > And finally--in my class when a > student found a word we were studying in a book (or even listening to the > new/t.v. at home) they would write down how it was used. We would talk about > it, post it on the door, and when the door was full we'd party. It became > like an ongoing scavenger hunt in our lives. Each time they found a word the > way it was used gave us more clues to the life it had taken on in its new > context. (this last suggestion may be too hard for your students, but since I > don't know them I thought I'd share)> > Angela> > > > ----------------------------------------> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > [email protected]> > Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:54:46 -0400> > > Subject: [MOSAIC] Vocabulary Strategies for Cognitive Impaired Students> > > > > I’m a student at Wayne State University in Professor Creech class. I also > work in a special education center base school with cognitive impairment > children age 8 to 10. My students have a hard time dealing with vocabulary > words. Do anyone have any suggestions or strategies I could use to get them > to comprehend at least some of the vocabulary words.> > > _______________________________________________> > 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. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________> Making the > world a better place one message at a time.> > http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_BetterPlace> > _______________________________________________> 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. > _________________________________________________________________ Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_072008 _______________________________________________ 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.
