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Effective Vocabulary Strategy - Vocabulary Self-Awareness Chart
Allowing students to use descriptions composed of everyday language is important in effective vocabulary comprehension and retention. One way to do this is through a vocabulary self-awareness chart. … more →
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Effective Vocabulary Strategy - Vocabulary Self-Awareness Chart
hougan wrote 6 months ago: Allowing students to use descriptions composed of everyday language is important in effective vocabu … more →
Effective Vocabulary Strategy - Students Develop Crossword Puzzles
hougan wrote 7 months ago: Another way I have my students interact with vocabulary is creating crossword puzzles. This can be … more →
Effective Vocabulary Strategy - Vocab War
hougan wrote 7 months ago: Learning games can be another venue to increase students’ vocabulary comprehension. I have us … more →
Effective Vocabulary Instruction - Quizlet
hougan wrote 8 months ago: Quizlet is an EXCELLENT resource for teaching vocabulary. Students can play, interface with vocab i … more →
Effective Vocabulary Instruction - Cartoon Vocabulary and Discussion
hougan wrote 8 months ago: I’d like to add to what Teri said. I also like students to do what I call “cartoon vocab … more →
Effective Vocabulary Instruction - P.O.S.E. Game
hougan wrote 8 months ago: Here is another great vocabulary strategy. We also play a game I created called P.O.S.E. In this ga … more →
Effective Vocabulary Instruction - Smartboard and Word Walls
hougan wrote 8 months ago: Teachers have responded with their effective vocabulary instruction. I will add this post and many … more →
Effective Vocabulary Strategy - Use the Freyer Model
hougan wrote 8 months ago: The Freyer Model is a graphic organizer – an effective way to teach vocabulary at all grade levels. … more →
High School Challenge: Challenging Schools to Challenge their Own Thinking!
dconrad3 wrote 1 year ago: Attended a two-day seminar in Bloomington, Illinois this week–the High School Challenge. The e … more →
Engaging Students with Gross but Informational Texts
dconrad3 wrote 1 year ago: I spent the last two days in Edwardsville, Illinois with Janet Allen sharing in how to engage studen … more →
Continuing Notions About Differentiation
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dconrad3 wrote 1 year ago: Busy, busy, busy!! The mantra of the day…not just for me, but for nearly everyone I meet! Muc … more →
The mnemonic value of orthography for vocabulary learning
Callier Library wrote 1 year ago: from the Journal of Educational Psychology In 2 experiments, the authors examined whether spellings … more →
Teaching Vocabulary and Using It
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atonewiththeworld wrote 1 year ago: My boss passed to me an article from District Administration’s February 2008 issue on vocabula … more →
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