Teaching Strategies for High School: Tips from a Teacher
Classroom Management and Teacher Survival These strategies deal with establishing a framework for positive teacher and student experiences. Set Clear Learning Expectations: After you've set them, communicate them, clearly. Establish Clear Behavioral Expectations: After you've established them, communicate them, clearly. Establish a Routine: Ordinary tasks, such as collecting papers, moving into groups, or getting a book off the shelf, can quickly become chaotic if there's not an established routine. Document Everything: This is especially important early in your career when administrators, students and parents may not find you as credible as your more experienced colleagues. Find a Mentor: If you're new, find a mentor.
Teaching Vocabulary with Francie Alexander
Scholastic’s Reading Resources Network is putting the focus on vocabulary. Here, you'll find activities and resources to use in your classroom, a model lesson on video, and an online development session for vocabulary instruction. Plus you’ll discover a plethora — there’s a great vocabulary stretcher — of other resources. Our host is Francie Alexander, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for Scholastic Education. Francie has taught at all levels, was a district reading consultant for PreK through high school, and has authored professional articles for educators and 25 “books kids can read” for children. Betty Tsang Increasing Vocabulary: Concept Definition Map Observe a model best practice lesson. Motivate and Focus Set Expectations Teach / Model Adapted from Scholastic Red, Improving Reading Comprehension, Grades 3–5 Francie Answers the Tough QuestionsQuestion 1: Why is vocabulary so important? Question 2: What words do I teach? Question 3: How do I teach vocabulary? Listen to more questions
Put Reading First -- K-3 (vocabulary)
Vocabulary instruction Vocabulary refers to the words we must know to communicate effectively. In general, vocabulary can be described as oral vocabulary or reading vocabulary. Oral vocabulary refers to words that we use in speaking or recognize in listening. Reading vocabulary refers to words we recognize or use in print. Vocabulary plays an important part in learning to read. Vocabulary also is very important to reading comprehension. Types of vocabulary Researchers often refer to four types of vocabulary listening vocabulary-the words we need to know to understand what we hear. speaking vocabulary-the words we use when we speak. reading vocabulary-the words we need to know to understand what we read. writing vocabulary-the words we use in writing. What does scientifically-based research tell us about The scientific research on vocabulary instruction reveals that (1) most vocabulary is learned indirectly, and (2) some vocabulary must be taught directly. They engage daily in oral language.
Doing it Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary
Every Monday my seventh grade English teacher would have us copy a list of 25 words she'd written on the board. We'd then look up the dictionary definitions and copy those down. For homework, we'd re-write each word seven times. Good, now you know it. Test on Friday and never for those 25 words to be seen again. Copying definitions from the dictionary we would probably all agree is not an effective way to learn vocabulary. The truth is, and the research shows, students need multiple and various exposures to a word before they fully understand that word and can apply it. Selecting Words Ah, so many words, so little time. My first year teaching, before my tenth graders began reading Lord of the Flies, I went through every chapter and made lists of all the vocabulary words I thought they'd have trouble with, so that I could pre-teach them. When I looked at those long lists, I began to freak out. Then, here's what to do after the students pick their own words: Ranking Words Teaching Words
Learning Vocabulary Down By the Bay
ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives. More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice Being able to fluently read common vocabulary words can make reading easier and lead to greater comprehension. back to top Word-building activity sheet: Students will use one set of the letter squares from this handout to build some of the most frequently used words in the song "Down By the Bay." Routier, W.J. (2003, May). Proficient readers recognize most words quickly, allowing them to focus on the meaning of text.
No, It’s Not Arbitrary and Does Make Sense: Teaching the English Punctuation System
You might also try putting a period at the end of a “thought.” And what about semi-colons and colons? Well…maybe those are for exceptionally long breaths and thoughts? Okay, I guess you can see that these are no official “Strunk and White” rules about usage but rather the kind of myths about standard punctuation that are perpetuated, sometimes by educators, I’m afraid. 1Attack the Old BeliefI’ll stop short of saying telling students “Forget everything you learned before about punctuation,” but I think a good starting place is finding out what students already know.
Great activities website for students to check the knowledge of both spelling and definitions. I like that the teacher can create a word list for students or use a list that's already been created. It's also useful in that students can take a test and then print out their results. by mandyshaw Oct 24