Thursday, August 23, 2012

Don't Teach Vocabulary Like This

Featured article in the June 2012 Educational Leadership, the monthly journal for ASCD.  All of us I'm sure have used these 5 traditional ways of teaching vocabulary.  Read this article to learn new approaches to familiar practices.  This is a important article for all our reading Title I teachers.

The authors also recommend certain online resources for word games and puzzles.  The links are embedded for these websites: MindFun; Gamequarium; Funschool.com;Vocabulary.co.il' and MyVocabulary.  Check our these games and rate them in our game rubic on the intranet.  What other ideas have you gotten from reading this article?

Vocabulary:  Five Common Misconceptions.  Padak, Bromley, Rasinski, Newton.  June 2012. Educational Leadership, ASCD
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/jun12/vol69/num09/Vocabulary@-Five-Common-Misconceptions.aspx

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