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A Professional Development Initiative for Developing Approaches to Vocabulary Instruction With Secondary Mathematics, Art, Science, and English Teachers.
This article talked about different ways you could teach the students vocabulary. Using the definition of a word seems to be just a starting point to teaching a student. The article wants you to use rich vocabulary lessons like role playing, comparing/contrasting, identifying examples, developing analogies, sorting words in categories, association, situational use, multiple contexts, and using the word written and oral. These many ways are just one way the article wants you to teach the students. The article incorporates these activities into literature stories, poems, and other various methods. The article also says you need to teach the students how the words work and gives you methods of doing that task. Overall, the article is very informative and helpful when it comes to teaching vocabulary in all subjects.
I liked the article too. It contained some very useful ideas about teaching vocabulary.
David Sigmon
The activities worked well in these classes.
Woody Trathen
Robert,
I agree with you on the article. It can be implemented into a classroom with a strong approach. Thanks for the info!
Rachel Eisenhower
The article helped me to understand how best to teach vocabulary, the most dreaded topic ever! The only thing I have to pull from is how I was taught vocabulary. And, let me tell you, it isn’t pretty!