https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot en-us 2023-10-03 03:24:29 UTC 2023-10-05 22:43:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731090262 environments in which words are not only noticed and appreciated, but also savored and celebrated!]]> 2023-10-04 00:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731090262 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731091042 When teachers have students sort words to reveal spelling patterns, they are directing their attention to orthographic features]]> 2023-10-04 00:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731091042 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731091693 There are different tiers to determine words to teach based off of their usage/familiarness ]]> 2023-10-04 00:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731091693 skenney34 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731092005 There are three tiers of vocabulary to teach. 
Tier 1 - words that are easily explained 
Tier 2 - Words encountered in many texts
Tier 3 - ??]]> 2023-10-04 00:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731092005 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731093144 enhance the verbal environment in their classrooms by choosing books and poems to read aloud that emphasize the impact of surprisingly fresh and imaginative language to describe and explain]]> 2023-10-04 00:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731093144 skenney34 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731094066 Use definitions that kids will understand!! do not give them the most complex definition of the words]]> 2023-10-04 00:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731094066 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731094396 Use all different forms of it like unwavering, unwaveringly (syntax), and comparing unwavering with wavering]]> 2023-10-04 00:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731094396 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731094496 Explaining the meaning behind the word to help with association and memory ]]> 2023-10-04 00:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731094496 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731097828 upper elementary students can sort words to reveal spelling patterns]]> 2023-10-04 00:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731097828 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731099334 Reading books like Mother Goose and Dr. Seuss is a fun way to get children engaged with sounds of words]]> 2023-10-04 00:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731099334 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731100890 invite students to place the vocabulary words on a continuum and explain their choices.
positive_______negative
 ]]> 2023-10-04 00:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731100890 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731101920 Students should embrace not only what words mean, but other features, such its origins, morphology, etc.]]> 2023-10-04 00:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731101920 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731102378 When I taught vocabulary to my students I always used the dictionary definition because I thought it was important for them to know word for word what the dictionary defined the word as but reading this has taught me to use definitions students can comprehend by breaking the definition down into simpler terms]]> 2023-10-04 00:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731102378 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731106624 Have students put words into two categories. For example, positive and negative.

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nice rude
sweet selfish
kind unkind]]> 2023-10-04 00:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2731106624 aurteaga6 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2734633423 One new idea that I learned from the article was the idea of word association. Presenting students with synonyms for the target word in contexts that students can understand do more than simply define.  A student might make a picture in their mind of the image of a museum for example, and someone standing there, being 'amazed' by dinosaur skeletons.  Then there is another picture of a scuba-diver who is awestruck by the colors in the coral reef.]]> 2023-10-05 22:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2734633423 aurteaga6 https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2734634940 Planning vocabulary lessons around day-to-day activities such as weather reports. The student can then walk out the door and experience the word 'frigid' or 'brisk' in the cold that they feel. ]]> 2023-10-05 22:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/eharisiadis3/r662be0o7f78uyot/wish/2734634940