A blog for all things speech and language (with a Cajun twist)
Thanks for sticking with me through this series about vocabulary. For those of you working with middle and high school students, this one is for YOU! We’ve all had them: Students who turn their noses up at ELA assignments Those who avoid participating in class The ones who don’t or won’t do assignments at all Kids who are bored as…
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I want to share with you some more tried and true strategies for teaching vocabulary. The first is LINCS from the University of Kansas. LINCS is a mnemonic device for ingraining new words. It helps students to make memorable connections and relationships between the word and it’s meaning.For example, I vividly remember the first time I heard the word minuscule…
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To be completely transparent, for more than half of my career, I was torn about exactly how to attack vocabulary- about providing instruction that would actually have an impact past my therapy room. I confess… I used many of the questionable methods that I discussed in Part 1 of this series. I often taught words in the moment; I taught…
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With vocabulary now identified as “an area of weakness” across my school district this year (based on standardized testing), I’ve been delving deeper into how we as SLPs and educators in general can improve our students’ vocabulary. It was past time I learned more about this gigantic piece of language that is so critical to literacy. Now that I have,…
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I waited and waited for winter, and it came and visited for 2 days then left us with just months of BLAH. This week, however, it is certainly clear that SPRING has sprung! The day lillies are flourishing, and our roses are in full force! My hubby has been working away in the gardens. I don’t really touch dirt,…
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I LOVE St. Patrick’s Day therapy! It’s weird and wacky and kind of pointless, and I can’t get enough of it. I start on March 1 and don’t stop the “leprechaun magic” (and everything GREEN and rainbows) until March 17. Call me crazy, but Christmas is not my favorite holiday. It always makes for great family memories but also comes…
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