{"id":1404,"date":"2017-10-01T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paddyeger.com\/educatingamerica\/blog\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2017-10-01T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T10:00:13","slug":"vocabulary-development-1-preview-new-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2017\/10\/01\/vocabulary-development-1-preview-new-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary Development #1- Preview New Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This month we’ll look at the importance of vocabulary. <\/strong>He’s so rambunctious<\/span><\/em> he upset the basket.<\/p>\n

Vocabulary words are like a\u00a0 new pairs of shoes; we need to break them in. It’s the job of the adult to help kids\u00a0 become comfortable with new or unusual pertinent, use-again words that occur in their reading. Try these previewing ideas:<\/p>\n

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  1. Post new essential I’ll-use-you-again-and-again words on a word wall or a list for different subjects that can grow as new (pertinent ) words arise in their reading. Keep a chapter selection to no more than 6 words. Go back to them every few days to review, discuss and use them appropriately. Play words games like Guess My Word with them once you have collected a dozen or more and have written definitions (More information coming in future blogs). Let your imagination wander.<\/li>\n
  2. If you wish, save unique words, ones that may not reappear, on a separate list. (Sometimes it’s fun to save words that appeal to our tongue or our curiosity!)<\/li>\n
  3. Take the time to build student vocabulary notebooks. They can be organized into topic sections\/alphabetical for ease in relocating words after their initial use has passed.<\/li>\n
  4. Have online and hard copies of age-appropriate dictionaries and several thesaurus available. If possible, invest in The Synonym Finder<\/em> by Rodale Press. Having a variety of resources available may excite students to want to study words.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    This month we’ll look at the importance of vocabulary. He’s so rambunctious he upset the basket. Vocabulary words are like a\u00a0 new pairs of shoes; we need to break them in. It’s the job of the adult to help kids\u00a0 become comfortable with new or unusual pertinent, use-again words that occur in their reading. Try\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,259],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language-arts","category-vocabulary-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}