Week in Review
Hello everyone!
This week we started new reading selections, which means…..new vocabualry words.
Studies suggest that students must encounter a new word in print several times in order to remember its meaning. However, the number of encounters needed to learn the word is significantly reduced when students are taught the meaning of the word before encountering it in a reading assignment.
Which is why we ‘preteach’ unfamiliar vocabulary for reading assignments:
So don’t forget to study these words daily and, when possible, try using them in your everyday conversations.
If your serious about improving your vocabulary, there are various sites on the internet that can help:
Enhance My Vocabulary – gives you seven tips on how to improve.
The Free Dictionary – is an online dictionary where you can hear correct pronunciations
Free Rice – Vocabulary game that donates grains of rice to a UN food program.
Vocabulary games – Fun word games
If you find any other sites let me know and I’ll add them to our growing blog roll.
Take care,
Mrs. Fausto
