So much learning! I have loved all the new different ideas of how I can introduce vocbulary building into my reading programme.
It is not to late to still be introducing some of these structured teachings around the 7 syllable types to my Year 7 and 8's I know that there a gaps with a number of my learners. I am going to work through the Morpheme Matrices and make a long term plan to help fill some of these gaps. This is a fantastic resource to use as a starting point.
I have picked up so many fantastic ideas today and wonderful resources it is going to be timely to sit an look at these carefully and how I can build them into my classroom programme. Over the holidays will be a perfect oppourtunity to do this an build into a LTP. With changes in my hub it will be a great opportunity to introduce something new and have us all working on the same page. In order to do this i will make some reflective changes to my classroom timetable. I think I am better to do this over the holiday break when I have time to think and implement it properly.
This is a really valuable quote which I would like to share with both my class and the teachers in my hub as I feel sometimes by learners become a little complacent when learning new words. Also as a teacher I am now reflecting on how I have been teaching vocab. I now think I have been doing a 'token gesture' and not providing deep rich tasks.
I really like the word knowledge graphic organiser. I can see this being a fantastic task to be using in modelling books with the students. It really builds a picture of what learners know. Thank goodness the holidays are coming and I can take some time to really delve into all these amazing things and modify my planning and pracitce! I am looking forward to seeing it in practice with my class in Term3 :)
Kia ora Rochelle
ReplyDeleteI was super pleased to read that you got so much out of RPI Day 6 on Vocabulary (& decoding), particularly the morpheme matrices and word knowledge organisers. Marn Frank’s Matrix Makers are also versatile activities, and can be gamified (“let’s see which group comes up with the most …”, connecting well with The Code work (See session 9: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BekeIyxiUCNMlQaADtlVWPpdolsfiYGbg0SeUED5TCQ/edit#slide=id.gff3640b9f1_0_95. I’m also really excited to hear that you will be sharing the ‘robust vocabulary’ quote with colleagues and learners!
As you say, with the holidays approaching, it’s the perfect time to ‘dig in’ to all the resourcing and practice ideas from the day for designing rich ‘word consciousness’ and robust interactive vocabulary learning opportunities. Do take photos of any word wall spaces you construct and let us know how learners engage with them next term! As we covered today, the key is purposefulness and student interaction with the space, so its functionality extends beyond making words visible and builds word consciousness.
I hope things settle a bit more for you before the end of term and that you get some time to implement your ‘Read Like Writers-Write Like Readers’ planning.
We look forward to reconnecting again in Week 2 of Term 3 and to catching up on your further successes!
Nga mihi nui
Naomi R.
Literacy Facilitator - Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive