Preservice teachers are always finding creative ways to teach the students, while still following common core and the curriculum, but do they really understand how children learn?
When teaching new vocabulary I always want to try to connect to the child's prior knowledge or background. Anytime I can hook onto something they already know, I know they will learn something new. I will go over the words again and again and again and have them use the words repeatedly. I want them to be able to speak and write the words. I teach explicit strategies through word work for example. By using new to known, repetition in context, deeper processing, use/application and explicit strategies I'm confident students will learn new words.
Thank you Dr. Slattery!<-------Helped me to understand how children learn : )
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