Student Literature Strategies (Collecting and Processing Words)

Student Literature Strategies 

9. Collecting and Processing Words

- Is a strategy for helping children develop better speaking and writing vocabularies. 

-Supports the students understanding of the nuances of words that have the same or similar meanings. 

• The teacher must begin by identifying unfamiliar words in reading selections
• Write the unfamiliar words on chart paper and explore their meanings orally
• Have the students act out the words whenever possible
• Introduce synonyms and add them to the word collection with the original word
• Provide the students with vocabulary journals and challenge them to find ways to use the new words
• Assess to determine the need for further instruction

Ways it can be viewed in the classroom:

 -The teacher can have the students complete Double Entry Word Journal
(which explains the word and how it is used)

-The teacher can also have the students create checklist with the words and synonyms of how the words can be used and then how it is used in the text.