Listening activities: www.elllo.org/english/Games.htm
Whacky Web Tales (similar to Madlibs): www.eduplace.com/tales/
Games for vocabulary and grammar skills: www.quia.com/pages/havefun.html
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Enjoy Spring Break!
Spring break is a great time to have fun and review speech and language skills. For links to online speech and language activities, go to Mrs. DeYoung's webpage (accessed thru the Prairieview homepage) or try these websites:
Listening activities: www.elllo.org/english/Games.htm
Whacky Web Tales (similar to Madlibs): www.eduplace.com/tales/
Games for vocabulary and grammar skills: www.quia.com/pages/havefun.html
Listening activities: www.elllo.org/english/Games.htm
Whacky Web Tales (similar to Madlibs): www.eduplace.com/tales/
Games for vocabulary and grammar skills: www.quia.com/pages/havefun.html
Thursday, March 12, 2009
More Strategies
Now that most students have completed the ISAT tests, Mrs. DeYoung has returned to teaching comprehension strategies to improve reading, listening, and thinking. Third grade students are reviewing summarizing and questioning. The fourth grade language group practiced using context cues to comprehend unfamiliar words. Fifth graders are completing listening labs on the computer to develop the ability to recall information and answer comprehension questions. Many of these students have recognized their need to have information repeated and to ask for clarification. Finally, students at Lakeview have been introduced to the INSERT strategy.
The INSERT strategy helps students to monitor their thinking as they read. Students use the following symbols to code the text:
check mark Author confirms what you already knew- "I knew that!"
- Contradicts what you thought- " I thought differently."
? Confuses you- "I don't understand this!"
+ New Information- "I didn't know that!"
Students can write the symbols in the margin of the reading passage (in pencil if it is a text book) or use the symbols while taking notes. This strategy will also help to prepare for class discussions and to check their own understanding of curricular content.
The INSERT strategy helps students to monitor their thinking as they read. Students use the following symbols to code the text:
check mark Author confirms what you already knew- "I knew that!"
- Contradicts what you thought- " I thought differently."
? Confuses you- "I don't understand this!"
+ New Information- "I didn't know that!"
Students can write the symbols in the margin of the reading passage (in pencil if it is a text book) or use the symbols while taking notes. This strategy will also help to prepare for class discussions and to check their own understanding of curricular content.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
March 3-6
Conferences:
Parent teacher conferences will be next week, March 9-12. Conference notes have been sent to parents of students whose annual reviews for speech are due this trimester. If you did not receive an invitation for a conference and would like to meet with Mrs. DeYoung, please contact her by telephone (630)783-5157, or email mdeyoung@ccsd66.org
ISAT Testing
This week students at Prairieview and Lakeview are taking the ISATs. Mrs. DeYoung will not meet with students if they are testing at their regularly scheduled time for therapy.
Parent teacher conferences will be next week, March 9-12. Conference notes have been sent to parents of students whose annual reviews for speech are due this trimester. If you did not receive an invitation for a conference and would like to meet with Mrs. DeYoung, please contact her by telephone (630)783-5157, or email mdeyoung@ccsd66.org
ISAT Testing
This week students at Prairieview and Lakeview are taking the ISATs. Mrs. DeYoung will not meet with students if they are testing at their regularly scheduled time for therapy.
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