The old saying "practice makes perfect", rings very true for vocabulary building. Studies show that rehearsal dramatically improves long term memory. In fact, it takes between 10 and 20 repetitions to make a word part of your vocabulary. What's even more surprising is that rehearsing a word, even after you believe you have mastered it, can double the effectiveness of your learning, greatly reducing the chance that you will forget the word in the future.
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Students at Lakeview continue to practice using adjectives that describe personality traits. This week they reviewed some words from the word wall, sorted the words according to meaning, and formed sentences using new vocabulary. We will continue to think of examples of various traits and incorporate the new vocabulary in reading and writing activities.
