Presentations

     In our last class, each group gave a presentation.  The presentations were excellent. They were informative and professional, and it was clear that  lots of effort went into each one.
     I was part of the group that presented "Vocabulary".  In preparing for the presentation, I learned that a child must see and hear a word twelve times before it is learned. Only five words shoud be learned at a time on a vocabulary wall and then placed on a word wall. Students should not be assigned to look up words in a dictionary and write the definitions. It will be futile. Vocabulary should be taught in a variety of ways including pictures, drawings, use in sentences, conversations, and games.  I plan to use all these strategies in teaching vocabulary to my second graders this year.