When we look back at our own vocabulary instruction, we probably remember vocabulary words highlighted in bold in our social studies books, or occasionally built into our language arts lessons in later elementary school. What we most likely do not recollect is specific vocabulary instruction in preschool or early elementary. Most of our gains in […]
Two of the most common complaints about reading from adult readers are:
1. I don’t read fast enough
2. My reading comprehension and retention are poor.
There are many possible ways of improving the situation. Often though, both of these problems can be attributable to poor fundamental reading skills such as:
- weak […]
Time4Learning is a sponsor of the Vocabulary is Fun site. I’ve been looking at their site and found a treasure trove of information on each of the different grade levels. Take a look, it’s really interesting to see what the students learn at each different grade level….
Preschool
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade
Seventh Grade
Eighth […]
Matching games, such as the one on this site, are fun, simple ways of learning the identification of words and pictures. But they can also have a much higher purpose - - helping those with word retrieval difficulties. Speech and language pathologists often use matching games in their therapy to help patients with specific word […]
