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word learning strategies is a comprehensive program for teaching
fourth and fifth graders instead of word learning strategies
students use the strategies
to infer the meanings of unknown words they encounter while reading
the program is comprised of three main components
the teacher lead core curriculum
supplemental online instruction
for struggling readers in english-language learners
and the teacher website with online teacher training intools for monitoring
students online progress
the core curriculum consists of fifteen weeks of classroom instruction
foreword learning strategies
word parts
context
dictionary
and combined
all of the needed materials are provided
a teacher's guide with forty five detailed lesson plans
student activity books
eight full-color posters
slideshows
games
quizzes and tests
touring the lessons
teachers explain model and guide the students can strategy use
than overtime students are given increased responsibility
for using the strategies on their own
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in this clip the teacher introduces prefixes and base words
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uh... unsafe higher
work
exit
fish for their passer words that
or at
but is it
are corner or
okay
and
doing okay
prepare
but release time reseller
later in the last thing
students discuss the meaning of the prefix
it's
it
it
if
teacher let instruction
is inefficient means for reaching several students at once while online
instruction is well-suited for individualized learning
for the students who were never slower pace
twenty-two remediation lessons are available online
these lessons reinforce the word learning strategies taught in the
classroom
students review the strategy by interacting with an animated
presentation
than they used the strategy
with unknown words in a story
and concludes with a brief quiz
two additional units of supplemental instruction
are available for a militia language learners
idioms unit is for all he l else
and the card makes unit
is for spanish-speaking p l else
these units consist of game like activities in which students learn about
idioms and cognate while rescuing animals from another planet
teachers assign students to be online lessons and monitor their progress
through use of the teacher's web site
this site also provides access to one hour long online training for teachers
through the use of video and other multimedia the interactive training
explains the rationale and the guiding principles of the program
it also introduces teachers to the w_l_s_ materials and lessons
the fifteen week classroom curriculum supplemental online instruction
and the teacher website
each play unique but critical role inward learning strategies
the program has been carefully crafted
to effectively and efficiently teach students
to use word parts context the dictionary and the combined strategy to unlock the
meanings of unknown words thing meet while reading