I love that one too! Also the games Chunks and Syllabification (sp?) are good ones too. My students and kids I've tutored have really enjoyed those as well. :o)
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One suggestion I made to parents was to purchase and > play UpWords with their kids. It really encourages > chunking and word > within word analysis, plus it is fun. > > On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 05:24 , Carol P. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > >I am new with the reading . Can you give me a good > site that would explain the > > decoding and Chunking method . Please !! > Thanks so much > > My daughter is struggling with reading and this > would help me so much. > > To better help her !! Carol P. > > > >"GRISTINA, KRISTIN" [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >When figuring out unfamiliar words, I think there > are different problems to consider. > > > >1. They can't pronounce the word but they know the > word and the meaning. > >2. They can pronounce the word but they don't know > what it means. > >3. They can't pronounce the word AND they don't > have any idea what it means. > > > >The decoding and chunking is only good to use if > they don't know how to say the word. But a deeper > issue with older > readers is that they don't know the word meanings. I > have the kids (2nd grade and up) use post-its to > mark when they come > to a word that they don't know the meaning (whether > they can say it or not). > > > >Then, they make a T-chart that says "Words I don't > know" and "I can infer..." They write down the page > number where they > found the word(s) and they use many of the same > fix-up strategies that you wrote in your email in > terms of re-reading, > thinking about the story, finding another word that > fits or makes sense in that unknown word's place... > > > >After the chapter or the reading is done for the > session (this is usually in guided reading groups) > the kids share their words > and their strategies for making good inferences > about what those words mean. I usually find one or > two kids who have done > this well as I'm listening to them read throughout > the GR session and have them share first and do a > lot of praise of their > good use of the steps and the strategy.When they are > off base, we discuss it and I usually give them the > real meaning of the > word and show them how that would have fit in by > using the same strategies. > > > >This often doesn't help with pronunciation, but I > think that just the same, it's vocabulary building. > And it's okay if we tell > them how to say some difficult words if and when the > chunking and all that doesn't work. I find that for > some kids, that > chunking just doesn't work! > > > >I'd love to hear other ideas and strategies as > well! > >Kristin > >NJ > >_______________________________________________ > >Mosaic mailing list > >Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go > to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > >Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > > All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful > email and get things done faster. > >_______________________________________________ > >Mosaic mailing list > >Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go > to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > >Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go > to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
