Upwords can be found in the toy department at the store. I got the other two games at our local teachers' store, but you can also get them here: www.trcabc.com/ Warning: These games are NOT cheap. (Around $30 a piece...I used PTO $$ for mine!) lisa :o)
--- Kelly Hubacz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where do you find chunks and syllabication?-the game > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lisa Szyska" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mosaic: A Reading > Comprehension Strategies > Listserv" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:54 AM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] strategies for figuring out > unfamiliar words > > > > 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! 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