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Use Multi-modal Vocabulary Practice

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ELA: Reading Study Skills & Tools All Ages Strategy

Skills

Auditory Processing Verbal Memory

Use Multi-modal Vocabulary Practice

If your student easily forgets vocabulary words or key terminology

Instruction And Practice

  1. Objective: Students will learn vocabulary more efficiently through exposure in multiple formats, such as a picture, written as story or acted out.
  2. Introduce multiple approaches for studying vocabulary. Have students make flashcards with the word or concept on one side and draw a picture, along with the definition, of what the word represents on the other. Study these every day and mix up the order.
  3. Create collages using pictures from magazines or create virtual collages. Learning is reinforced as students find the pictures and use the collage to go back and study the words.
  4. Have a teacher or friend say the word and the student act out the definition or create a story, or vice versa. The more fun, silly or creative the acting, the more likely everyone is to remember.
  5. Teacher Notes: Use this approach for the most important words, otherwise it might take more time than is worthwhile.

*students* Checklist: Vocabulary Flashcards

  1. Write the vocabulary words on flashcards. On the back of each flashcard, write the definition and draw a picture of what that word represents.
  2. Mix up the flashcards in order to help you study the vocabulary words more effectively.
  3. Space out your studying by reviewing words for a short amount of time each day (as opposed to all in one night).

Why It Works (the Science Of Learning)!

The association of the word with a picture will help with retention as students will associate a word with a picture and text. The active process of selecting a meaningful picture to pair with the word should create an effective and memorable connection.

Best-suited for students with weaker: Attention, Self-Regulation, Long-term Memory, Working Memory, Processing Speed (Source: Digital Promise Learner Variability Project)