Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Word of the Week-Introduction and Purpose

One of my goals as the enrichment teacher is to provide school wide enrichment activities that impact daily classroom routine minimally, but deliver enrichment to our students.  With this goal in mind, we have created a school wide 'Word of the Week'.  
The expansion of vocabulary is beneficial and accessible to all students, and the usefulness of rich vocabulary will be seen in writing and verbal communication as well as reading comprehension.   
We  will select a new word each week.  The word will be announced in the Monday morning school announcements, accompanied by a school display in the front lobby, posted on my blog, and distributed to teachers in advance for their use during morning meetings or vocabulary discussions.
I would like to encourage family members to ask their students about the word of the week.  Try to help students practice the word and verbalize it in as many contexts as you can think of!  
If you have any questions or ideas/comments about the Word of the Week, please let me know.

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