Supporting Students with Special Needs EDSC 310 Presentation

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Supporting Students with Special Needs

• Inclusion Strategies for Secondary Classrooms
• Chapter 5
• Teaching the Concepts and Vocabulary of Our
  Disciplines
• Presentation by Nicole Gockel

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Teaching the Concepts and Vocabulary of Our
Disciplines

• Guidelines for Evaluating Vocabulary
  Instruction
• Instruction should help students relate new
  vocabulary to their background knowledge.
• Instruction should help students develop
  elaborated word knowledge.
• Instruction should provide for active student
  involvement in learning new vocabulary.
• Instruction should develop students strategies
  for acquiring new vocabulary independently.

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Multisensory Strategies to Help ELN Students
Learn Concepts and Vocabulary

• Taxonomic Tree
• Semantic Feature Analysis Matrix
• Compare and Contrast Vocabulary Matrix
• Typology
• Word Analysis Diagram
• Semantic Map
• Quick Sketching a Definition
• Total Physical Response and Vocabulary Drama
• Keyword Mnemonic Strategy
• Teach Greek and Latin Morphemes
• Vocabulary Word Wall
• Learning Games
• Peer Tutoring
• Vocabulary Words Card Ring

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Compare and Contrast Vocabulary Matrix
FDRs New Deal
Program or Act Year Enacted Significance
Civilian Conservation Corps Program 1933 Sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks.
Social Security Act Act 1935 Provided pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled, and dependent children.
Civil Works Administration Program 1933 Provided public works jobs at 15/week.
Glass-Steagall Act Act 1934 Created federally insured bank deposits to prevent bank failures.
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Quick Sketching a Definition

• Students take a new word and sketch a picture
  that represents the word to them. By drawing and
  explaining their picture and by experiencing and
  hearing the other students explanations and
  drawings, the word becomes multirepresentational
  and is stored in multiple places in the students
  brains.

Slavery
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Total Physical Response and Vocabulary Drama

• Total Physical Response (TPR) is a kinesthetic
  strategy designed to help students learn
  vocabulary through movement. Not only is it
  effective, its fun for students too! Below is an
  example from a 7th grade class at Walker Middle
  School in Salem, Oregon.

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Vocabulary Word Wall

• An interactive word wall, though seldom seen in
  secondary schools, is proven to be an effective
  method to help students (even at the secondary
  level) develop their vocabularies. This can be
  further enhanced by the addition of images.
  Vocabulary Word Walls can be used in every
  subject and classroom, for example the social
  studies classroom below.

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Learning Games

• Learning games like board games and computer
  games are not only fun, but effective at teaching
  students vocabulary and concepts. An example is
  the key term Bingo card to the side. As the
  teacher calls out key term definitions, students
  match the definition to the key term.

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Peer Tutoring
Peer tutoring can be a successful method in
vocabulary development, but only in a structured
environment. In order for this technique to be
effective, students cannot simply work together
but must follow a routine with explicit scripts.
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Vocabulary Word Card Ring

• As students encounter new vocabulary words they
  can create a new word card and add it to their
  Vocabulary Word Card Ring. A particularly
  effective method is writing the word on the front
  and the definition and a Keyword Mnemonic on the
  back. This technique helps students to become
  fluent and proficient in knowledge and
  comprehension.