Walk the Talk - Strategies for Developing Language

Walk the Talk - Strategies for Developing Language


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The following document from Sun West School Division provides a number of strategies and activities for teaching oral language development. 

Here is the table of contents:

I.         Effective Oral Language Instruction – Best Practices...................... 6

       II.        Engagement/Opportunities for Practice Strategies

 1.    Activate Background Knowledge........................................... 8

2.    Barrier Game....................................................................... 9

3.    Body Movements................................................................ 10

4.    Bowling with Words............................................................ 11

5.    DEAR................................................................................ 13

6.    Hand Symbols.................................................................... 14

7.    Individual White Board/Chalkboard...................................... 15

8.    Response Card.................................................................. 16

9.    Shared Reading................................................................. 18

10.   Step-by-Step Guide for Using the Dictionary........................ 19

11.   Think-Pair-Sharing............................................................. 20

12.   Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down................................................. 21

13.   Vocabulary Ring................................................................ 22

III.        English Language Structure/Usage Strategies

1.     Building Words................................................................... 23

2.     Can You Find It?............................................................... 24

3.    Elkonin Sound Boxes.......................................................... 25

4.    Hinky-Pinky........................................................................ 27

5.    Prefix Rolling...................................................................... 28

6.    Recasting........................................................................... 29

7.    Sentence Scramble............................................................ 30

8.    Sentence Starters/Sentence Frames................................... 31

9.    Using Precise Language..................................................... 34

10.   Using Referents................................................................. 35

11.   Word Munchers................................................................. 36

12.   Word Order....................................................................... 37

13.   Word Part Posters............................................................. 38

14.   Word Part Webs................................................................ 39

15.   Word Sorts........................................................................ 40

IV.        Vocabulary Strategies

1.    $100,000 Pyramid............................................................... 41

2.    Book Wall.......................................................................... 42

3.    Cognates........................................................................... 43

4.    Connect Two...................................................................... 44

5.    Constructing Meaning......................................................... 45

6.    Content Area Word Wall..................................................... 47

7.    Content Wall...................................................................... 48

8.    Dissect.............................................................................. 49

9.    Have You Ever?................................................................. 52

10.   Idea Completion................................................................ 53

11.   Information Gap................................................................. 54

12.   Look Inside – Look Outside................................................ 55

13.   Magnet Summaries............................................................ 56

14.   Making the Match!............................................................. 57

15.   Mind Reader.................................................................... 58

16.   Overheard Conversations............................................... 59

17.   Phrasal Verbs................................................................... 60

18.   Silly Questions.................................................................. 61

19.   Student-Friendly Explanations............................................ 62

20.   Talking a Mile a Minute...................................................... 63

21.   Teaching Morphemes........................................................ 64

22.   Using Analogies................................................................ 67

23.   Using Describing Words..................................................... 68

24.   Vocabulary Logs................................................................ 69

25.   Vocabulary Mix Up............................................................. 70

26.   Word Analysis................................................................... 71

27.   Word Detective Bookmark.................................................. 73

28.   Word Lines........................................................................ 74

29.   Word Maps....................................................................... 75

30.   Word Scaling..................................................................... 76

31.   Word Walls....................................................................... 77

32.... Yes/No – Why.................................................................. 78

V.        Concept Development/Comprehension Strategies

1.      Analyzing Text.................................................................. 79

2.      Categorizing..................................................................... 80

3.      Chunking......................................................................... 81

4.      Concept Attainment.......................................................... 82

5.      Concept Board................................................................. 83

6.      Concept Character Map.................................................... 84

7.      Concept Wheel................................................................. 86

8.      Concept Word Map........................................................... 88

9.      Double Bubble.................................................................. 91

10.    Extending Discussions...................................................... 93

11.    Frayer Model.................................................................... 95

12.    Get the Gist...................................................................... 99

13.    Give One, Get One......................................................... 102

14.    I have/Who Has.............................................................. 105

15.    Matching........................................................................ 108

16.    Narrative Questions........................................................ 109

17.    QAR (Question-Answer Relationships)............................. 110

18.    Q-Matrix......................................................................... 115

19.    Questioning the Author.................................................... 117

20.    Retelling......................................................................... 118

21.    Thinking Aloud................................................................ 120

22.    Thinking Maps................................................................ 121

23.    Venn Diagrams............................................................... 122

VI.        Appendices

1.     Appendix A – Language Development Chart....................... 123

2.     Appendix B – Resources/Websites..................................... 126

3.     Appendix C – General Features of Instruction..................... 128

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