My teaching partner and I attended different symposiums while attending the conference. She participated in the Framing Routine session and I participated in the Vocabulary LINCing Routine. We are implementing the Vocabulary LINCing Routine in Our English 9 classes this year. We are on the 4X4 Block schedule, meaning we do a full year's worth of instruction in one semester. For the Fall 2017 semester, we have one English 9 class. During the Spring 2018 semester, we will have two English 9 classes. As an advocate of cross disciplinary studies, this is affording me an opportunity to bring this learning routine to my Biology I classes. These students are of course, on average, a year older, and the vocabulary used between one content area and the other is substantially different. Yet, my Biology teaching partner is completely open to utilizing the program. We are fortunate in that the three of us have common planning time and we join together to combine our efforts. With the full spectrum of academic and cognitive abilities within our classroom compositions, the LINCing Routine presents elements that can address variable needs in a simultaneous fashion. Through the years, I have used different components of the Routine to teach vocabulary. I do like the manner in which the creators have brought the varying elements together in such a succinct manner.
