Both parts of the Word Mapping Strategy - Word Maps / Memory Tables - were presented to a small group of participants. A single session was conducted.Terminology for the strategy was reviewed to ensure participants' familiarity with each term. Cue Cards (
#4, 17, 18, 5, 7) provided support throughout the lesson. Both graphic devices were demonstrated / included / completed by participants - Word Map / Memory Table.
Participants commented on the utility of the devices. They relied heavily on the supporting documents included in the guide book (Lists: Prefix / Suffix / Root) while completing each graphic device. The most challenging part of the Word Map was coming up with a prediction, particularly if the word was already known by the adult participants. (This likely would not occur when working with 'real' students.) Words were selected from a google generated word list labeled as "Words Every 10th Grader Should Know." Since all the words were 'studied' / presented out of context, no contextual confirmation of definitions was included. The Memory Tables provided participants with an opportunity for creativity - they seemed to 'enjoy' coming up with their own memory words and pictures. Creating Memory Tables requires that participants / students have a corpus of known words to pull from for
#3: Memory Word. This could potentially be challenging for students who lack word knowledge and, based on the
#2 Word Part, teachers may need to have a resource bank of words to be able to scaffold the activity.