1. Date and Reflection

The Word Mapping Strategy is a strategy designed to teach students how to identify word parts, specify the meaning of word parts, and then predict the meaning of words based on their understanding of the meaning of the word parts.  Students are given a Pretest to assess their current skills and then the strategy is described and modeled by the teacher.  Once the teacher has modeled the strategy once, the teacher and students should move on the guided practice and then independent practice with feedback.  Once the students appear to be secure with the strategy, they will be given a post-test and then followed-up by the teacher to ensure generalization.  

We participated in activities with the Word Mapping Strategy.  The approach focuses on affixes, suffixes, and roots.  The process supports student learning of pronunciation of new words and meaning.  The devices used were word maps,  word mapping notes sheets and memory tables. 

I participated in a training with Patty and Diane on 12/3 and 12/4/2018 which covered Word Mapping.  In additional to professional development in this area, we collaborated with other teammates and used this tool to create our own word maps.  I think this is a great tool  to use with appropriate students to expand their understanding of language.

12/4-12/5/18
The Word Mapping Strategy - Worked with SIM trainers to engage in the content of this strategy. Worked with IU/PATTAN colleagues to become fluent with this strategy.

Trained by Patty Graner and Diane Gillam

Participated in the learning activities for the word mapping strategy and learned from the presentation.

The Word mapping strategy is a great way to support a student in developing a deeper understanding of an important vocabulary word and have better access/retrieval of it later.

Reflection: Today we learned the Word Mapping strategy to assist students in not memorizing vocabulary words but acquiring word knowledge and having the knowledge of prefixes, roots, and affixes in order to better understand how these parts of a word can assist in discovering the meaning. 

Attended professional development opportunities at PaTTAN Harrisburg on December 4-5, 2018 to learn more about SIM practices of routines and strategies.