1. Date and Reflection

Dec 4, 2018 I participated in a face-to-face professional development in Harrisburg, PA through Pattan and we learned the Word-Mapping strategy.  I'm a bit nervous about this strategy because I don't necessarily know how to break words into parts.  

December 4 & 5, 2018 attended P2G SIM Session at PaTTAN Harrisburg, PA

December 4 & 5, 2018 attended P2G SIM Session at PaTTAN Harrisburg, PA

Worked with the lovely Patty and Diane in our PD session in PA! I worked thru the prefix, suffix and root word lessons and I created a word map for un intent ion al .  

Learned the components of the Word Mapping process, and implementing the strategy.

I learned how to use the word mapping strategy today, which incorporates numerous effective components (explicit instruction, graphic organizers, incorporating student voice).  I believe this will prove to be a very useful strategy for students and teachers. 

Attended a training on 12/4/2018 at Pattan Harrisburg, PA  
We learned and practiced lessons on identifying prefixes, suffixes, root words.  Then we learned how to identify definitions of each part of the word to make predictions.  After completing 4 lessons we learned and practiced word mapping.  we watched a video clip from a science class where she used word mapping.  We also highlighted and bookmarked certain sections within the book for easy access.

Attended PD on Dec 4th
Summary of the word mapping strategy is utilizing morphology to enable students to expand their vocabulary acquisition by predicting the meaning of new words they encounter across content areas that would typically limit their understanding but no longer do so by better understanding prefixes, suffixes and the root words.

12-4-18
I attended the SIM training today at PaTTan with Diane and Patty.  The Word Mapping Strategy follows a morphological approach that teaches students to break words into prefixes, suffixes, and root words in order to predict the meaning of words. Along with the strategy itself, the memory table is an excellent tool to help students remember and make connections among complex vocabulary words in content areas.  The video example of the memory table was very helpful in demonstrating the application of this strategy in a classroom.  After seeing that, I see how the whole strategy would make learning new words easier for students, because they can make connections through the meanings of the word parts.

Participated in a professional development training at PaTTAN Harrisburg on December 4, 2018.