Discussion

EXAMPLE OF PART 2

Discuss ways in which we use the alphabetic principle in our classrooms or daily lives.

The alphabetic principle is used everyday in the classroom when a new object, word or letter introduced, every story that is read or sight word lesson presented. It’s imperative teachers introduce the principle to help build the children’s vocabulary. Teachers can build on previous words children have mastered to help them learn the alphabetic principle within learning new words using similar letters. 

 

Last name ‘S’ Smith: Select a book that builds vocabulary.

The Boy Who Loved Words

By: Roni Schotter

Illustrated by: Giselle Potter

This story is a about a boy named Selig, who unlike others who collected objects, collected words. He wonders what his purpose is as he sees everyone around him playing with objects and doing their own thing. After successfully helping a poet with his word choice Dilemma for a poem, Selig figures out it is his ambition to collect all the wonderful words he can, so he can share them with people around him who need them. Writing them down, screaming them out, keeping them in his shirt, pants and pockets, whatever it takes he will collect an array of words to help others. 

This book continuously builds on vocabulary. It is rich with new words that children may not hear everyday. It also has a wonderful moral lesson to the story and shows how learning these words can not only benefit yourself, but others around you. This would be best taught to children around the age level between second and fourth grade. I think this would be a good start to introduce this book due to the majority and difficulty of the words. Introducing the love of words should be taught as early as children can comprehend their alphabetic principle. 

I would have each word from this book that Selig learns up on a board first. I would introduce these words and discuss the meanings of them and ways to use them in their daily conversations to replace others they may be using now. Then while we read the book together, stop at each word and reiterate what that word meant. Each day we could read a page or two, and develop and build their vocabulary, and use them continuously through any other classroom experiences as well.