How to help your child deal with rejection
Please click on the link below for a short video and an article providing helpful strategies for dealing with rejection:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/7633810/ns/today-parenting_and_family/t/how-help-your-child-deal-rejection/#.T25OfdlaUfs
So Much Vocabulary, How Can I Remember It All? by Tara Abraham (Pruitt)
One area that continues to receive attention year after year is finding the best way to memorize/retain new vocabulary, especially when it’s an abstract concept.
Reflecting on classroom teaching, professional development and feedback from students over the years, I have developed a shortlist of successful strategies.
1) Make an association
As a classroom teacher, I would often ask students to try to make a connection with the vocabulary term or even to make a connection with the letters and spelling of the term. Making an association has been helpful for me personally when learning verbs in a foreign language.
2) Repeat the vocabulary term seven or more times
Repeating the term can be done by writing and saying the term at the same time. It can be helpful to divide the word into syllables and sounds.
3) Make a song using your vocabulary
This strategy can also be used to review a lesson or concept. Don’t forget to be creative.
4) Create a mnemonic device
An example of a mnemonic device would be the sentence many beginning students of music learned to identify notes on the lines in treble clef, Every Good Boy Does Fine. The notes on each line from bottom to the top are E, G, B, D and F.
5) Remember to use the vocabulary
Allow many opportunities to utilize the new vocabulary through writing, speaking and listening within and outside the classroom.
Remember, if you find a strategy that works, don’t forget to share it.
