I just read an inspiring Malaysian teacher blog. She writes in such confidence and conviction about her kids that I envy her passion and her dedication. Her writing motivates me to dream bigger, so what a great thing it was to have stumbled into her blog (:
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Last week, I implemented Sawittri's vocabulary bootcamp using high frequency words in my Form 2 class. I picked 5 words from the list she sent us and wrote 4 short paragraphs using these 5 words (repetitively) and made copies so that everyone in my class get a copy to read. Then I get them to read aloud. After a couple of turns, most of my kids kind of remembered how to read the sentences from listening to their friends and they read loudly as well. WHICH IS AMAZING because my students often forfeit before they even try when it comes to reading!
So this is how it works:
- I picked 5 high frequency words.
- I wrote 4 paragraphs using these words. The paragraphs are written using similar sentence patterns so everything is the same except for the content.
- I made 7 copies (I have my students sit in 7 groups of four).
- Students are to take one slip each and passed the story around in their groups everytime I said "SWITCH".
- Students who can read are asked to read first.
- Carry on solo reading aloud for a couple of rounds and then call on students who are less confident reading aloud.
I can't wait to carry out this activity more often and see how far my kids can go by the end of this term!
p/s: I lost one more student from my Form 1 class because he is transferred to another school ): All the best to him in the new school! He is starting classes there tomorrow!
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