re: building vocabulary skills

[Guest guest]

Dora -

Reading with your son is always a valuable tool to help build vocabulary (and

enjoy some great ideas through stories!). Our daughter has some of the same

issues with vocabulary and it is amazing how she will ask a lot of questions

about words while we are sharing a book. Another strategy is to get support

written into your son's iep regarding the content areas. A teacher can send

home a list new vocabulary words that will be in the upcoming chapters for

Social Studies, Science, literature, etc. We simply get a copy of the textbook

and preview the new/difficult names or words so that our daughter at least

hears/sees the words once before the class reads. It is easier for her to

absorb the content/comprehend the reading if she has at least seen/heard the key

words before. For example, the class just studied plant and animal cells. We

previewed a picture of a cell and the basic structures inside (nucleus,

ribosomes, mitochondria, etc.). We also talked about the words like function,

respiration and process. When she hit the reading, it was much easier to grasp.

She has a twin brother in the same class. He reads like a crazy man and doesn't

have hearing loss. He doesn't need this type of introduction to the text.

However, our daughter does and with that support, she does very well.

[Guest guest]

Dora -

Reading with your son is always a valuable tool to help build vocabulary (and

enjoy some great ideas through stories!). Our daughter has some of the same

issues with vocabulary and it is amazing how she will ask a lot of questions

about words while we are sharing a book. Another strategy is to get support

written into your son's iep regarding the content areas. A teacher can send

home a list new vocabulary words that will be in the upcoming chapters for

Social Studies, Science, literature, etc. We simply get a copy of the textbook

and preview the new/difficult names or words so that our daughter at least

hears/sees the words once before the class reads. It is easier for her to

absorb the content/comprehend the reading if she has at least seen/heard the key

words before. For example, the class just studied plant and animal cells. We

previewed a picture of a cell and the basic structures inside (nucleus,

ribosomes, mitochondria, etc.). We also talked about the words like function,

respiration and process. When she hit the reading, it was much easier to grasp.

She has a twin brother in the same class. He reads like a crazy man and doesn't

have hearing loss. He doesn't need this type of introduction to the text.

However, our daughter does and with that support, she does very well.