Thanks to “Finding Joy in 6th Grade” for extending this award to me. I especially enjoy this award because of the meaning of the word- versatile. I was also touched by her comment, “I am re-thinking teaching decimals thanks to this great site! Great math ideas abound!”
Speaking of word meanings…Have you ever needed a kid friendly definition of a word, and struggled to create that definition? I was part of a team writing lessons to accompany Making Meaning lessons using alternative texts for our Multi-grade classrooms in our district, and I needed to create kid friendly definitions to define text vocabulary. A great online dictionary that helped me and can help you too is called the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English online.
It is so easy to use
STEP 1 - Just type your word into the search box and click OK.
STEP 2 - That's it! The definition will appear in the window.
ver‧sa‧tile
1someone who is versatile has many different skills:
2having many different uses:
—versatility noun [uncountable]
Hegley's outstanding versatility as an all-round entertainer. Deborah, alias the "Versatile Math Gal"
Thanks for the tip about the online dictionary! I've been using U-46's academic vocabulary list for the 1/2 split class and it's been working out wonderfully; I really appreciate that you shared that resource!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm on the committee to choose a new reading curriculum for 3rd/4th grade next year. I'm so glad you mentioned Making Meaning because it reminded me of how much I liked that program when I did my college clinical in U-46!
Marvelous Multiagers!