ShelleyW Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Anyone have any suggestions on how I do this? My 10 yo dd is dyslexic. She is almost reading at grade level so it is time to start focusing on increasing her vocab. She hates to read, naturally, which I know is the best way to do that. She also struggles with word retrieval. I plan to put her in ST in the fall but right now we are maxed out on therapies. I would like to work with her a little on my own to get her going. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1510 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwg Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Audio books and read alouds maybe? :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinNY Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Check out EPS' Wordly Wise series or even the Oxford Sadlier Vocab series. Start a grade or two lower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 If you pursue Wordly Wise, there are online activities to go with it. I'm not sure it will go over well, but I bought it to try with my dd. We'll see. I've also seen visual flashcards I thought were interesting. I know there are lots of flashcard apps, but I'm wondering if there's something where you can drag in a google image for one side of the flashcard and put your vocab info on the other. That would probably be a good way for my dd to actually cement the vocab. Yes, for us audiobooks over the years were HUGE. Highly recommend. Anything unabridged that catches her interest will do. Her auditory is probably going to be a pretty good path for her. She might be a good age for the Chronicles of Narnia. The Little House books are a bit young for her, but if she hasn't listened to them yet they would work. Librovox has free audiobooks you can download. She'd be at a good age for the Lang Fairy Tale books or anything Alcott (Little Women, etc.). Also don't miss the value of reading simple children's *non*fiction. She's still young enough to go to that section and enjoy what you find and read her. Lots of pictures, lots of putting in. Any of the BF or SL core books for age would be fabulous on audio. I had my ds the year when my dd was that age (they're 9 1/2 years apart), and I got a number of audiobooks for her that year for her history, knowing read alouds might not be reality. Witch of Blackbird Pond, Johnny Tremain, that kind of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merry gardens Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 "Bringing Words to Life" is a fantastic book with tons of ideas on how to expand vocabulary. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1572307536/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00 LinguiSystem also has several books and workbooks that are easy to use to help with both vocabulary development AND word retrival. Here's one called "Help for Vocabulary" and if you click on the sample, you'll see how this book does it. http://www.linguisystems.com/products/product/display?itemid=10003 Also, it's really helpful to teach the meaning of prefixes, suffixes and roots. And lastly, I really like my e-reader that has a built-in dictionary. I can quickly and easily find the meaning of unknown words or words that I'm not completely sure of the meaning when I read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Audio books and read alouds maybe? :lurk5: :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Audio books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Audiobooks, read-alouds, and using varied vocabulary with ds has done wonders here. He has a pretty good vocabulary anyway. He will often ask me if he is using a new word correctly the first few times he uses it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gisele Marie Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 We've used Vocabulary Workshop. Here's the link if you're not familiar- http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/levels_a2h.cfm?sp=family Free vocabulary worksheets! Gisele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelleyW Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Thanks for the great ideas. We are trying to do more audiobooks but dd just is not into reading, being read to etc. We are working on that. She did surprise me today by requesting I buy a book for her off Amazon. Hopefully she will read it after it gets here. :) The free rice website is a neat idea. I think she will like that too. I need to check the book recs once I have the kiddos in bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 The 1879 McGuffey readers will work on both phonics and vocab. They are free online to figure out of they will work and where you should start, then you can buy the set it you like them and want a real book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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