Vocabu Lit, Vocabulary in Context, Word Wisdom

[kbutton]

Has anyone used any of these programs?

 

My son doesn't seem to retain vocabulary unless he's learning it in context, but he has a good vocabulary. I am at a loss for how to do a formal vocabulary program at this point.

 

https://www.rainbowresource.com/prodlist.php?subject=Spelling%2FVocabulary/8&category=Vocabu-Lit/1927

http://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/051621 Vocabulary in Context

http://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/060195 Word Wisdom

 

We've tried root-related vocabulary, and it makes sense to him, but it's not really sticking. I think once he has more high school sciences, he will want to do more of the word roots again.

[u2006kids]

wordlywise

https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/wordly-wise-3000-online/

[kbutton]

Bumping.

[SilverMoon]

If he already has a good vocabulary it appears that whatever you've done is working. Why fix it?

 

FWIW, we don't do separate vocabulary studies. We found them redundant with reading high quality literature and studying a language.

[arliemaria]

My husband made a Leitner box after he read a foreign language book called Fluent Forever.  We made one for Robby to use as review of homeschool materials.  Robby calls it his Lightning Box.  Before we do our scheduled readings (mostly those in AO Year 1) we will pick a vocabulary word or words from the selection.  We review these before our reading and ask Robby to be on the look out for those words during our read aloud time.  Sometimes those words will be in our copywork or get added to the leitner box.  At the beginning of the school year I was having him illustrate the definition on and index card that went into his box.  I got a copy of Wordly Wise Book A and I have been picking a few words here and there and adding them to his box as well.

[kbutton]

If he already has a good vocabulary it appears that whatever you've done is working. Why fix it?

 

FWIW, we don't do separate vocabulary studies. We found them redundant with reading high quality literature and studying a language.

 

Because it's kind of a lopsided good vocabulary. He has some exceptionalities that make it important for us to be more thorough and to make sure he's not picking up inaccurate meanings along with the accurate ones (he can read context wrong--really wrong--in fiction sometimes because of the social nature of literature). Other kids with his blend of strengths and weaknesses might just look up the word, or glean the correct meaning without really interpreting the passage socially, but he's more likely to just read the scene wrong, and therefore, learn a word wrong. It's more of a problem with fiction than with non-fiction, so high quality literature is not necessarily going to help with that and may actually obscure meanings or lead to wrong conclusions without some kind of checks and balances. He can usually understand something in context when he's reading it (getting the main point), but he cannot really differentiate similar words and things like that. He also kind of freaks out about vocabulary studies that tackle this directly, so I want to get him doing something a little more formal that he can do himself, and then work into comparing and contrasting similar words as a study method.

 

I would post this on the LC board, but I wanted a broader audience to see if anyone has used the programs.

[kbutton]

My husband made a Leitner box after he read a foreign language book called Fluent Forever.  We made one for Robby to use as review of homeschool materials.  Robby calls it his Lightning Box.  Before we do our scheduled readings (mostly those in AO Year 1) we will pick a vocabulary word or words from the selection.  We review these before our reading and ask Robby to be on the look out for those words during our read aloud time.  Sometimes those words will be in our copywork or get added to the leitner box.  At the beginning of the school year I was having him illustrate the definition on and index card that went into his box.  I got a copy of Wordly Wise Book A and I have been picking a few words here and there and adding them to his box as well.

 

The program he used last year has him do something similar. I think if he were more consistent, it would help, but it's not nearly as efficient for him as learning a new word in context. It will help with retention though--I may try to incorporate this into whatever program we use. (My son doesn't do well with pre-learning something and recognizing it later in context. It's much more evident in context, and then it makes sense to him. Then he has to use and apply it to remember.)