My Semantic Feature Analysis

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I do not have a group to talk to about the commonalities and differences with my semantic feature analysis grids. I will give my ten “...reflective sentences (which) make connections between and among overarching concepts and key words” (Lapp, Flood, & Farnan, 2008, p. 85).
1. In order to reach a students understanding of new content, teachers need to not only use the classroom text but other sources of literacy: fictional books, real life individuals in the field visiting with students, images, museums, electronic representation, and much more.
2. Electronic representations, new literacy, includes: “(music), visual images, sound and video clips (podcasts and TED Talks), links to other texts...” (Lapp, Flood, & Farnan, 2008, p. 64).
3. Giving …show more content…

When teachers support their students they use instructional strategies to address all individual students within their classroom: SIM, Eight Stage Model, accountable talk, gloss, obtaining different or easier text, directed listening-thinking activity, textbook aids, adapting texts, KWLs, and much more (Lapp, Flood, & Farnan, 2008, pp. 95-110). Along with specific instructional strategies to engage students, teachers need to tie new knowledge to previous knowledge both in and out of school, with “...intellectually rich activities that require problem solving interaction and active participation, and to make a connection and investment in a given activity to increase learner longevity and productivity (Lapp, Flood, & Farnan, 2008, pp. 118-119). Connectivity comes with the use of instructional strategies that include: Think, Predict, Read, Connect; Group Mapping Activity; Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy; and Inquiry Projects. Inquiry projects allow students to become hands on in their learning as seen with a school garden to understand plants and how gardens create healthy foods which can get used by a school for healthier eating during lunch time (Lapp, Flood, & Farnan, 2008, p. 126). Whether a specific instructional strategy or a hands on experience engaging a students no matter what strategy proves important for the success of a …show more content…

According to Lapp, Flood, & Farnan’s (2008) findings “...smaller-scale studies that indicated the average worker spends a good deal of time reading on the job-more than most students read in school” (p. 190). Given the expectations of put on average employees it proves imperative that teachers teach prepare students for their working future (Lapp, Flood, & Farnan, 2008, p. 195). A skill teachers can teach in the classroom that transfers over into the workforce would include problem solving (Lapp, Flood, & Farnan, 2008, p. 201). This book proves a great tool in helping teachers get started with this topic in the classroom. At the end of chapter ten, a list of problem solving activities for all grade levels for middle school and high school students (Lapp, Flood, & Farnan, 2008, pp. 201-206). Understanding the outside world can lead to new information for a furthered understanding of a

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