Comments by Maryanne Andrew Most recent public comments by Maryanne Andrew https://nowcomment.com/users/40581 I have students who would benefit from learning possess, compared, stretched, and acts & ages (which have multiple meanings) - some of these words are Tier I, but without knowing these words and how they are being used, the passage loses much meaning. https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=1005709 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=1005709 Mon, 16 Apr 2018 21:54:57 -0400 I really like teaching culture because it lends itself to so much other important vocabulary - a great word to use with classifying graphic organizers. https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=1005703 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=1005703 Mon, 16 Apr 2018 21:47:41 -0400 I agree with prevalent, culture, and hollow - I don't disagree with shallow - I wonder if both hollow and shallow might be best taught with visual examples - models or pictures, but maybe not together because their spellings are so close. Tricky? https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=1005702 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=1005702 Mon, 16 Apr 2018 21:46:23 -0400 I also chose "dweller" as a word I would focus on with students. It has the suffix "er" which means a person who does something, but it might be a good challenge for students to determine what that "thing" is using #3 and 4 of the vocabulary strategy. https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=1005699 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=1005699 Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:02:09 -0400 I agree, Percussion Instruments is important to teach. It is the title of the passage. Students will encounter the word instrument again and again, and the paragraph allows students to use context clues to help define percussion - and word-part clues. https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=1005694 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=1005694 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:43:27 -0400