pairsswap

Strategy:SWAP(SightWordAssociationProcedure)ReadingDimension(s):WordRecognitionObjective/EssentialQuestion:DoesthestudenthaveasufficientsightwordpooltobeabletoreadandunderstandtheselectionSOL(s):K.
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4PrerequisiteSkills:1.
Recognizeletters,lettersounds,andlettercombinationsounds.
Materials:10sightwordsormoreProcedure:Studentscanworkinpairsorsmallgroups.
1.
Selectatleasttenwords(20%neworunknownand80%known),andintroduceeachone.
2.
Flashthewordstothestudents,onecardatatimeforfiveseconds,withyouorthereadingpartnersayingthewordtwice.
3.
Shufflethecardsandhavethestudentreadeachword.
Providecorrectivefeedbackbyverifyingthecorrectlyidentifiedwords,givingthecorrectwordforanywordmiscalled,andsayingthewordifthestudentdoesnotrespondinfiveseconds.
4.
Presentallthewordsagain.
Usethesameformatinstep2.
5.
Havethestudentidentifyeachwordusingtheformatinstep3.
Repeatthisstepatleasttwomoretimes,oruntilstudentscanautomaticallyrecognizeallthewords.
6.
Afterinitiallyteachingthewords,reviewthemforseveraldaystoassessthestudents'knowledgeofnewwords.
*Toincreaseefficiencyofworkingmemoryinsightworddevelopmenttheratioofknowntounknownshouldbe80%knownto20%unknown.
Thenumberofnewitemsorunknownsfordrillandpracticeshouldonlybe20%.
Astheunknownsbecomeknownwordsthennewunknownsshouldbeadded.
Reference(s):Vaughn.
S.
,Schumm,J.
S.
,Bos,C.
S.
(2002)Teachingmainstreamed,diverse,andat-riskstudentsinthegeneraleducationclassroom(3rded.
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NewYork:PearsonEducation.