Project 3: Language NewsLetter

Kayla Myer

Ivy Tech Community College

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Standard #8: Instructional Strategies

The teacher understands and provides a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways.

Name of Artifact: Project 3: Language Newsletter

Date: March 25, 2015

Course: EDUC 121: Child and Adolescent Development

Brief Description: This artifact is a Language newsletter that would be sent home with my students. It encourages parents to be involved in their child’s language acquisition.

Rationale: To document my understanding of InTASC Standard 8, Instructional Strategies, I have created a monthly “Language Newsletter” to send home to parents.

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Miss Myer's LanguageMiss Myer's Language Corner:Corner:

This Month’s Topic: Speech Practice at HomeThere are many fun and interesting ways our students can practice their speech at home. The more they practice their newly learned sounds, the stronger their language will

Try these creative and unique ways to practice at home with your child:

Post words that contain your child’s speech sound on their mirror either in the bedroom or bathroom. Ask them to say these words several times a day.

When driving, ask your child to try and find words containing their sound while looking out the window. Ex: I see the road for the /r/ sound or I see the stop sign for the /s/ sound.

Place a list of words containing sounds on the refrigerator and every time he opens the refrigerator he must say a word with his sound correctly.

At night after dinner play a board game. Every time he moves his pawn he must say a sentence using his corrected sound.

Look through old magazines and newspapers and have him

We are Working On:● Following Directions● Answering Questions● Increasing Sentence Length●Use of Grammar (ex., verb+ing, plurals, possessives, negatives,

20 Days of Language- Along with this newsletter, I have included a 20 Day Language Challenge! Help your child continue to strengthen his/her language development by talking about

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Name 10 different body parts

1.

Set the table for dinner: Talk

about what you need and how

many.

Help match clean sock: Talk about how they are the same or

different.

1.

Use your cell phone to label

numbers

Get a drink of Milk:Talk about each step

and the materials needed.

While riding in the car, label as many items as possible. Practice writing

your name with various items (i.e. shaving

cream, crayons, paint)

Play a game: Talk about what you need

to do.

Open the refrigerator and label things that are in a bottle.

Play on the playground and review the prepositions- Up, down, on, under, in, behind and next to

Walk through your house and find things that are square shaped

Find six different letters in your

home. Name the letter and sound

Name as many different breakfast foods as you can

Go to the Library and choose a book to read together Play hide and seek

and talk about where you hid

Play “I Spy” at the park reviewing

vocabulary about nature

Pack your lunch for school. Talk about the items

needed.

Use music to enhance singing by singing

songs together Play Follow the Leader. Talk about the different ways

you walk and where you will go.

Find 5 things that are blue and label

them

20 Days of Language- Along with this newsletter, I have included a 20 Day Language Challenge! Help your child continue to strengthen his/her language development by talking about

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WordArt (2013). Microsoft Word. Date Retrieved: 3/25/2015