Sharing the Road – Roadmap for Conversation Skills (Part 3)

We promised more on conversational skills... Once the student understands the visual template of the conversational road, with the Question and Comments on my side, and the Answers on his side of the road, I discuss how the "awkward silence" is there because he didn't yet take over the control-car.  I explain that, often well-meaning adults will fill in the awkwardness by asking endless…

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Vocabulary Content InferCabulary is built with K-12 teachers and students in mind. It includes vocabulary words from many of the books featured on award-winning reading lists and aligned standard vocabulary. InferCabulary teaches vocabulary from hundreds of books. Here is a partial list of books in InferCabulary! Check out a small sample of the thousands of words featured on…

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Advice for Students

In many parts of the U.S., schools are enacting Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). It means students can bring their laptops, smart phones and/or tablets to school. Here in Howard County, Maryland many of our middle schools and high schools are now BYOD. For students with language disabilities, this is a big help if you know the students' needs and can provide apps to support learning. Here's advice I…

Under Construction – Road Map for Conversational Skills (Part 2)

Extending conversations--especially on a topic that is not of interest--is difficult for many people, but is particularly difficult for those who have social-pragmatic deficits.  I'd like to continue to use the car/road analogy to demonstrate one of the ways I teach and have students practice this skill.  Last week I shared how students can inadvertently put up a Road Closed sign by…

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InferCabulary Joins Google for Education as a Build Partner Full WBAL TV article  |  Also on MSN Lifestyle and 4029 TV News Podcasts InferCabulary and Middle School Critical Thinking Hear how middle school teachers are supplementing their curriculum with InferCabulary to increase engagement and reading comprehension scores. Reaching All Students K12 with…

Toddler Vocabulary Predicts Success

  Vocabulary is the best single indicator or intellectual ability and an accurate predictor of success at school. - W.B. Elley Engaging with your toddler, reading books and talking with them about their world has never been more important. A new study in the journal aptly named Child Development found that children who had good oral vocabularies (what they could express) by age two were…

Road Map for Conversational Skills

freedigitalphotos.net Last week I shared the importance of learning the "art" or "dance" of conversation. By expanding vocabulary for emotions, students can more accurately convey how they are feeling, which is very helpful for peer negotiations, communicating with teachers, therapists and parents. Another skill that should be overtly taught to students who don't naturally "get" conversation,…