Building Independence: Nurturing a big word mindset in the literacy classroom
Description
In this episode:
Listen in as we talk about promoting self leadership through nurtutring a big word mindset.
We talk about:
The what, the why and the how of building independence by promoting self leadership through nurturing a big word mindset in your upper elementary literacy classroom.
Quotables:
-A big word mindset is one in which a student has developed confidence in their ability to attempt and successfully decode a multisyllabic word.
- If students don’t have a strategy and a track record for success when it comes to tackling big words, then they will just avoid them.
-Take time to point out when you notice students displaying a big word mindset. Explicitly name what the student did and how that helped them.
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