readwritemike podcast: Word Association Games

readwritemike podcast: Generating Situations, Contexts & Examples Games

Season 2, Episode 7  In this episode, Mike shares the three Generating Situations, Contexts & Examples games you'll encounter on Day 4 of  K-2 Character Vocabulary: Lights, Camera, Action! Finish That Sentence, and Book Connections.   For access to the slides shared in the podcast: https://readwritemike.com/character-vocabulary/ Subscribe for more:  Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/readwritemike  Subscribe on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/readwritemike/subsc...

readwritemike podcast: Word Association Games

Season 2, Episode 6  In this episode, Mike walks you through the three Word Association games that you'll encounter on Day 3 of  K-2 Character Vocabulary: Word Connections, Fill in the Blank, and Pure Imagination.

readwritemike podcast: the story behind the character vocabulary words

Season 2, Episode 5  In this episode, Mike talks about where the words from Word Love: Character Vocabulary come from, why the decision was made to select character words and not feelings words, and why the curriculum is called 'Character Vocabulary' instead of character trait vocabulary.'   Subscribe for more:  Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/readwritemike Subscribe on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/readwritemike/subscribe

readwritemike podcast: Character Vocabulary Days1-2: Playing example/non-example games

Season 2, Episode 4  In this episode, Mike describes the different games that played just after introducing words in Word Love: Character Vocabulary for grades K-2. He then explains the five example/ non-example games in more detail:  * Does This Make Sense?  * Who On Earth?  * What Does It Mean?  * This Or That  * Would You Rather   Subscribe for more:  Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/readwritemike Subscribe on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/readwritemike/subscribe

readwritemike podcast: Folktales, Fairy tales & Fables to teach Character Vocabulary

Season 2, Episode 3 Using Folktales, Fairy Tales & Fables from Around the World to Teach Character Vocabulary  In this episode, Mike describes what texts are used to introduce Character Vocabulary: folktales, fairy tales, and fables from around the world. He explains why those texts are used, and how to best incorporate them into character vocabulary. He offers alternatives to teachers who wish to teach Character Vocabulary using their own preferred read alouds.