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prior knowledge ?
H O W T O B U I L D
Teaching words in
categories
Use contrasts and try to give the students
comparisons a list of easy thing such
as pineapple, apple
and banana.
give children puzzlers like, ask them in which
“Is an artichoke a type of categories does this list
fruit? Why is it or is it not a belong to (fruit).
kind of fruit?” Categories of objects
Puzzlers help children think begin to develop
outside the immediate concepts, and the use
context and consider the of generic nouns (fruit)
reasoning behind these has been shown to be
contrasts and highly related to
comparisons, which can
further their understanding language and
of categories and concepts. vocabulary
development.
Use analogies
Analogies help children
build knowledge because
they compare something
new to something we
Encourage topic-
already know.
focused wide reading.
For example, apply
Encourage children to example like, “bird is to
identify an interest and feather as dog is to… (fur).”
read as many books as Children can use similes
they can on one topic. (comparisons using the
Outcomes: they will words like or as) or
develop a deeper metaphors (comparisons
knowledge and without using like or as) to
expertise on a topic, build new knowledge.
hence, these interests
will drive children to
read more.
