readwritemike podcast
By Mike Ochs
readwritemike podcastAug 21, 2021
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.
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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.'
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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
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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.
For subscribers—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.
Bonus content for subscribers
S2.E2 readwritemike podcast: Introducing Character Vocabulary Words
Season 2, Episode 2 Introducing Character Vocabulary Words
In this episode, Mike walks you through how to introduce character vocabulary words by first contextualizing them, then providing a kid-friendly definition, providing a few more examples, and then playing an example-non-example game.
For subscribers—readwritemike podcast: Introducing Character Vocabulary Words
Season 2, Episode 2 Introducing Character Vocabulary Words
In this episode, Mike walks you through how to introduce character vocabulary words by first contextualizing them, then providing a kid-friendly definition, providing a few more examples, and then playing an example-non-example game. Bonus content for subscribers
readwritemike podcast Season 2, Episode 1: An Introduction to Word Love: Character Vocabulary
At the start of the second season of the readwritemike podcast, Mike introduces Word Love: Character Vocabulary—how it came to be, what it is, and why.
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readwritemike podcast Season 2, Episode 1: An Introduction to Word Love: Character Vocabulary
At the start of the second season of the readwritemike podcast, Mike introduces Word Love: Character Vocabulary—how it came to be, what it is, and why. Bonus content for subscribers.
readwritemike podcast #13: DIY Vocabulary
In this episode, Mike walks through the steps for starting your own vocabulary curriculum.
readwritemike podcast #12
In this episode, Mike responds to useful feedback on the Word Love vocabulary curriculum, and addresses critiques.
readwritemike podcast episode 11: vocabulary assessment
In this episode, Mike talks about the two kinds of summative assessments offered in Word Love: A Vocabulary Curriculum, as well as other possible options for students to "show what they know" with regard to vocabulary.
readwritemike podcast episode 10: word relationships
In this episode, Mike explains four word relationship games: Mashup Remix, Word Sort, Contingency Continuum, and Does X & Y.
readwritemike podcast episode 9: generating examples games, part 2
In this episode, Mike explains the final two generating examples, contexts & situations games described in the vocabulary curriculum, including 'Who What When Where Why How' and 'Whose Job Is It Anyway?'
readwritemike podcast episode 8: generating examples games, part 1
In this episode, Mike explains a few of the generating examples, contexts & situations games described in the vocabulary curriculum, including 'Trifecta Tryouts', 'Your Teacher Said What?', and 'Hypothetically Speaking.'
readwritemike podcast episode 7: switchboard operator games
In this episode, Mike talks about three different word association games in the vocabulary curriculum: Put In A Sub, Matching Mentions, and Famous & Familiar.
readwritemike podcast episode 6: can vocabulary be taught in reading workshop alone?
In this episode, Mike talks about the nature of vocabulary, the nature of reading workshop, and the places where vocabulary can be taught inside of reading workshop—and where it may need to be taught outside of it.
readwritemike podcast episode 5: example/ non-example games
In this episode, Mike describes in detail two more example/ non-example games in his vocabulary curriculum: "Which Woulda Coulda Shoulda" and "Would You Rather."
readwritemike podcast episode 4: teaching vocabulary words
In this episode, Mike explains the three steps for teaching a vocabulary word to students.
readwritemike podcast episode 3: how it all began
In this episode, Mike talks about the origins of the vocabulary curriculum, how it came to be, and his process for selecting and choosing words.
readwrite mike podcast episode 2: navigating the read aloud schedule
In this episode, Mike talks about how to navigate the read aloud schedule in the vocabulary curriculum versus the read aloud schedule in the reading unit of study, and the decisions & effects of choosing one over the other.