In this short video, 2nd grade teacher Tara Hess demonstrates how she uses an icon sentence protocol to deepen her students’ understanding of key vocabulary, retrieve important concepts from the text, practice spelling and writing, and encourage collaborative problem-solving.
So often in education you feel like you've seen it all, or at least some variation of "it." This was SO unique and so inspiring! I love how much conversation and critical thinking it promoted. It was also a great informal assessment tool. Thank you so much for sharing!
A brilliant idea to help students not only learn new vocabulary but also to comprehend the meaning of the sentence. Thank you for sharing this because I got an idea to create an activity for Station Rotation. I will get a bunch of picture cards and a list of vocabulary. Students will come up with a sentence for a set of pictures. This will lead to creating mental images while reading!
Wow I absolutely love this Tara! What a beautiful complex sentence and the writing portion is so impactful. Look what they can do with the right supports.
So often in education you feel like you've seen it all, or at least some variation of "it." This was SO unique and so inspiring! I love how much conversation and critical thinking it promoted. It was also a great informal assessment tool. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks, Meghan. I learned about this at a district PD last year, and it became a fast favorite!
A brilliant idea to help students not only learn new vocabulary but also to comprehend the meaning of the sentence. Thank you for sharing this because I got an idea to create an activity for Station Rotation. I will get a bunch of picture cards and a list of vocabulary. Students will come up with a sentence for a set of pictures. This will lead to creating mental images while reading!
So glad this sparked some ideas for you!
Wow I absolutely love this Tara! What a beautiful complex sentence and the writing portion is so impactful. Look what they can do with the right supports.
Thank you so much for this video. Very inspiring.
Happy to hear!