Transcript Word Smart - National Literacy Trust

Word Smart
Language learning through games
Presented by Natalie Bianchi and Kate Graham
The Link
Giving it context…
160 students on the SEN register
69 PPG students
120 EAL students (changes every
term)
The Link
Make a list of things that you
might see in your local hospital
Enough of a reason to change…
SEN IN ENGLAND: those at SA+ and
those with statements, (DfE SFR 2014)
31.6% (top)
26.7% (top)
%
SLCN
BESD
18.4% (third)
11% (fourth)
At primary
school
At secondary
school
5
What students said….
“I don’t understand
what is going on
anyway”
“Lessons are
boring, Id rather
get sent out than
sit in them”
“I’m having a fight
nearly every day. I feel
like my teachers are
trying to catch me
doing something bad”
“You think I’m stupid
don’t you?”
“I hate writing. I don’t
know what to write”
“I don’t feel like I do
well”
7.Get the idea
6.Understanding intended
meaning
5.Understanding order
of words
8.Have an idea
about what to say
Choose nonverbal output
9. Find the words in
your memory
4.Understanding
words
Recognise
non3.Recognising
verbal
words
cues
10. Make
sentences to say
Match to words
11. Programme your
speech muscles
2.Hold the words in
auditory memory
for decoding
1. Focus
attention and
listen
Look
12. Speak
13. Check other
person’s expression and
body language
The Communication Chain
7
7.Get the idea
6.Understanding intended
meaning
5.Understanding order
of words
8.Have an idea
about what to say
Choose nonverbal output
9. Find the words in
your memory
4.Understanding
words
Recognise
non3.Recognising
verbal
words
cues
2.Hold the words in
auditory memory
for decoding
1. Focus
attention and
listen
Look
“What does the
word Peculiar
mean?”
10. Make
sentences to say
Match to words
11. Programme your
speech muscles
12. Speak
“Its
something
you find in a
fridge”
13. Check other
person’s expression and
body language
8
7.Get the idea
6.Understanding intended
meaning
5.Understanding order
of words
8.Have an idea
about what to say
Choose nonverbal output
9. Find the words in
your memory
4.Understanding
words
Recognise
non3.Recognising
verbal
words
cues
2.Hold the words in
auditory memory
for decoding
1. Focus
attention and
listen
Look
“What does the
word Peculiar
mean?”
10. Make
sentences to say
Match to words
11. Programme your
speech muscles
12. Speak
“Its
something
you find in a
fridge”
13. Check other
person’s expression and
body language
9
The Games
Bingo
Snap it
Dough it
Act it
Link blagger
Think Link
Story machine
Guess what
Say it
Word bag
The Games
Bingo
Snap
it
Dough
It
Word
Bag
Link
Blagger
Act it
Say it
Think
Link
Guess
What!!!
Story
machine
Word
Write it in a sentence
Say it in a sentence
List 2 related words
Give it a meaning
Word Smart Score
Name of student:
Teacher:
Spell it
Beginning sound
Clap the beats (syllables)
Word length
Name it
(if students can’t name,
only go to question 5)
The assessment
Curriculum Area
Year group:
The Link
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2
3
4
5
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7
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9
10
Word Smart March 2016: NBianchi
WS Pre
score
WS post
score
/90
/90
Teacher “What does this word mean?”
Student “You find it in the fridge”
The impact
Focus
Pre
Assessment
Post
assessment
Impact
1-1
16
77
+61
Small Group
55
73
+18
Whole Class
19
67
+48
Whole class
(didn’t do
WS)
7
4
-3
Word Smart improved
the students in both
their understanding
of the key words and
the way they are able
to use them in
sentences”
The project and the
thinking around it,
revolutionised the
ways nurture group
teachers
approached
teaching
students enjoyed
What staff said… The
playing the games, as
Playing the games
made their behaviour
easier to manage as
they very quickly
understand what is
expected of them and
how to use the cards
By creating the cards it has forced
me to tackle difficult abstract
concepts like inference, however
with persistence my nurture class
now know what inference is. The
cards and games gave me a
platform for teaching some
difficult, abstract but crucial
terms to my class.
the games are really
quick to set up it
allows the students to
take control of their
own learning and
decide which game is
to be played in that
lesson.
Work that has come
out of the
programme will have
a long lasting
difference. It clearly
works, and is still
developing.
Next steps
o Involving Parents
o Linking the games with the learning objectives for the programme
o Early preparation for GCSE
o Summer school cross curricular
o Embedding across English nurture group curriculum (in first instance)
o Training full staff team on how to use Word Smart in the classroom
o Write up and design a programme pack to share with other
professionals
o Create a network amongst Oxfordshire schools