If you've been keeping up with the blog over the last few weeks, you'll know that I've been writing about the language processing hierarchy. If you've forgotten, the language processing hierarchy looks something like this: and is directly related to our Common Core...

I recently wrote about the first couple steps in the language processing hierarchy, labeling or naming objects and ideas and functions. If you've forgotten, the language processing hierarchy looks something like this: and is directly related to our Common Core State...

Teaching students distinguish between what an object is, what an object does, what an object is made of, what an object is grouped with, etc… are all important and vital aspects of helping students build a lexicon that has incredible depth, rather than just extending its breadth. 

Treating Standards-Based Language Deficits Using the Language Processing Hierarchy | Labels