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Mnemonic Weekly Tip: # 27
March 30,
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clue from the road: coming to you from the NAASLN (National
Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs) Conference in
Columbus, Ohio. |
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The Problem: At Indiana Corrections Education Conference last week
in Indianapolis, session participants poised the following
confusables for my demonstration of the use of mnemonic clues. A
number of teachers agreed that many new readers struggle with the
words cent and cents; sent
and send. Individuals who have auditory
perception problems, what I call blurred hearing,
confuse these words because they sound similar. |
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| The Mnemonic: |
| The words cent
and cents can be remembered with a visual mnemonic
clue of the cent sign. The person draws a line, or
visualizes a line, over the c to remind the person that
these words represent money. |
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| The word sent and
send can be distinguished by paying attention to the
last letter of each word. We can use a visual mnemonic clue
of the word sent, an arrow going from the s to cross the t.
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The word send can
be remembered by the small word in send -- end. The
learner associates the concept or the sound of the word
end with send. Using the concept of end, the person
makes an association between the end of a project and
sending it to someone. Using the sound, the learner
who can use rhyming to remember words can learn the
statement,
''Send it to the end''. |
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A number of
teachers and students have asked to have the Mnemonic Clue of the Week
sent to them each week.
If you would like to receive this service, send
your e-mail address to
rcooper@learningdifferences.com |
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