How do you teach children the meaning of words like “about”, “except” and “would” when they don’t understand the words used to define them?

You draw comics about hamburgers and hope that the repetition of the words somehow implants meaning into their brains.

When teaching verbs, draw big information sheets and make them rewrite the definitions. That way, they at least know what to say if someone asks them what a verb is. We’re still working on the comprehension part of the learning process ;)

Oh, and since the last post I’ve been given 15 brand new students (ranging from age 3-9). FIFTEEN! Oh, and my core and support classes were combined to form one awesome class of eight. Welcome to my class Rachel, Kelly and Will.