The Bridge of Vocabulary is unique and easy to use. It contains 101 vocabulary instruction, enrichment & intervention activities in print form, with an additional 300 guided practice activites & independent practice worksheets on attached CD-ROM. Student sheets, picture cards & word cards provided on CD-ROM give students visual reinforcement for words learned. Level of activities ranges from preschool-high school/young adult, as indicated on purple tabs at edge of each activity pg. Preschoolers interact with pictures to learn early vocabulary concepts such as categorization & classification; elementary students complete both oral & written activities; older students experience abstract vocabulary concepts thru guided discourse & verbal interaction. Materials were designed for simulataneous use by general education classroom teachers & special educators, primarily speech-language pathologists. Each activity contains an Evidence Base statement, a short statement indicating how research i
Judy K. Montgomery, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor, Special Education and Literacy, School of Education, Chapman University. Judy has over two decades of experience as a speech language pathologist, school prinicipal, and director of special education in public schools in California. She was the president of ASHA in 1995, and the president of the CEC Division of Communication Disorders and Deafness in 2004- 2005. Her current work and publications focus on assessment and practical intervention in reading and language.