LISA GAMBLE2nd Grade

MNEMONIC STRATEGIESMnemonics are strategies for improving memorization

They can be categorized into three groups: OrganizationVisualization or mental imageryRehearsal

MNEMONIC STRATEGIES FOR MATHEMATICS

CATEGORIZATION WITH PLACE VALUE

3,

7 2 5

Let students use a place value chart to help differentiate the values of the numbers

VISUALIZATION AND KEY WORD METHOD

Teach students to break the double or triple digit math problem into place values. They will need help with this strategy the first several times they use it.

But once they master it they are very successful.

45 40+5 +32 +30+2

77 70+7=77

GENERAL MEMORY This chant was found at: http://www.songsforteaching.com/math/placevalue/onestenshundredsplace.htm When introducing the thousands place this is a great rap!

Every place has a valueA value in each placeStart with the ones and move leftLET’S RACE!Ones, Tens, Hundreds, Thousands1’s 10’s 100’s 1,000’sOnes, Tens, Hundreds, Thousands1’s 10’s 100’s 1,000’sEvery place has a value

MNEMONIC STRATEGIES FOR SCIENCE

VISUALIZATION FOR SPACE Before teaching students the planets order it is good to give them a visualization, this way when discussions about the planets take place the students will remember the picture. This is also a great way to let them see the size difference in the planets and the sun!

ORGANIZATION FOR SPACE

MY

VERY

EXCELLENT

MOTHER

JUST

SENT

US

NINE

PIZZA’S

I was taught this letter acronym when I was in elementary school. It is great for memorizing the order of the planets! You will be amazed how long the students will remember it, I am going on 15 years!

MERCURY

VENUS

EARTH

MARS

JUPITER

SATURN

URANUS

NEPTUNE

PLUTO

GENERAL MEMORY STRATEGY Introducing a song or a chant can be very helpful in memorization. Try to incorporate some key vocabulary in this strategy to help with vocab. knowledge! This next song that I made up is to the tune of the “ABC’s”. There’s nine planets don’t you know We can name them here we go First there Mercury, then there’s Venus Next there’s Earth and Mars We also have Jupiter That is followed by Saturn And way out there is Uranus We can’t forget there are two more Neptune and Pluto, they must be cold And those are all our planets They rotate around our Sun!

MNEMONIC STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL STUDIES

VISUALIZATION STRATEGY FOR KEY WORD LANDMARK

Provide examples to show the vocabulary word so that students are able to have a visualization that goes along with the word.

Mount Rushmore

Lincoln MemorialWashington Monument

ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY

LINCOLN MEMORIAL

ARLINGTON CEMETERY

NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARCH

DEVIL’S TOWER

MOUNT RUSHMORE

ALAMO

REMINGTON WATER TOWER

KOREAN WAR VETERAN MEMORIAL

Give students interesting ways to remember key vocabulary and some items that may go with that vocabulary word.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY FOR LANDMARKS

Landmark

Use bubble maps to to tell about the important facts for the vocabulary word.

historic

national

Tells a story

has impac

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