How to learn vocabulary words in 5 minutes. How to memorize vocabulary words

Every person wants to write without errors. For people with innate literacy, coping with this problem is quite simple. But the majority have to make considerable efforts to master competent writing.

Of course, most often no difficulties arise with words whose spelling is regulated by rules. But with words that do not obey any rules, the situation is completely different. The correct spelling of vocabulary words should only be memorized.

A huge number of educated adults often think about the spelling of one word or another when it comes to composing documents or official letters. Quite often they have to check themselves using spelling dictionaries.

But it’s not always the case that a spelling dictionary is at hand at the right time. If adults have such a problem, then what can we say about children, because it is much more difficult for them. Learning vocabulary words is not an easy task. School students work hard on this, get nervous and get frustrated every time if, even after much effort, they make mistakes in the same words again and again. Neither teachers nor parents are left on the sidelines. They also actively participate in this whole process and are no less worried than their children.

It turns out that you can save a lot of nerves if you use fairly simple, but at the same time effective methods for quickly learning difficult words. There are only five such ways.

Reception No. 1.

Let's take, for example, such a difficult word with a double consonant as “terrarium”. If you come across this word, but are not sure of its spelling, then you should look in the dictionary so as not to make a mistake. But how can you remember this word? To do this, you can remember some word in which a double “r” also appears, but in the spelling of which, unlike “terrarium,” you will no longer doubt.

Reception No. 2.

This method is called “graphic”. This method of memorization is especially suitable for children. In the school curriculum there are many relatively simple and visual words. It is to memorize such words that you should resort to the graphic method. But such a technique will not work with more difficult words, and especially with abstract concepts.

The graphic memorization method is based on playing out an untestable letter using pictures. This means that in order to learn a difficult word, you need to draw a picture on which the word itself and the untestable letter will be drawn. The drawings should not be masterpieces of fine art; rather, they will be sketchy, because you are drawing exclusively for yourself.

Reception No. 3.

This method means the phonetic method. It is based on sound associations, which can make learning vocabulary words much easier. This method is very suitable for middle and high school students. It is also useful for adults to resort to this method of memorization. The phonetic method allows you to effortlessly learn the spelling of even the most difficult words.

Reception No. 4.

Here we will talk about a combined method. This method should be used to learn those difficult words where you have difficulty writing not one, but two or more letters. This method is a combination of two methods: phonetic and graphic. This approach allows you to use, for example, the method of phonetic associations to learn one untestable letter, and the graphic method to learn another.

Reception No. 5.

This method is based on the similarity of the letter shapes with something. These can be animals, objects, plants. You should pick up some object that is shaped like an untestable letter. In other words, using this method, you need to come up with suitable associations.

We are starting a series of letters dedicated to the Russian language, literacy, beautiful handwriting, and teaching Russian to children.

And today we’ll talk about how to quickly and effectively learn vocabulary words. They, like the multiplication table, need to be learned.

But if the multiplication table has only 100 examples, then at least 800 vocabulary words are studied at school.

And it’s rare that a teacher teaches vocabulary words to children in the classroom. Usually, “complex” and “difficult” things are given to children to memorize on their own, or memorize with their parents.

We present to your attention little tricks on how to remember the spelling of vocabulary words

We have divided them into classical methods, this is how they work with vocabulary words at school, and techniques for effectively memorizing words

Classic ways to memorize vocabulary words

1. Reading words by a child. Copy vocabulary words into a dictionary

2. Explain the meaning of the word (if the child does not know the meaning of the word, use a dictionary) and discuss possible reasons for writing the word this way.

3. Spelling work on the word:
- placing emphasis, highlighting difficult letters in green,
- sound-letter analysis of a word,
- dividing a word into syllables and for hyphenation.

4. Learning the spelling of a given word:
- selection of words with the same root,
- composing a phrase or sentence with this word,
- selection of synonyms, antonyms, riddles, sayings with a given word.

5. Recording the word in a spelling dictionary.

6. Writing from memory


Methods for memorizing words using effective learning techniques

7. To the vocabulary word that needs to be remembered, add a word or even several where the letter being tested is heard very well.

For example, the word MILK. Need to remember O.

We come up with associations: a horse drinks milk from a spoon

We present this picture with the child, focusing on the fact that the spoon and horse tell us the right letter

8. Write down the word with your eyes closed.

After the child reads the word, he writes it down on sheets of paper blindfolded; it is better to use felt-tip pens or bright pens.

When a word is written, it must be examined.

This exercise gives children a lot of pleasure, and most importantly, it uses various organs of information perception and enhances the effect of memorizing words.

9. Compare letters with geometric shapes. A is like a triangle, O is like a circle, E is like a rectangle.

For example, ORANGE

You can imagine a triangular plate on which “strange”, rectangular and triangular oranges lie

10. Mnemonic method

When you need to remember a letter in a vocabulary word, you can use bright alphabetic images, adding them to the word and linking them into a bright association

What does it mean?

Remember, A-bus, B-drum, etc.

For example, we need to remember how to write ORANGE correctly

Imagine a Bus (A) full of Apelsins, which is stuck or hanging on the Spruce (E)

11. Game “Eye-Photographer”

The words are printed on strips of paper.

Each word is on a separate strip. Printed in large block font. The child is shown the word for one second. And then he writes it down from memory. You can show 5-8 words in one game.

This game develops attentiveness and increases interest in learning.

This Thursday there will be a free seminar where we will practice these and other powerful techniques for memorizing vocabulary words.

You will learn:

  • What to do when there are a lot of words, and dictation is coming soon?
  • How to quickly remove mistakes in vocabulary words before the exam (VPR, OGE, Unified State Exam)
  • What should you do to remember double consonants, or what should you do when there are several spellings in a word?
  • What other effective methods of memorizing words are there?
  • How to quickly learn to write correctly?

Indeed, in the age of Internet communication, the first impression of a person is created precisely by how competently he writes.

We will analyze the best strategies to strengthen literacy during the training - How to easily remember vocabulary words?

In practice, we will practice spelling the top 50 most difficult words in the Russian language

And participants of the Premium version will also receive handouts - Lists of vocabulary words by grade in a form convenient for practicing the technology

In April we will conduct 7 more similar programs, 3 free and 4 paid

Detailed schedule, as well as a special promotion for April in our group -

Learning vocabulary words is easy and interesting

Studying vocabulary words gives primary school teachers a lot of trouble. Often, after drawing children’s attention to the peculiarities of the spelling of a word and emphasizing the necessary letters, they suggest writing it down in a dictionary and remembering how it is spelled. But memory often fails young schoolchildren, since they do not yet know any memorization methods, and not every teacher can teach them these methods. Of course, there are many creative teachers who try to diversify the process of learning vocabulary words: they select poems, proverbs and sayings, introduce these words into the context of entertaining content, etc. But, unfortunately, the results in these cases do not always correspond to expectations.

Meanwhile, there is a method that will help cope with this problem. It is based on the age-related characteristics of the thinking of younger schoolchildren and the general laws of memorization.

This publication presents two options for working with dictionary words.

Option I

The thinking of primary school students is visual and figurative in nature, that is, it is based on specific ideas and images. In this regard, the majority of them have a correspondingly predominant figurative type of memory.

In addition, it should be noted that successful memorization is facilitated by compliance with certain conditions:

1) memorization mindset: the student must want to remember what he needs to remember;
2) interest: what is interesting is easier to remember;
3) brightness of perception: everything that is bright, unusual, and that which evokes certain emotions is better remembered;
4) imagery of imprinting: memorization based on images is much better than mechanical memorization.

All these conditions are met when memorizing vocabulary words using the proposed method. Its essence is that the child, in order to remember the word, makes drawings on letters that cause difficulty in writing. Children enjoy doing this exciting activity, and the results ultimately meet their expectations.

Instructions for the teacher

1. Name the word that needs to be remembered and write it on the chalkboard.
2. Find out whether the meaning of the word is clear to children.
3. Give instructions for memorization.
4. Mark letters that may cause difficulties when writing.
5. Write the word in block letters.
6. Invite children to make drawings in their notebooks on “difficult” letters, based on the meaning of the word.
7. When the drawings are ready, those interested demonstrate their options on the board.

How to draw

On the letter o it is very easy to draw a tomato, and the letter i are knives that can be used to cut it.

When you get stung by a nettle, it's hard not to scream.

It is very easy to make the letter a out of bananas, but it is impossible to make the letter o.

There is no alley without trees... and there are also people walking along the alley, and not just one or two, but many...

And these plumbers came to repair the battery.

This word is very easy to remember - pencils and a box for them.

Why not imagine like this?

What's a sunrise without the sun?

What's a drum without sticks?

Once they bought me a balloon, it was great!

Do you have a vegetable garden at your dacha?

Of course, there must be at least a small staircase in the middle of this word.

When the appetite is worked up, no one will refuse a couple of cutlets or... popsicles.

This little man is not afraid of the puddle on the letter o, because he is wearing boots.

Boys love this word very much; they come up with many variations.

Everything is clear here without explanation.

Drawings should be made only on those letters that cause difficulty in writing, otherwise a “pile up” of images occurs. The drawing must necessarily correspond to the meaning of the word.

This process is as exciting as it is useful. Children enjoy drawing, which not only allows them to remember vocabulary words, but also develops their imagination.

Note. The teacher needs to remember that there is a process of forgetting, and think through a system of repetitions.

L.P. Kopylova,
psychologist of Lyceum No. 42 VSJ,
Irkutsk-17

Option II

Vocabulary words are memorized using a mnemonic system of “connections”, which is as follows:

1) memorization occurs more easily if a person mentally imagines objects, phenomena or actions that words mean;
2) objects combined into groups should “come to life”, “move”.

Our class had Russian on Saturday.

In Katya’s apartment, a pan and a glass are drawn in pencil in a painting. And Olya has an apple above her bed.

Weather was good. (The sun was shining.) We drove along the road to the garden. (Draw bicycle wheels.) We planted vegetables. (Vegetable seeds resemble the letter o.) Peas (we draw peas), carrots, cucumber, tomato. But we also have “wrong” plants; their seeds resemble the letter o, but the letter a grows. Cabbage, potatoes.

We took the tram to the store and bought raspberries for breakfast.

The passenger carefully walked a long distance along the alley.

On Thursday at camp we drew wheat with black and yellow pencils.

The pencil stand resembles the letter e.

A man was walking through the city, suddenly a black cat jumped out in front. I turned back - there was a dead end, I went left - there was a dead end on the left, I went right - and there was a dead end on the right, I wanted to go down, but the asphalt from below was in the way. I had to meet a black cat. And all these words are written together.

The spelling of the letters a and o at the end of the words “left - left”, “right” - “right” can be remembered as follows:

to the south window to the left;
from the south window on the left;
on the U window right;
from the window
Yu is on the right.

Wow! One day a nut and an apple grew on an aspen tree!

When we are very surprised, we open our eyes wide, they become like the letter o.

The wind blew from the north, the bear swayed vm eat with birch.

The branches of the birch tree and the claws on the paws of the bear resemble the letter e. The bear pressed closely to the birch tree, merged with it, the word also merged together.

A worker gets ready for work, puts on boots and a coat, gets into the car, and drives to the factory.

My drawing is called "Lilacs on the street."

The human figure is inscribed in the letter i. In one hand he holds a brush, in the other he leans on the table.

How to ride a bike? Fast, fun, soon, good.

My friend dug up the beds with a shovel, planted berries, there will be a good harvest.

The human head, shovel and basket of berries resemble the letter o.

It was the month of June. The hare put strawberries on his tongue.

The inverted letter I is the head of a hare with ears, a strawberry.

Working on vocabulary words
How to help your child remember the spelling of vocabulary words


Language is both old and eternally new -
And it's so wonderful!
In a huge sea - a sea of ​​words -
Take a bath every hour!

Birch and dog, cabbage and director, frost and ship... What do these words have in common? The answer is simple, they are all vocabulary words from the primary school dictionary.

Vocabulary words, like the multiplication table, must be known by heart. But the multiplication table fits on half a notebook page, and the vocabulary words are a huge thick dictionary, and the writing of these words defies any logic. They must be taught and taught, often returning to the same word. It’s good if the child reads a lot and has developed intuition. What if he can’t remember the spelling of the words “apricot” and “shovel” for several years?

The work of spelling dictionary words is difficult and painstaking. It continues from lesson to lesson, remaining in the students’ memory after the teacher uses special techniques.

Vocabulary words are one of the problems of primary school.If the problem is not solved, then it becomes a heavy burden. Unsolved problems in primary school naturally turn into problems at the middle level, and then...

Teachers in their practice use the method of P. S. Totsky, which suggests multiple repetitions to develop the speech apparatus and spelling vigilance.But this technique is not designed for children who had speech problems in preschool age (FFN, ONR, ZRR). Children with attention deficit disorder, MMD, experience great difficulties in mastering vocabulary words.

I want to offer you several ways and methods, adapted for children with a history of speech problems, for memorizing the spelling of vocabulary words.

Important to remember: 1. Exercise daily for 15-20 minutes.
2. Take 5 to 10 words to memorize per week.

To memorize words, use the following tasks.
1. Reading a word by a child.

2. Explanation of the meaning of the word (if the child does not know the meaning of the word, invite him to use a dictionary).

3. Spelling work on the word:
- placing emphasis, highlighting difficult letters in green,
- sound-letter analysis of a word,
- dividing a word into syllables and into syllables for transfer.

4. Learning the spelling of a given word:
- selection of words with the same root,
- composing a phrase or sentence with this word,
- selection of synonyms, antonyms, riddles, sayings with a given word.

5. Recording the word in a spelling dictionary.
In the evening (better before bed), ask your child to say how he will write vocabulary words.

6. Compiling a story from a group of vocabulary words (December, frost, skates, guys).

7. Picture dictation (show pictures of objects, the child writes down the names of these objects).

8. Copy vocabulary words in ascending order of syllables or vice versa.

9. Complete the sentence (there is a missing vocabulary word in the sentence).

10. Formation of the singular from the plural or vice versa (teacher - teachers, vegetable gardens - vegetable garden).

11. Formation of another part of speech (birch - birch, eastern - east, seller - sell).

12. Writing out these dictionary words in several columns:
- by childbirth;
- by numbers;
- by declination;
- with unverified vowels A, O, E, I;
- with an unverified and verifiable vowel;
- animate or inanimate objects;
- by topic (for example: “City” and “Village”);
- by parts of speech;

13. Write out from these words:
- words consisting of two or three syllables;
- words with Y;
- words with hissing words.

14. Coming up with phrases with vocabulary words (red tomato, wide street).

15. Recording words under dictation, with stress setting, underlining unchecked spelling, choosing a word for sound-letter analysis.

16. Selection of words with the same root.

17. Restoring a deformed text or sentence (guys, garden, in, collected, and, cucumbers, tomatoes, peas, baskets).

18. Analysis of words by composition.

19. Writing words with different prefixes (went, came, left, came).

20. Writing words with different prepositions (to the square, at the square, on the square).

21. Put the word in the correct case, decline the dictionary word.

22. Form a new word using a suffix (birch - birch, coast - berezhok).

23. Replace with one word (a person who drives a tractor is a tractor driver, a wide asphalt road is a highway, to win is to win).

24. Writing from memory.

25. Self-dictation and mutual verification.

26. Copy, insert one or two consonants (S or SS - kla...ny, kero...in, sho...e, ro...a, ka...ir, ba...ein) .

27. Replace these words according to their meaning with others (group - collective, store - department store, break - intermission, doctor - surgeon, friend - comrade).

28. For these adjectives, select nouns that are dictionary words according to their meaning (red apple, fiction, drama theater).

29. Replace with synonyms (driver - chauffeur) or antonyms (south - north).

30. Complete the sentence with homogeneous parts of the sentence (You can buy it at the grocery store...).

    "Close your eyes and imagine this word written in a book.
    Spell it.
    Make the “dangerous” letter blink. Which letter is "blinking"?
    Read slowly as you write.
    Write down this word 5 times, each time say out loud what you write."
    (Do everything with your eyes closed.)
Can be usedmethod of associative memorization of words. But I do not recommend its use in children with speech development level 2, mental retardation, ADD, MMD, or mental retardation.

The essence of the method. A difficult spelling of a dictionary word is associated with a vivid associative image, which is remembered when writing this dictionary word, helping to write the spelling correctly.

Methodology

    1. Write down a vocabulary word (cl. word) and put emphasis.
    For example: birch.

    2. Highlight in green (underline, circle) the syllable that causes difficulties (doubt) when writing.
    For example: be-re-za.

    3. Write out the doubtful syllable separately, highlighting (by size, color) the dubious spelling.
    For example: b_E., b_e.

    4. Find an associative image associated with a vocabulary word and write it down opposite the vocabulary word.

ASSOCIATIVE IMAGE REQUIREMENTS:

a) An associative image must be associated with the dictionary word by some common feature.
Model:
The associative connection can be by:
- color;
- location;
- form;
- sound;
- action;
- taste;
- material;
- purpose;
- quantity
etc.

b) The associative image must have in its writing a letter that is not in doubt, which is doubtful in the dictionary word.

For example:
Dictionary word
* birch - by color _white
* birch - curly: you need a comb to comb (shape like the letter E)
Result: b_E.reza - b_E.laya, - gr_E.ben (_E.)

5. Depict a vocabulary word combined with an associative image (drawing and/or intersection of words through a questionable spelling).
For example:
b
birch
l
A
I

6. Read the dictionary word and clearly reproduce out loud the found associative image, imagining their combination and the dubious spelling linking them.
ATTENTION! DO NOT impose your association on your child!
The value is the presence of each associative image given the given requirements: connection and a general given spelling.

Examples of vocabulary words and associative images:

    g_A.zeta - boom_A.ga,
    k_A.rman - holes_A.,
    d_I.rekt_O.r - kr_I.k, r_O.t,
    k_O.concert - n_O.ta, d_O., x_O.r,
    z_A.water - pipe_A.,
    k_O.rabl - v_O.lny, b_O.tsman, k_O.k,
    in_E.y - b_E.ly, sn_E.g,
    l_A.don - l_A.pa,
    k_A.empty - z_A.yats
    k_A.randash - gr_A.n, boom_A.ga,
    s_O.tank - xv_O.st
Literature that will help diversify your activities with your child.
1. Molokova A.V., Molokov Yu.G., Kilina G.F. Electronic textbook "Vocabulary words. Grades 1-4"
Annotation:
The manual is intended for use in Russian language lessons in elementary school for the purpose of studying, practicing the skills of correct spelling of vocabulary words, as well as for the purpose of organizing control and self-control in the lesson.
Words whose spelling needs to be remembered are divided into classes, and within each class they are grouped thematically. The student can work with each group of vocabulary words in three modes.
The "Learn" mode allows you to see an illustration and spelling of each vocabulary word in a given group, as well as hear its pronunciation by a speaker.
The "Test Yourself" mode is designed to practice the skills of correct spelling of vocabulary words after the appearance of illustrations and voice accompaniment. The student can use the hint to select the necessary letters. This will be reflected in the comments for completing the task.
The "Control" mode allows the student to interactively check the correct spelling of vocabulary words in a group based on the illustration and sound of the word. There is no way to use a hint.
The results of the work are recorded and can be reviewed by the teacher after completion.

Here vocabulary words –
Difficult, treacherous.
Without verification relatives
They live alone in the dictionary.


Magical ways to memorize vocabulary words become an exciting game and joint creativity for parents and children.
  • We write down the words, highlighting dangerous places in color, and select an illustration, find it if a lexical interpretation is needed;
  • We group words, for example, by topic or by the initial letter of the alphabet.
  • Drawing hints for difficult letters.


Poster with pictures for vocabulary words grades 1-2
Irina Lando in her super books “One Class in One Day” shows how you can draw a letter that is difficult to remember.



The wonderful teacher nataliigromaster has a whole project on this topic - it’s interesting to see how it ends. Children insert the missing letters from ready-made cards with pictures and words, and then play different games with these cards.
You can use ready-made cards, or you can draw with pleasure yourself, especially since the lists of vocabulary words in different textbooks differ.

76 word picture cards
cards for 36 words (grade 1)

  • Using a semantic cross. For example:

L m

suitcase

T r

About e

  • With the help of harmonies. Words that are consonant and similar in pronunciation help to remember vocabulary words. For example:
mandarin - we need to remember ma and da - we select words with the same syllables, only with stressed vowels: mama gives mandarin.
  • I. D. Ageeva’s associative method with memory rhymes and crossword puzzles I really like the generalized method of memorizing groups of words:
  1. division of vocabulary words from grades 1 to 4 depending on the “dangerous place” - a letter that can be spelled incorrectly;
  2. compiling a small coherent text from these words;
  3. coming up with a supporting word for all the words of the story in which it is impossible to make a mistake;
  4. drawing for your story.
  • Find an associative image associated with a vocabulary word and write it down opposite the vocabulary word. An associative image must be associated with the dictionary word by some common feature.(moya-pamyat.ru)
    Model:
    The associative connection can be by:
    - color;
    — location;
    - form;
    - sound;
    - action;
    - taste;
    - material;
    - purpose;
    - quantity
An associative image must have in its writing a letter that is not in doubt, which is doubtful in the dictionary word.

For example:
Dictionary word
* birch - by color _white
* birch - curly: you need a comb to comb (shape like the letter E)
Result:
b_E.reza - b_E.bark,
- gr_E.ben (_E.)

Examples of vocabulary words and associative images:

g_A.zeta - boom_A.ga,
k_A.rman - holes_A.,
d_I.rekt_O.r - cr_I.k, r_O.t,
k_O.concert - n_O.ta, d_O., x_O.r,
z_A.water - pipe_A.,
k_O.rabl - v_O.lny, b_O.tsman, k_O.k,
in_E.y - b_E.ly, sn_E.g,
l_A.don - l_A.pa,
k_A.empty - z_A.yats
k_A.randash - gr_A.n, boom_A.ga,
s_O.tank - xv_O.st

My pupil and I draw cards like this and collect them in an envelope

In order for the pictures not only to temporarily attract the child’s attention, but also to be forgotten in high school, spelling exercises are necessary. Yes, xGood learning of the correct spelling of a word is facilitated by the use of a cheating system developed by psychologist Polina Solomonovna Zhedek. In an article useful for parents" - a page of tasks for each word.
On this site you can find funny poems for every word by alphabetical search.
The result of the extensive project "Atlas of Dictionary Words" is a collection of approaches to the study of vocabulary words.
funny online trainer
online trainer

Memo to student:
When reading books, learn to highlight all unfamiliar words and mentally imagine the spelling of each such word. To do this, simply stop at a word that is unknown to you in terms of spelling and imagine it written, for example, on a blackboard, in a notebook or on glass.

I guarantee that most adults have already forgotten what dictionary words are and how they once received a bad mark for the same mistake in a word. coat. Although even a well-educated person with a higher education (or even more than one) will stumble over a treacherous word the vinaigrette.

It's different for kids in elementary school. For them now, vocabulary words are the biggest headache. Well, maybe in second place after the multiplication table. But it’s much easier to memorize a table than to memorize a spelling dictionary.

And sometimes high school students have trouble with words like immunity And disqualification. This article is about how to help them learn complex spellings.

Since Russian vocabulary words are such a big problem for schoolchildren, we offer several recommendations and ways to solve it. And you, parents, keep your head up and help your children.

What are dictionary words?

Dictionary They name words in which the spelling of some letters cannot be checked according to the rules. Or there are such rules, but, for example, it is difficult to choose a test word (it is outdated, does not belong to the literary language, etc.) These include native Russian words and all sorts of borrowings from other languages. The latter are especially difficult. Here's how to explain why in the word jury letter U, not U? No, just remember.

All vocabulary words can be divided into groups:

  • words with an unchecked vowel ( lampshade, idiom, moon rover);
  • words with a double consonant ( illusion, column, kilogram);
  • words with unpronounceable consonants ( agency, hello, clear);
  • words with a hard separator ( injection, adjutant, conjunctivitis);
  • words with prefixes pre/at ( despise compare with look upon);
  • hyphenated words ( I'll say hello, Ivan-tea, all-in);
  • words with separate spelling ( tight, in the bosom, on the eye);
  • words with continuous spelling ( white, shattered, sideways);
  • and some other cases.

There is no shame in learning the spelling of vocabulary words not only for schoolchildren, but also for adults. So that you less often have to look into a spelling dictionary for hints. How to do this faster and more efficiently?

How will we learn vocabulary words?

In the next section we will look in detail at various memorization techniques. For now, let’s discuss some general points.

So, to learn as many vocabulary words as possible, you need to make a list to memorize. For example, use an alphabetical index. There are many teaching aids that contain lists of words that schoolchildren are supposed to learn in each grade. Kids, for example, are supposed to remember about 200 words.

It’s better to learn little by little, but every day. Even 15 minutes of exercise daily is much more than nothing. The same principle applies here as when learning foreign languages. Regularity is one of the significant components of success.

It is also worth having your own spelling dictionary, where your child will write down the complex words that he is currently learning. You can do it this way: take an ordinary student notebook, cut it in half - and the dictionary is ready. This “half notebook” is easier to use than a whole one. It takes up less space in your bag. In addition, fewer words fit on a page divided in half - just enough to be conveniently repeated at a time.

Learning words - algorithm:

  • have the child read the vocabulary word out loud syllable by syllable;
  • explain to him the meaning of the word or look into the dictionary together;
  • indicate the emphasis in the word, and underline the spelling or highlight it in a different color (pen, marker, colored pencil);
  • write down several words with the same root for this word, make up a phrase or sentence, you can use antonyms and synonyms to create associative chains;
  • transfer the word to a homemade dictionary;
  • try one or more memory methods.

What these methods are will be discussed below.

Ways to remember vocabulary words

There are several such methods and many of them are based on associations. High school students can handle the task themselves. But kids may need help from their parents. Find time in your schedule to spend time with your child. Your participation will help him learn Russian vocabulary words faster and easier. And besides this, such joint activities greatly bring together and strengthen the family.

Method 1 - write a story: you can take a few vocabulary words and write a short story in just a few sentences.

Words can be united by one topic: “ We bought a ticket to the ballet, our seats are on the balcony. To see the stage better, we took binoculars with us.”

Or they could be words with the same spelling. You can write a story in which " The athlete in the Arena ate an Orange.”

The main thing is that the child himself participates in the composition. The story does not have to be very coherent or particularly logical - the main thing is that the result is a memorable image. Lively enough to remain in the memory for a long time - and difficult words will be remembered along with it.

Method 2 – draw pictures: You can, of course, find ready-made cards with words on the Internet, but making them yourself is much more effective.

Together with your child, come up with a bright and memorable image for a complex word and draw it together. Be sure to reflect those letters whose spelling is difficult to remember in your picture.

For example, hippopotamus can be depicted sitting on his tail - then his legs and torso form the letter E. Or the letter can be included in the drawing: draw a big Nut and circle it with the letter O.

By the way, if there are several spellings in a word, sequentially put them all on the drawing: so E, O and I in the word bike can be depicted as a steering wheel, wheel and frame.

This method is good for nouns that elementary school students have to memorize. It is of little use for abstract concepts.

Method 3 – we decline the dictionary word: you just need to write down a word with a complex spelling in all cases.

I.p. horizon

R.p. horizon

D.p. horizon

V.p. horizon

etc. horizon

P.p. (O) horizon

This practice, using motor memory, helps to learn spelling.

Method 4 – come up with associations: this path is just good for abstract concepts. Memorizing in this way is similar to learning foreign words. This is probably why high school students and adults prefer it.

Associative chains can be built on sound similarity. That is, select words where a similar spelling is stressed. And which also sound similar. For example, remember that eyewitness « oh no in and dit", and makeup « ma ma applies ki stu".

An image based on associations should be quite bright and logical, maybe funny. The vowel being tested must be in a stressed position, the unpronounceable consonant must be clearly audible, etc. To remember the spelling of a word skates, you can imagine “a horse on horse kah." And for the word Honestly learn that “one must act honestly for the sake of honor And".

By the way, you can combine several methods for more effective memorization. Especially such words where several spellings come together at once. So, you can come up with an image based on associations, sketch it and indicate the untestable letter in the picture. Let's take the floor plasterer: imagine that “the plasterer has a funny thing, and also he tour ist". Draw a man with a brush that looks like the letter W. And let him stand with his legs spread wide apart and look like the letter A.

Method 5 – use stickers: This method can be considered as the final stage after all the previous methods.

Let's say you and your child drew funny pictures for vocabulary words. Now cut them out and hang them in different places around the house. And in the child’s room (perhaps above the desk), and in the bathroom - let him admire it while he brushes his teeth. And even, don’t laugh, in the toilet. Well, don’t let time be wasted.

We came up with a vivid image, composed a short story based on associations, wrote down the vocabulary word in our homemade dictionary - and at the same time made a note with this word on a sticky note. The more often words come across in different non-learning situations, the faster they will be remembered.

Summarize

It is common to complain that foreign languages ​​are difficult to learn. But think about how difficult it is to learn Russian. We adults rarely think about this. But they themselves have gone through the difficult path that our children are now walking.

We can help them and make it easier for them to memorize words with difficult spellings. If you turn it into a game for toddlers and a fun puzzle for high school students, it will become much easier.

Be creative with the methods we have suggested for you. There are no strict rules for learning vocabulary words. Just little tricks that someone once came up with, tried and told others about them. So you, too, tell your friends on social networks about this article. Let us know in the comments what methods your children use.

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