I partnered with my co-teacher, Shelley, to teach the
LINCing routine. She is already familiar with content enhancement routines and
has been trained in the Framing Routine. She has used the Framing Routine
extensively and I have used the LINCing routine to teach vocabulary throughout
the 2nd semester. Because we had incorporated the routine into our
curriculum, the learning process was very straightforward. I used the guidebook
to walk her through the steps, and discussed how to select a good reminding
word. We also spent some time considering what makes a strong LINCing story. We
had the benefit of student samples from vocabulary lessons I led, and were able
to analyze reminding words, stories, and pictures for strengths and weaknesses.
Shelley decided she would use the LINCing Routine to review
several terms the students keep confusing, so she drafted several LINCs tables.
She did a great job, and we discussed where we thought the students would have
difficulty with the terms she selected. On one of her tables (hurricane), she found it challenging to LINC all the essential elements of the definition.
