Incidental learning to me is crucial to the language development for my students. I teach an elementary 8:1:1 classroom and they thrive on multiple exposures to new words. Any down times should be seen and instructional opportunities. For example due to these times, my buses generally run 15-30 minutes late. As we are waiting for the bus, I use this time to try to expose my students to different language. Something I have not thought of, but would like to add to my classroom is creating a chart of the new words that I am exposing the students to (and maybe include a picture) in order for them to visualize the word better.
