How Do You Use A KIM Chart For Vocabulary Study?
Learning new vocabulary can be very difficult for some students. With a KIM chart the meanings of new words can be acquired much faster. This is a method of associating a new word with something that the student is already familiar with. It really personalizes new words so that students can remember the word meanings more readily. Requiring a KIM chart when new vocabulary and concepts are presented could easily become part of your lesson plans. Draw three columns of equal size on a blank sheet of paper. Label column 1 with a K, column 2 with an I and column 3 with an M. Write the word that you are studying in the K column. The K stands for “key.” For example, if the new word that you are studying is pioneer, then you would write the word “pioneer” in the K column. Write the user-friendly definition of the vocabulary word in column 2. The I stands for “information.” In the example of “pioneer,” you might write “a person who forges the way for others to come behind.” Think of a picture o
