Vocabulary+Strategies


 * __ Vocabulary Strategies __**



What vocabulary strategies do you already know?

To the left is a photograph of a sample "Silent Graffiti" asking teachers this question.

Do you recognize these?

What others would you have added?

Here are 5 research-based vocabulary strategies you can use tomorrow in your classroom: 1. **Previewing Content Vocabulary**: //Inside Words// by Janet Allen

This book is owned by many Lindbergh teachers and could be borrowed easily. Here is a link to this strategy as explained in Allen's book: [|Previewing Vocabulary: Who, When and How]

2. **Word Walls**: Information below taken from page 3 of [|Word Walls: A Support for Literacy in the Secondary Classroom]


 * Provide an approach to meaningful teaching of vocabulary with an emphasis on student engagement and higher level thinking skills;
 * Build vocabulary, thereby improving reading comprehension and writing style;
 * Reinforce understanding of subject-specific terminology with a focus on students internalizing key concepts;
 * Help students improve spelling and awareness of spelling patterns;
 * Provide visual clues for students;
 * Encourage increased student independence when reading and writing

Here are a few links to some Word Wall strategies and information I've found:

[|What are Word Walls?]

[|Teacher's Corner]

[|Using a Word Wall]

Article: [|Interactive Word Walls]





3. **Word Sort: Open or Closed**

A [|Word Sort] is a vocabulary strategy using groups of words. An [|//Open Word Sort//] allows students to focus on word parts and create categories for the words and sort them into those categories. During a [|//Closed Word Sort//]students are given the categories to sort the list words in to.

Learn more at [|Just Read Now!]

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4. **Vocabulary Logs, Journals and Notebooks**

The notebook provides the learner an opportunity to:
 * Write the term.
 * Rate their knowledge level of the term.
 * Write examples, descriptions, or explanations of the term.
 * Draw a picture of the term
 * Add new ideas to the term as these are discussed in class.
 * Each [|__Academic Notebook Sheet__] provides space to insert two terms.

(From [|The Academic Vocabulary Project])

[|Vocabulary Notebook Sample Pack]

[|Vocabulary Logs, Practice Activities and Word Lists]

5. **30-15-10 List**: Most commonly used 30 prefixes, 15 root words and 10 suffixes

The link below take you directly to Kelly Gallagher's text Deeper Reading. If you would like the list in PDF format, google "30-15-10 List". (For some reason I couldn't link to a PDF). [|The 30-15-10 List]

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Additional information:

Video/Slide Show of [|Context Clues]

Photo Slide Show of Vocabulary Strategies

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Article: [|Nine Things Every Teacher Should Know About Words and Vocabulary]

Article: [|Doing it Differently, Tips for Teaching Vocabulary]

Earlier this year in September, I did a workshop at Excelsior Springs Middle School regarding vocabulary and returned again in October to follow-up. This research is from that workshop.


 * __ January 3, 2011 __**



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Vocabulary is a big picture. There is lots to think about with vocabulary. That's me strategy: Stand and say "that's me" when you hear a statement that refers to you. (first year of teaching, got engaged, etc.) With students you might say "I've been to the zoo or I've been on vacation)

Benefits: engaging, getting to know students, movement in a structured way, everyone is envolved

Consider a management piece to pull group back together: Dr. Billmeyer prefers a chime.

Oral language development is huge. How we use language is huge. We learn that through lots of talking.

Welcome Group Grounging Research of vocab ulary development Characterisitics Indirect and Direct Practices Reflect on Next Steps

NAPE indicates students who talk perform better on tests: The person doing the talking is doing the learning.

Strategy: People Search

1. Preview 2. select your favorite and sign your name in that box 3. Search for signatures from 15 people

How can you use this strategy to increase vocabulary?

Descriptions of words are more powerful than examples.

Research: What literacy strategy has the greatest impact on comprehension?

Vocabulary Literacy Strategies

vocabulary is correlated with family income 4700 hundred word difference in socio-ec status mid-ses 1st grade know 50% more words

Marzano says bulding background knowledge is doable, alterable

Strategy: LET'S Connect

Listen, Engage, Think, Stop

How we teach academic vocabulary..refer to characteristics of effective academic vocabulary instruction page 3 **__and record your Most Vluable Point on page 4__**

Vocabulary Development: Comprehension approaches 1. Indirect opportuities 2. Direct opportunities

Indirect Approaches: (Pat Wolfe -Building the reading brain) 1. create word-consious students 2. Play with words in whimsical ways through puns, idioms, 3. Analyze how authors use words to convey meaning 4. Research word origins and history 5. Search for examples of words used in their everyday lives

READING EXTENSIVELY, then facilitate talk about the reading BEING READ TO BY OTHERS INTERACTIVE ORAL READING (read item multiple times) Characteristics (pg3) CREATE WORD CONSIOUS LEARNERS (Fancy Nancy, Parts, Amelia Bedelia, Fred Gwinn books, In a Pickle, The Wavy Word Book, John Cheska, Get Thee to a Punnery, Miss Alanious the vocabulary disaster,

Direct 1. Selecting the critical words 2. Sequential 5 Step Process 3. Word Learning Strategies and Activities

3 Types of Vocabulary words (pg6): Critical Words Useful Words Specialized Words


 * __Concept Maps and Frayer Models__**