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Building Academic Vocabulary

Building Academic Vocabulary. A District Initiative Proposed by ELA Curriculum Council . What is Academic Vocabulary?. Vocabulary pertinent to the understanding of a specific discipline. ELA, math, science, social studies. Why is Academic Vocabulary important for our students?.

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Building Academic Vocabulary

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  1. Building Academic Vocabulary A District Initiative Proposed by ELA Curriculum Council

  2. What is Academic Vocabulary? • Vocabulary pertinent to the understanding of a specific discipline. • ELA, math, science, social studies

  3. Why is Academic Vocabulary important for our students? • Unifies our curriculum • Improves students’ background knowledge • “Levels the playing field” for our neediest learners • Based on research done by Robert Marzano and Debra Pickering

  4. How do we implement this plan? • ELA Curriculum Council member will meet with building principals to create building level committees (AVBT). • These individuals will meet on Oct. 9th to be introduced to the plan and work out how to get all teachers involved in creating lists. • Lists will be created at the building level and brought back to ELA Curriculum Council for consolidation. • Tentative District wide lists will be generated and sent out to all teaching staff for input in December.

  5. ELA Curriculum Contact People • Antwerp – Lori Ritchie • Calcium – Marci Nash • Evans Mills – Jean Kiechle • High School - TBD • IRIS – Debbie Reddick, Tom Howard • Middle School – George McAloon, Debbie Salisbury • Philly – Laura Gibbs • Theresa – Terry Drake • Pat Fabrizio, Laura Carbone

  6. Long Term Goal • To create District wide Academic Vocabulary Lists K-12 in the areas of ELA, science, social studies, and math. • Implementation and training will follow.

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