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Looking at Vocabulary

Looking at Vocabulary. Young America Works Public Charter Vocational High School August 27, 2008 Kevin Simpson KDSL - Know.Do.Serve.Learn KDSL07@hotmail.com kdsl.wordpress.com. Goal. Engage in researched-based vocabulary strategies to use in your classroom. Figure It Out.

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Looking at Vocabulary

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  1. Looking at Vocabulary Young America Works Public Charter Vocational High School August 27, 2008 Kevin Simpson KDSL - Know.Do.Serve.Learn KDSL07@hotmail.com kdsl.wordpress.com

  2. Goal • Engage in researched-based vocabulary strategies to use in your classroom

  3. Figure It Out “Paula put down her pirn, wrapped herself in a paduasoy, and entered puerperium.” Read and discuss with a partner.

  4. Figure It Out Story about birthing Pirn – tool for weaving Paduasoy – silken robe of Japanese style Puerperium – the time that was the beginning of labor to birth

  5. How do you teach and assess vocabulary in your classroom? Solo Paper Pass Whole Group Share

  6. Research About Vocabulary • One of the best ways to learn a new word is to associate an image with it. • Students must encounter words in context more than once to learn them. • Direct vocabulary instruction works. • Students should discuss the terms they are learning. • Students should play with words. • Direct instruction on words that are critical to new content produces the most powerful learning. Marzano, R., Pickering, D., and Pollock, J. (2001). Classroom Instruction That Works, 124-128.

  7. Powerful Books about Vocabulary

  8. Let’s Do Some Strategies!!! A 6-Step Process Behind Your Head Fly Swatter Graphic organizers All can be used to explicitly teach and/or assess vocabulary.

  9. A 6-Step Process – Robert Marzano Provide a description, explanation, or example of the new term. Ask students to restate the description, explanation, or example in their own words Ask students to construct a picture, symbol, or graphic representing the term. Engage students periodically in activities that help them add to their knowledge of the terms in their notebooks. Periodically ask students to discuss the terms with one another. Involve students periodically in games that allow them to play with the terms.

  10. Steps 1-3 Using a Graphic Organizer Step 1: BLOG-a website that contains an on-line personal journal. Step 2: Take a minute to jot down the meaning of BLOG in your own words. Share with a colleague. Step 3: Take a minute to sketch a picture. Share with a colleague.

  11. Behind Your Head Wetland Congruent Persuasive

  12. Fly Swatter trabajar flashback merci suffrage organelle mean

  13. Graphic Organizers Select a graphic organizer in your packet to use. The target word is…. Immigration Share with a colleague.

  14. Table Talk What did I hear or do that affirmed my current teaching practices? How can I begin to incorporate these vocabulary strategies into my teaching? I plan to use…with my learners this year.

  15. “Knowledge of vocabulary has a strong connection to comprehension and overall academic success.” J.F. Baumann, E.J. Kame’enue & G.E. Ash, “Research on vocabulary instruction: Voltaire redux” in Handbook on Research in Teaching the English Language Arts, J. Flood, D. Lapp, J.R. Squire & J.M. Jensen (eds.) (Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Inc., 2003) “Student achievement will increase by 33 percentile points when vocabulary instruction focuses on specific words that are important to what students are learning.” (Stahl and Fairbanks, 1986)

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