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W ords O f the W eek Vocabulary Project

WOW. W ords O f the W eek Vocabulary Project. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Grant Early Childhood Center. Grant A ction R esearch T eam. Principal Grade level teachers Special ed & preschool teachers Reading Coach & Title I teachers Media Specialist. Define the System.

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W ords O f the W eek Vocabulary Project

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  1. WOW Words Of the WeekVocabulary Project Cedar Rapids, Iowa Grant Early Childhood Center

  2. Grant Action Research Team • Principal • Grade level teachers • Special ed & preschool teachers • Reading Coach & Title I teachers • Media Specialist

  3. Define the System Standardize Improve-ments ACT Access Current Situations PLAN STUDY DO Plan Do Study Act Plan for Continuous Improvement ART process is based on a cycle called Study the Results Try Out Improvement Theory Analyze Causes

  4. Spring 2006 2005/2006 ITBS Vocabulary Subtest Only 64% of 2nd grade students were at the proficient level in vocabulary

  5. K/1 Students Materials *Lack of extensive working vocabulary for many students. *Many Tier 1 and 2 words are unknown to many of our students. We are not using a standardized curriculum for vocabulary instruction. Want a process to teach words and their meanings that is aligned in the building. We teach sight words explicitly to students. Want and need a process for word knowledge. Teachers Methodology Why are vocabulary scores so low on 2nd grade ITBS?

  6. Spring 2006 Looked at systematic and research-based vocabulary programs • Bringing Words to Lifeby Isabel Beck • Elements of Readingby Isabel Beck

  7. Spring 2006 “How could we begin to implement a vocabulary program for Kindergarten and first graders in the fall of 2006?”

  8. Spring 2006 Decided to utilize children’s literature selections in Bringing Words to Life

  9. Fall 2006 To develop a receptive assessment tool

  10. Fall 2006 For each story at each grade level: • Collected 9 storybooks • Created and displayed3 Boardmaker pictures

  11. Fall 2006 How to make vocabulary instruction consistent

  12. Fall 2006 Were 3 words enough? WOW Assessment – 1st Trimester

  13. Fall 2006 • Focused on 1 book and 3 targeted words each week • Shared teaching ideas

  14. Winter 2007 • To increase from 3 to 10 targeted words • To make WOW books more accessible

  15. Winter 2007 • Made 10 Boardmaker pictures for each story • Purchased classroom sets of books

  16. Winter 2007 • Studied weekly random assessments • Collected feedback from teachers

  17. Fall 2007

  18. Winter 2007

  19. Winter 2007 Brainstormed reasons why teaching more words was not effective

  20. Spring 2007 • To decrease from 10 to 6 words per week • To make completed WOW books available to students

  21. Spring 2007 Adjusted number of Boardmaker pictures to 6 per book

  22. Spring 2007 Created a teacher survey for feedback

  23. Spring 2007 Continued weekly random assessments and feedback from teachers

  24. Spring 2007 Studied data collected throughout the 3 trimesters.

  25. Spring 2007

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  28. Spring 2007 Decided to make a WOW notebook for each teacher

  29. Spring 2007 Discussed developing an expressive vocabulary assessment

  30. Summer 2007 To create WOW notebooks: • Vocabulary schedules • Story maps • Examples of teaching activities

  31. Summer 2007 Added an implementation log to the data collection component

  32. Summer 2007 Developed an expressive assessment tool to be used by each teacher

  33. Summer 2007 Created common, uniform, kid-friendly definitions

  34. Summer 2007 Began to study explicit instruction models and techniques

  35. Summer 2007 Finished notebooks and presented them to teachers in August

  36. Fall 2007 To begin explicit instruction in a more systematic and building-wide format

  37. Fall 2007 Asked teachers to follow the daily vocabulary schedule

  38. Fall 2007 • Collected data from random assessments • Sent home weekly word list

  39. Fall 2007 Studied expressive assessment, PPVT, and weekly implementation logs

  40. Fall 2007 PPVT Gains - Fall 2006 to Fall 2007 1 year, 7 months 1 year, 5 months 1 year, 4 months

  41. Fall 2007 Vocabulary Percent of Words Correct Test Date

  42. Fall 2007 Piloted an explicit instruction model and activities to reinforce learning

  43. Fall 2007 Provided on-going staff development

  44. Winter 2008 • Refined weekly schedule • Established daily teaching plan

  45. Winter 2008 • Created story summaries and graphic organizers • In-serviced staff

  46. WOW WOW is now part of Grant’s school culture with building-wide teacher/staff/student buy-in

  47. WOW Where do we go from here? Continue to implement the PDSA cycle

  48. WOW Words Of the WeekVocabulary Project Cedar Rapids, Iowa Grant Early Childhood Center

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