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What’s more important?

What’s more important?. Spelling or Vocabulary?. You can understand this….

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What’s more important?

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  1. What’s more important? • Spelling • or • Vocabulary?

  2. You can understand this… • I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdnieag. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! Aoccdrnig to a rscheearche at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!

  3. better than this… • Chlorecyclizine hydrochloride is an antihistamine which is related structurally to cyclizine and meclizine. A combination with hydrocortisone acetate provides anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, and anesthetic properties. It blocks the actions of histamine, antagonizes allergic manifestation, and anestetizes free nerve endings that mediate pain. The combination provides dual and additive effects to combat antigen-antibody reaction. • No spelling mistakes but,without vocabulary, the text becomes meaningless... • We’re not doctors! • (This happens with math, law, sports, etc. …anywhere we don’t know the vocabulary!)

  4. So, vocabulary it is!! • “Vocabulary knowledge is one of the most powerful predictors of reading comprehension” (McKeown, 2009).

  5. How Important is Vocabulary? • _____ was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing area. • _____ has been absent because he had two teeth taken off his face. • _____ will not be in school cuz he has an acre in his side. • Please excuse _____ from P.E. a few days, yesterday she fell off a tree and misplaced her hip. • Please excuse _____ from school because he has very loose vowels.

  6. The main message… • Spelling seldom impacts the meaning • but • vocabulary often does!

  7. Activity… • Can you fill in the blanks on your copy so the passage makes sense? • Nall was so _______. She was ______ to the _____ with Charkle. She would _____ a _____ _____ so she could _____ out books. Charkle _____ her _____ out the _____. “_____, Charkle,” jibbed Nall _____ly. “Now we can _____ out _____ together!” _____ Charkle _____ly.

  8. One possibility… • Nall was so excited. She was going to the library with Charkle. She would get a librarycard so she could checkout books. Charkle helped her fillout the form. “Thanks, Charkle,” jibbed Nall excitedly. “Now we can check out books together!” laughed Charkle happily.

  9. Vocabulary and Comprehension • A Flannerby Barp for Nall • Nall was so plamper. She was larping to the flannerby with Charkle. She would grunk a flannerby barp so she could crooch out carples. Charkle lanted her gib out the nep. • “Parps, Charkle,” jibbed Nall plamperly. • “Now we can crooch out carples together!” pifed Charkle trigly. • 1. Who are the characters in the story? • 2. Where were they larping? • 3. Why did she want to grunk a flannerby barp? • 4. A good title for this story would be: • “Nall and Charkle Together”“Larping to the Flannerby” • “Lanting Nall Grunk a Flannerby Barp”“Grunking a Flannerby Barp” • *Access to meaning was hindered because we didn't get the vocabulary...like a foreign language!

  10. How to Bartle Puzballs • There are tork gooboos of puzballs, including laplies, mushos, and fushos. Even if you bartle the puzballs that tovo inny and onny of the pern, they do not grunto any lipples. In order to geemee a puzball that gruntos lipples, you should bartle the fusho who has rarckled the parshtootoos after her humply fluflu.

  11. How to Bartle PuzballsThere are tork gooboos of puzballs, including laplies, mushos, and fushos. Even if you bartle the puzballs that tovo inny and onny of the pern, they do not grunto any lipples. In order to geemee a puzball that gruntos lipples, you should bartle the fusho who has rarckled the parshtootoos after her humply fluflu. • How many gooboos of puzballs are there? • What are laplies, mushos, and fushos? • Even if you bartle the puzballs that tovo inny and onny of the pern, they will not what? • How can you geemee a puzball that gruntos lipples? Nonsense?Let’s check for comprehension…

  12. How many gooboos of puzballs are there? • There are tork gooboos of puzballs. • 2.What are laplies, mushos, and fushos? • Laplies, mushos, and fohos are tork gooboos of puzballs. • 3.Even if you bartle the puzballs that tovo inny and onny of the pern, they will not what? • They will not grunto any lipples. • 4.How can you geemee a puzball that gruntos lipples? • You should bartle the fusho who has rarkled her parshtootoos after her humply fluflu.

  13. Lesson!! • *You likely were able to answer most or even all of the questions even though you have very little understanding of what you’ve read. • * This illustrates that we can assign reading in our classrooms, give students shallow reading assessments with level one type questions, and have students pass them. • But, does this mean they are good readers who are able to read critically and for deeper meaning?

  14. Spelling Focus… Link…http://www.world-english.org/english500.htm To Do: Copy the Top 500 most frequently used English words into your Writing Scribbler. Links… (use WorldofEnglish.com) • easier http://www.scuc.txed.net/webpages/lwrenn/index.cfm?subpage=22140 • harder http://coeurdalene-id.aauw.net/files/2012/01/misspelled-words.pdf (You decide which one to use!!) To Do: Copy the top 100 most frequently misspelled English words into your Writing scribbler.

  15. English • Top 13 most used words = 25% of all usage! • Top 100 most used words = 50% of all usage • Over 600 000 + words in English(approx. 1 000 000 if you count scientific vocabulary) • Chinese does not require punctuation. • English is the medium for 80% of the information stored in the world's computers? • Did you knowthe dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a tittle • Top 20 most frequently used words are: • the, of, to, in, and, a, for, was, is, that, on, at, he, with, by, be, it, an, as, his • Letter frequency in the English language is: • e t a o i n s r h l d c u m f p g w y b v k x j q z • Did you know1 out of every 8 letters written is an e?

  16. Why expand my vocabulary? • An increased vocabulary… • sharpens your communication! • Improves your reading and writing • opens your mind! • makes understanding easier! • gets you results! • expands your social skills/ opportunities! • reflects on you! • Makes you, at the very least, sound smarter! • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awIXN5LgWKY • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOZBrmODt6c 17

  17. Vocabulary Focus… • To Do: Complete the Vocabulary Icebreaker sheet. (*in your writing scribbler) • To Do: Using the same format as question one on the Vocabulary Icebreaker sheet, find and record 30 new vocabulary words. • (Have fun with this! As you’re searching, select words that are of interest – for a variety of possible reasons – to you.) • * There are lots of word-of-the-day type sites out there you might find useful!

  18. Fun - Vocabulary Builders • How strong is your vocabulary? http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/vocabulary-quiz • Vocabulary Challenge https://www.vocabulary.com/ • WordSmart Challenge http://www.wordsmart.com/wsc_d/index.html

  19. Outcome of focus: • SCO 8.4 Select and integrate more elaborate and sophisticated vocabulary Due: Friday, January 29th

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