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January 17, 2013 Dear Super Stars,

January 17, 2013 Dear Super Stars, Good Morning! Thank you for joining us for the Vocabulary Professional Development. Please sign-in and enjoy a treat. Did you remember to bring your Professional Learning Log? Sincerely,

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January 17, 2013 Dear Super Stars,

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  1. January 17, 2013 Dear Super Stars, Good Morning! Thank you for joining us for the Vocabulary Professional Development. Please sign-in and enjoy a treat. Did you remember to bring your Professional Learning Log? Sincerely, Mrs. Janz and Mrs. Porter

  2. Good Morning …. My favorite thing to do on a snow day is….

  3. Desired Outcomes To articulate the importance of vocabulary instruction To demonstrate understanding of the 3 Tiers of Words To explain Marzano’s Six Steps for Vocabulary Instruction

  4. Mini PD Norms • Start and end on time • Be an active participant • Allow time for questions and discussions • Take what you can use • Be willing to try something new

  5. MNPS Professional Development Vision Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools provides all stakeholders quality professional development for adult learning that results in the growth of the whole child and the improvement of student learning.

  6. Maxwell Achievement Slogan Be your best - achieve success!

  7. Words-Words-Words Henry Maxwell Elementary Nicole Janz and Susan Porter January 17, 2013

  8. What’s Vocabulary ?

  9. Vocabulary KnowledgeLearning, as a language based activity, is fundamentally and profoundly dependent on vocabulary knowledge. Learners must have access to the meanings of words that teachers, or their surrogates (e.g., other adults, books, films, etc.) use to guide them into contemplating known concepts in novel ways (i.e., to learn something new). Baker, Simmons, & Kame’enui, 1998

  10. Closing the Achievement Gap It is now well accepted that the chief cause of the achievement gap between socioeconomic groups is the language gap. - E.D. Hirsch (2003)

  11. Meaningful Differences Free and Reduced Lunch at Maxwell – 77 %

  12. Expectations for Maxwell • Weekly list of grade level vocabulary words are included in lesson plan binder • Weekly vocabulary words are posted in the classroom • Explicit vocabulary instruction

  13. Choosing Vocabulary Words Isabel Beck’s Three Tier Model for choosing vocabulary words from text. Tier 3 - Low Frequency Words Technical Words Tier 2 - Words to Teach High Frequency High Utility Tier 1 - Know, Common Words

  14. Tiers of Words • Tier 1 • Basic vocabulary – happy, cold, talk • Clearly important – Especially for ELL’s • Easy, decodable and already familiar • Connected with prior knowledge • Tier 2 • High frequency – avoid, fortunate, industrious • Play a large role in verbal functioning across a variety of domains • Tier 3 • Low frequency • May be to specific domains

  15. Tier 1, 2, 3 Sort Activity: Sort the words into the appropriate tiers. Tier 3 - Low Frequency Words Technical Words Tier 2 - Words to Teach High Frequency High Utility Tier 1 - Know, Common Words

  16. How to select vocabulary words… • Standards • Rl.2.3 Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. • Content • Landforms, government, citizenship, cycle, hibernate, capacity

  17. Selecting Words • Select a handful of words to pre-teach • Select words to pre-teach carefully • Choose words that represent major concepts or key ideas in the story • Choose words that not used in everyday language • Don’t choose words where illustrations or context clues “teach” word meaning

  18. Selecting Words • Pre-teaching should be direct and brief • Pre-taught words should be on individual word cards or presented only one at a time

  19. Six Step Process for Teaching New Terms Explain - Provide a description, explanation, or example of the new term Restate - Ask students to restate the description, explanation, or example in their own words Show - Ask students to construct a picture, symbol, or graphic representing the term

  20. Six Step Process for Teaching New Terms Activities- Engage students periodically in activities that help them add to their knowledge of the terms in their notebooks Discuss - Periodically ask students to discuss the terms with one another Games - Involve students periodically in games that allow them to play with terms

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  22. Word Wall –P.E.

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  29. Resources • Games http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/vocab/strategies.html

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