How to Use the Academic Vocabulary Shift Kit

1. How to Use the Academic VocabularyShift Kit Shift One: Engage with Complex Text

2. Table of Contents • Critical Directions • PowerPoints • Articles and Research • Webinars • Videos • Websites • Handouts—these are not listed in the table of contents

3. International Reading Association Guidelines (Critical Direction) • Use of challenging texts • Foundational Skills • Comprehension • Vocabulary • Writing • Disciplinary Literacy • Diverse Learners The attached link from RI places the information into a chart.

4. Critical Directions Appendix A of the Common Core State Standards (www.corestandards.org page 32-35) • Acquiring Vocabulary • Three Tiers of Words • Tier 2 Words and Access to Complex Texts • Tier 3 Words and Content Learning • Examples of Tier 2 and Tier 3 Words in Context

5. PowerPoints • Illinois State Board of Education • K-12 • Oregon Department of Education • K-5 • 6-12

6. Academic Vocabulary Journal Articles Teaching Vocabulary Across The Curriculum by William P. Bintz Key Question: How can you improve vocabulary learning across the curriculum in your school?

7. Academic Vocabulary Journal Article Nine Things Every Teacher Should Know About Words and Vocabulary Instructionby Karen Bromley Key Question: How can teachers instruct vocabulary so that students are engaged and successful readers?

8. Robust Vocabulary Instruction in a Readers’ Workshopby G. Feezell Key Question: How could you improve your current vocabulary instructional practices to align with CCSS?

9. Academic Vocabulary Journal Articles Academic Language in the Secondary Classroomby Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey Key Question: How can practice with vocabulary build fluency in academic language? Developing Vocabulary Through Purposeful, Strategic Conversations by Barbara A. Wasik and Charlene Iannone-Campbell Key Question: How can read alouds generate strategic purposeful conversations in your classroom?

10. Handouts Four Key Ways to Help English Language Learners Improve Their Academic Vocabulary By Debbie Arechiga. Key Question: What are the four big ideas that will enrich verbal environment, stimulate vocabulary instruction, and expand ELLs’ vocabularies in productive ways? http://media.routledgeweb.com/eoe/whitepapers/arechiga_final.pdf

11. Integrated Vocabulary Instruction: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners in Grades K-5 by Learning Point Associates Key Question: How can teachers infuse vocabulary instruction into literacy (reading, writing, speaking and listening) and every content domain? http://www.learningpt.org/pdfs/literacy/vocabulary.pdf

12. Remove Limits to Learning with Systematic Vocabulary Instruction by McREL Key Question: What are the possible positive outcomes of a systematic school wide vocabulary plan? http://www.mcrel.org/~/media/Files/McREL/Homepage/Products/01_99/prod10_VocabReading.ashx

13. Book Titles • Beck, I., McKeown, M., and Kucan, L. (2013). Bringing words to life, 2nd edition. New York, NY: Guilford Press. • Blachowicz, C., Fisher, P., Ogle, D. and Watts-Taffe, S. (2013). Teaching academic vocabulary K-8: Effective practices across the curriculum. New York, NY: Guilford Press. • Marzano, R., and Pickering, D. (2005) Building academic vocabulary. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

15. Book Study Ideas • Begin a book study with a group. • Start an independent study and become a teacher leader on a topic. • Some books have study guides or podcasts from the authors available from the publishers—check out their websites! • Share your knowledge—start a wiki, a newsletter or blog in your district.

16. Check back often! • Please check back often for new articles, research, PowerPoints or books that might assist you. • As your professional knowledge deepens around the topic of Academic Vocabulary, please contact us with your ideas: plscomments@gmail.com