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Vocabulary

Vocabulary. CSD Instructional Priority. What it is:. Explicit vocabulary instruction is direct, clear, concise, repetitive instruction presenting meaning and contextual examples through multiple exposures. What it is not:.

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary CSD Instructional Priority

  2. What it is: Explicit vocabulary instruction is direct, clear, concise, repetitive instruction presenting meaning and contextual examples through multiple exposures. What it is not: The traditional procedure of having students copy a list of words, look the words up in the glossary, copy the definitions, and study the definitions.

  3. Rationale (WHY?): • Explicit vocabulary instruction is beneficial in developing reading skills and comprehension. • Students receiving explicit, engaging vocabulary instruction experience growth in vocabulary (Tomesen & Aarnoutse, 1998; White, Graves & Slater 1990). • When students receive intentional teaching of target words, their comprehension of text containing the target words improve (McKeown, Beck, Omanson & Pople, 1985; Stahl & Fairbanks, 1986). • Explicit vocabulary instruction is particularly critical for struggling readers, who do not read extensively and have more difficulty using contextual clues to determine word meanings (Beck, McKeown & Kucan, 2002).

  4. Explicit Vocabulary Instruction Effect Size: .97 (Hattie – 2009)

  5. How much do you know about words? About how many words are listed in The Oxford English Dictionary, the most complete lexicon of the English language? 290,500 About how many words doe the average college-educated adult recognize the meanings of while reading? 50,000 -80,000 About how many meanings does an average second-grader know? 5,000 – 6,000 About how many new word meanings does a typical intermediate student learn to recognize every year? 2,000 -3,000 (more than a teacher can directly teach) About how many new words do you think you learn every year? Depends on how much you read (it increases as you get older) How many times must a student use a word before they own it? 12 times

  6. 30 million word gap

  7. MJMS Data

  8. Article: Falling behind before kindergarten: The 30 million word gap Close Reading Strategy: Pause and Question (Read Aloud) 2 kinds of questions: Thick and Thin Thin – clarifies (answer found within the text, only one right answer) Thick – Requires explanation, answers can be different, no right answer Can begin with: Why do you think… What would happen if… How does this relate to…

  9. Break Time (10 minutes) Name Drop, Guess Who

  10. Socratic Seminar • Write 2 or 3 thick questions you had from the reading and write them on the card. • Pilot and co-pilot (pilot does the talking and the copilot takes notes and can hand them to the pilot)

  11. How do you teach vocabulary? • Group 1: How Well Do You Know It? • Group 2: Quizlet.com • Group 3: Multiple Meanings • Group 4: Vocabulary Tiers • Group 5: Formal, Structured Definitions • Group 6: Semantic Features

  12. Next Steps: • Bring an artifact to represent how you’ve incorporated explicit vocabulary instruction • Lesson plan • Student work • Graphic Organizer • Video • PowerPoint • Etc.

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