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Vocabulary

Vocabulary. Overview of Vocabulary. Agenda. Bring-back of classroom culture activity Purpose for choosing vocabulary Vocabulary standards Overview of Vocabulary Instruction Statistics from Research What does it mean to know a word? What resources we have available right now

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary Overview of Vocabulary

  2. Agenda • Bring-back of classroom culture activity • Purpose for choosing vocabulary • Vocabulary standards • Overview of Vocabulary Instruction • Statistics from Research • What does it mean to know a word? • What resources we have available right now • Robust Vocabulary Instruction-Cluster Books • Development Expectations • View Vocabulary a to z • Closure Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  3. Bring-Back • Please share a synopsis of which classroom culture principle you chose, the activity you developed, and how it impacted your classroom culture. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  4. Purpose • PASS Results: • 24/107 students scored Not Met as their overall ELA score. (22%) Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  5. Purpose continued… • MAP Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  6. Vocabulary Standards • Where will kindergarten and first grade obtain most of their vocabulary words from? • How are kindergarten and first grade standards different? • Which prefixes should second grade teachers focus on? • What’s the difference between a base word and an affix? • Give an example of an idiom. • Give an example of a homonym. • http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/english/homonyms/ • What’s the difference between denotation and connotation? • Give an example of an euphemism and explain it. • Do you see how increasingly more difficult the standards are as you go up through the grade-levels? Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  7. Overview • Vocabulary is one of the five pillars of reading comprehension as set forth in No Child Left Behind legislation. Reading comprehension depends upon the meaning readers give words. The more vocabulary words students know, the better they are able to comprehend. A large vocabulary opens students up to a wider range of reading materials. A rich vocabulary also improves students’ ability to communicate through speaking, listening, and writing. • (Reading a to z) Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  8. Statistics from research • First grade children from higher SES groups knew about twice as many words as lower SES children. (Graves and Slater) • High school seniors near the top of their class knew about four times as many words as their lower performing classmates. (Smith) • High knowledge third graders had vocabularies about equal to the lowest-performing 12th graders. (Smith) Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  9. How were you taught vocabulary? • “Becoming interested and aware of words is not a likely outcome from the way instruction is typically handled, which is to have students look up definitions in a dictionary or glossary and use them in a sentence.” (authors of Robust Vocabulary Instruction) • 63% of students’ sentences were judged to be odd. (Miller and Gildea) Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  10. What does it mean to know a vocabulary word? • Try this activity! Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  11. What we have available right now • Reading a to z Vocabulary Graphic Organizers High Frequency Flash Cards Strategies Bank • Vocabulary a to z (passwords?) Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  12. Choose the words • You can choose your words by function (parts of speech) or by Marzano’s grade levels Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  13. Vocabulary a to z • 1. Introduce the words. • 2. Use the words in context and reinforce the meaning. • 3. Introduce and apply Word-attack skills. • 4. Review and apply the words usually with a game. • 5. Assess. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  14. Mystery Word • There is a mystery word of the week. Each day the teacher gives a clue. By Friday, the students should be able to figure out what the word is. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  15. Vocabulary for our Reading Series • There are vocabulary lessons that go along with our reading series-Harcourt Trophies. Just go to Pre-made Lessons. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  16. Robust Vocabulary Instruction • Throughout this cluster cycle, you will be given different strategies to use in order to provide our students with Robust Vocabulary Instruction. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  17. Development Expectations Choose one of the following activities: • Use one of the vocabulary graphic organizers from reading a to z to teach 3-5 vocabulary words.(model, guided, independent) • Use a strategy from the strategy bank from Reading a to z. • Play a game or complete an activity suggested by Vocabulary a to z. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  18. Bring-back • Bring back a brief description of which activity you chose, what you did, and the results. • Reading assignment- pages 15-39 in Bringing Words to Life Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

  19. Monday-develop with you during your planning period. • Thursday- sign up for a follow-up time that I can come observe/help you implement your development into the classroom.

  20. Closure • Are you clear on development expectations? • How do you think vocabulary will help us improve all other areas of reading and writing? Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com

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