50 Shades of WORDS Meaning GREY KNOWLEDGE Intentions

50 Shades of WORDS Meaning GREY KNOWLEDGE Intentions CONTEXT VOCABULAR Y

ADVENTURES IN VOCABULARY SEEK EXPERIENCE 2012 ABE Summer Institute Presenters: Sue Henkel Lynn Larson Diane Poquette Katie Wolverton-Maki EXPLORE

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Objectives • Lead vocabulary instruction utilizing a variety of methods • Expand students’ vocabulary knowledge and word relationships • Create a vocabulary routine within your classroom

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Dr. Janet Allen Experts in Vocabulary Instruction Dr. Camille L. Z. Blachowicz Laurie Kagan & Dr. Spencer Kagan Dr. Mary E. Curtis Dr. Kathy Ganske Dr. Robert Marzano

Explicit Instruction • Explain what you will be doing and why you are doing it • Model it • Provide multiple opportunities for guided practice and feedback • Provide multiple opportunities for application • Revisit & reflect often*

According to Cook Counseling Center at Virginia Tech • K-1 Children know between 5, 000 to 10, 000 words (depending on the exposure to language and early literacy) • By grade 6, that number has doubled to 20, 000 to 30, 000 • By grade 12, that number has doubled again to about 60, 000 • The average college sophomore knows about 120, 000 words

Tier 1 -2 -3 Words Tier 1: Basic Vocabulary Tier 2: High Frequency/Multipl e Meaning Tier 3: Low Frequency, Content-Specific (Averil Coxhead, 2000) • pencil, book, apple • map, sad, blue • evaluate, various, occur • compare, estimate, candidate • photosynthesis, anarchy, veto • mitosis, area, perimeter

Make and Take Word Cube Flip Book Vocabulary Ring Graphic Organizers Wordo Taboo Cards Bang Word Chain

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION STUDENT ENGAGEMENT MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES REFLECTION & REVIEW ROUTINE, ROUTINE READ & WRITE REGULARLY

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E-Resources Educationoasis. co Kaganonline. com Mathwire. com Ncsall. net Quizlet. com Readwritethink. com Sparklebox. co. uk Superduperinc. com Super. Teacher. Worksheets. co m Visuwords. com Vocabulary. Coach. com Vuw. ac. nz 2011 Edhelper. com Character. First. com Myvocabulary. co m Smarttech. com Teachertube. com 2012 Vocabsushi. com Vocabulary. co. il Vocabularyaz. com Wordia. co

Allen, J. (1999) Words, words: teaching vocabulary in grades 4 -12. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers. www. janetallen. org Blachowicz, C. L. Best practices in vocabulary instruction. Scott Foresman Publishing. www. sfreading. com Coxhead, A. (2000) "A new academic word list. " TESOL Quarterly, 34(2), 213 -238. Curtis, M. E. and Longo, A. M. (May 1997) “Reversing reading failure in young adults. ” Focus on Basics Connecting Research and Practice, Volume 1, Issue B. www. ncsall. net/? id=466 Ganske, J. (2000) Word journeys: assessment-guided phonics, spelling, and vocabulary instruction. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. Kagan, S. (1994) Cooperative Learning. San. Clemente, CA: Kagan Publishing. www. Kagan. Online. com Marzano, R. J. , Pickering, D. J. (2005). Building academic vocabulary for student achievement: Teacher’s manual. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. www. Marzano. Research. com

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. Evelyn Waugh

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