THE CORE SIX Vocabularys CODE Strategy 2 The

THE CORE SIX Vocabulary’s CODE

Strategy 2 The next core six strategy discussed in The Core Six: Essential Strategies for Achieving Excellence with the Common Core is……. . Vocabulary’s Code.

In a Nutshell Vocabulary’s CODE is a strategic approach for direct vocabulary instruction that helps students master crucial concepts and retain new vocabulary terms. Students work their way from initial exposure to indepth understanding through a series of progressive, systematic learning activities, which help students “crack” Vocabulary’s CODE provides teachers with a framework and set of instructional tools to build a fourphase learning sequence which deepens students’ understanding of key words.

This systematic learning includes four phases: � Connecting with new words. � Organizing new words into meaningful categories ensuring that students see relationships between words and how they make up a larger structure. . � Deep-processing of the most important concepts and terms using thinking strategies. � Exercising the mind through strategic review and practice commits new words into long-term memory.

Why use the CODE? � � � Vocabulary is a foundation for improved literacy. Academic vocabulary is at the core of the Core. Vocabulary fuels learning.

Which strategies work best each phase of the CODE? Vocabulary’s CODE Tools Matrix Word Document

Teacher Planning & Implementation Guide Word Works: Cracking Vocabulary’s CODE Teacher Planning & Implementation Guide Word Works PDF

Questions to consider prior to planning a Vocabulary’s CODE lesson sequence for each phase: � What are the essential terms students need to learn? (Think Wiggins and Mc. Tighe’s: Nice-to-know words, Important words, and Core-content words) � � � What do you want to happen during each phase of Vocabulary’s CODE? What types of tools from the Vocabulary’s CODE Matrix will help you meet these goals? How will you use these tools to conduct formative assessment of students’ growing understanding?

How will I move students through the phases of the CODE? � � Phase One: How will students CONNECT with the new terms? Phase Two: How will students ORGANIZE the new words? Phase Three: How will students DEEPPROCESS the words? Phase Four: How will students EXERCISE their understanding of new words?

Writing Extension: Vocabulary’s Code � Any writing assignment provides an opportunity for students to utilize new vocabulary terms in a meaningful way. � We can improve students’ mastery of new terms and their power as writers by requiring them to use an appropriate number of vocabulary terms in their writing assignments.