technology tools for shift #6: academic vocabulary

Technology Tools for Shift #6: Academic Vocabulary

Answer the following questions… The nugger was flinp. The nugger was flinp and wugnet. The nugger was flinp, wugnet and manple in

my waslet.

What was flinp? How else does the author describe the

nugger? What does the nugger do?

What is a nugger?

One more time…

"Aoccdrnig to a rseearchr at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit any porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe."

One more time…

"Aoccdrnig to a fulgegr at an Elingsh ugrbiitloy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit any porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe."

One more time…

"Aoccdrnig to a flugger at an Elingsh ubligitory, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit any porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe."

Why teach Vocabulary? Biggest “Bang” for your buck Oral language vastly different from

written language 95% of words on page to

comprehend meaning Recognition of a new word in print

is easier & faster if the word already has an identity

How many???

The Oxford English Dictionary: _________

In printed school English, grades 3-9: ______

Recognized by college graduates: ________

Recognized by high school graduates: ______

Recognized by average kindergartener: _____

How many??? The Oxford English Dictionary: 290,500 In printed school English, grades 3-9:

88,000 Recognized by college graduates:

50,000-80,000 Recognized by high school graduates:

40,000 Recognized by avg. kindergartener:

4,500-5,000

How the Gap in Word Knowledge Grows…the “root” of the problem

Grade Root Words Known by Average Student

(25th – 75th percentile)

Root Words Known by Lowest 25%

Students(Bottom Quartile)

End of preK 3,440 2,440End of K 4,300 3,014End of Grade 1 5,160 3,592End of Grade 2 6,020 4,168

(after Biemiller, 1999. 2005)

Children with well-developed vocabularies will recognize the meanings of thousands more words!

Common Core Learning Standards & Academic Vocabulary

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Common Core Appendix A

Listening vs. Reading Comprehension

Listening vs. Reading Comprehension

Three Tiers of Vocabulary(Beck & McKeown)

Three Tiers: CORE Literacy Library (Diamond & Gutlohn)

Types of Academic Vocabulary

Lists of Academic Vocabulary

General Service List + Academic Word List cover 90% of academic vocabulary Bauer & Nation (General Service List) Coxhead (Academic Word List)

Other: Morphology Marzano (Academic Vocabulary)

General Service List (GSL) Approx 2000 words of greatest

“general service” Each is a “headword” representing a

word family Frequency data for each word is

given Widely influential (graded readers)

Coxhead’s Academic Word List (AWL) 570 most common word families

from academic text Excluded the first 2000 words (GSL),

proper nouns & purely latin forms (et al, etc, ie,)

Ordered by frequency (10 sublists)

Marzano’s List

Subject-specific Grade-band specific Includes proper nouns

Morphology & Affixes/Roots Biggest Bang… Using context…

Greek & Latin influences Prefixes, suffixes & roots

Online Tools for Strategy Instruction

eVoc Strategies: 10 Ways to…

E2ela.wikispaces.org

www.wordsift.com

Strategies…

http://www.engageny.org See 3rd Grade ELA Curriculum,

“protocols” -> “Vocabulary Strategies”

Semantic Map Semantic Feature Analysis Venn Diagram Frayer Model Gradient Grid

Google Presentation

http://www.lextutor.ca/

http://conc.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/

http://quizlet.com

http://flashcardstash.com/

http://padlet.com/(formerly wallwisher)

www.instagrok.com

www.thinglink.com

www.wordle.com

http://www.tagxedo.com/

www.learnthat.org

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/alzsh3/acvocab/

http://www.uefap.com/vocab/vocfram.htm

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

http://voicethread.com/

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/

Other Resources:

http://www.georgialiteracy.org/Detail/92/vobid--460/

www.evernote.com Language Essentials for Teachers of

Reading and Spelling, The Mighty Word: Building Vocabulary and Oral Language, Dr. Louisa Moats, Sopris West,