good word in vocabulary instruction

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WHAT’S THE GOOD WORD IN

VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION?

(Hint: Context and Cognition )Yeah, that’s two words. Couldn’t help myself.


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cayenne arrow = for “underserved students” +

ocean arrow = for explicit teaching of thinking


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CONTEXT

1.Purpose of vocabulary use(communication or learning

objective)

2. People with whom vocabulary is

used (register)

3. Discourse in which vocabulary

occurs


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COGNITION

1.Metacognition

2.Modeling

3.Gradual release of

responsibility


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(Baumann & Graves, 2010; Nagy & Townsend, 2012; Beck, McKeown, & Kucan, 2013)

Tier 1

Tier 2

Tier 3

I did not like lunch today.

Ours is, like, the worst cafeteria

ever.

She said I had to synthesize

the theses from three persuasive essayson that website.

Then he shows us those anatomicaldrawings and says, “See? Ontogeny

doesn’t always recapitulate phylogeny.”


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Tier 1

Tier 2

Tier 3

listening, speaking,

reading, writing

Text structures,

Text features, phrases

Discourse, epistemology

Casual Discourse

Academic Discourse

Disciplinary Discourse


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Tier 1

Tier 2

Tier 3

listening, speaking,

reading, writing

Text structures,

Text features, phrases

Discourse, epistemology

Casual Discourse

Academic Discourse

Disciplinary Discourse

also texting, tweeting, video posting


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TEACHING

1. Provide rich and varied language

experiences.

2. Teach individual words (academic and

disciplinary vocabulary)

3. Teach word learning strategies

a. Context clues

b. Word parts

c. Word search

d. Personal strategies

4. Promote word consciousness

1. Play

2. Self-expression

3. Investigate


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TEACHING

1. Provide rich and varied language

experiences.




a. Context clues

b. Word parts

c. Word search



1. Play

2. Self-expression

3. Investigate

(Graves, 2006)


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TEACHING

1. Provide rich and varied languageexperiences.




a. Context clues

b. Word parts

c. Word search



1. Play

2. Self-expression

3. Investigate

(Graves, 2006)


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Tier 3 Discourse, epistemology Disciplinary Discourse

Epistemology Academic

Vocabulary

Disciplinary

Vocabulary

How do the experts think

about this?

recall, analyze, evaluate,

summarize, synthesizeMath

How do we prove that it’s

true? (warrant)

thesis, main idea, support,

conclusionBiology

How do we test if it’s true?

(warrant, backing or

support)

highlight, annotate, note, History

What is true?link, URL, upload, download,

file, hierarchy, save, deleteELA


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SYNERGY

1. Select a disciplinary table (subject area table). Move to it.

2. With your table mates, brainstorm academic vocabulary and disciplinary

vocabulary for that subject in the grade level in which you most often work. Write

down at least 1 example of each category.

3. When everyone has had a chance to write at least one term, brainstorm ways toteach the vocabulary. Choose from one category below for each word. Write briefly

but with some detail. Feel free to use the books I brought!

a. Rich language experience

b. Teach an individual word

c. Teach word learning strategies

d. Foster word consciousness

I ’ l l c o l l

e c t t h e

s e a n d p o s t t

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r o p b o x

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REFERENCES

Beach, R., & O’Brien, D. G. (2015). Using apps for learning across the curriculum. New York: Routledge.

Retrieved from http://samples.sainsburysebooks.co.uk/9781317668503_sample_727621.pdf

Beck, I. L., McKeown, M. G., & Kucan, L. (2013). Bringing words to life: Robust vocabulary

instruction. (2nd ed.) New York: New Guilford.

Bruner, J. (1996). The culture of education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Graves, M. F. (2006). The vocabulary book: Learning and instruction. New York: Teachers College

Press.

Baumann, J. F., & Grams, M. F. (2010). What is academic vocabulary? Journal of Adolescent and

Adult Literacy, 54(1), 4-12.

Templeton, S., Bear, D. R., Invernizzi, M., Johnston, F., Flanigan, K., Townsend, D.

R., . . . Hayes, L. (2015). Vocabulary their way: Word study with middle and secondary students

(2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.


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