the vocab lab/snap vocab
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The Vocab Lab:Fill your school with words!
The Vocab Lab
The Vocab Lab:Use digital tools!
The Vocab Lab
The Vocab Lab
Turn your students into word
nerds!
The Vocab Lab
The Vocab Lab
Improve Students’ Academic Vocabulary with Daily
Minilessons
Contact Information
Angela B. Peery, Ed. D. [email protected]
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Forthcoming Books(Solution Tree, Summer 2016)
BLENDED VOCABULARY
o Modeling and school culture
o Direct instruction that includes strategic use of
digital toolso Incidental learning
opportunities
THE VOCAB LAB
o Effective instructiono Specific mini-lesson
structureo 200 ideas for mini-
lessons
Robust Vocabulary
30 million word gap (preschool)
lack of background knowledge
mothers’ educational level
connected to reading comprehension
the gap grows over time…
writing and speaking
achievement in all disciplines
What’s a well-meaning teacher to do?
Levels of Knowing a Word1. No knowledge of the word—never heard or saw it 2. May have heard the word, but don’t really know
what it means 3. Can make general associations with the word and
recognize it within context (receptive)4. Have a rich understanding of the word and can use
it in speaking and writing (expressive)
Edgar Dale, 1965
Let’s try to get students from stages 1 and 2 to stage 3 or beyond!
Vocab Lab Components: SNAP
Seeing and saying each word
Naming a category and/or group to which the word belongs
Acting on the words (engaging in a brief task or conversation about the words)Producing an original application of the words
Sseeing and saying
Nnaming, classifying, associating
Aacting on
Pproducing
What’s Your Level of Understanding?Enigmatic Lachrymose Cupidity
Peignoir VerbosityFlumadiddle Hircine Fete
KerflooeySempiternity Palliative Selenology
Heptad FoistCondesplainingPedantic Guanciale Microvolunteerism
Natter HuitlacocheBlurbification
Wistful Mostarda Caterwaul
Freerice.comPrepfactory.com
Wordspy.comDictionary.com word of
the day by email
EXPERIENCE A VOCAB LAB MINI-LESSON
Experience It: Student Version
Advance (v.)
Proceed (v.)
Progress (v.)S
Experience It: Student Version
Advance
Proceed
Progress N
Experience It: Student Version
How might you use these words in conversation with a friend today?
• Advance• Proceed • Progress A
Experience It: Student Version
Choose at least two words to use in sentences showing that you understand the
meaning.• Advance• Proceed • Progress (regress) P
Experience It: Adult Version
Arancini (n.)
Orriechette (n.)
Guanciale (n.)
Affogato (n.)
Experience It: Adult Version
Arancini (n.) – breaded, fried rice (risotto) balls
Orriechette (n.) – small oval pasta, “little ears”
Guanciale (n.) – cured pork jowl
Affogato (n.) – dessert of gelato “drowned” in espresso
Which of these would you like to eat for dinner and why?
• Arancini• Orriechiette• Guanciale• Affogato A
Using two or more of the target words, write a paragraph that shows you know
what they mean.
P
EXAMINE VOCAB LAB MINI-LESSONS
How can you put the Vocab Lab ideas to work in your classroom,
school, or district?
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And I’ll send you a chapter from one of my forthcoming books.