vocabulary with character: lessons from newbery books
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Vocabulary with Character: Lessons from Newbery Books Vocabulary with Character: Lessons from Newbery Books
Karen L. Parker Liberty University, [email protected]
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Vocabulary with Character:
Lessons from Newbery Books
Karen L. Parker, Ed.D.
Liberty University
Research-based
reading instruction
1. Phonemic
awareness
2. Phonics
3. Fluency
4. Vocabulary
5. Comprehension
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Comprehensive Vocabulary
Framework
1. Multiple and varied
word encounters
2. Real, concrete
experiences
3. Pictures and other
visuals
4. Speaking and
writing
5. Essential words
taught directly
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Comprehensive Vocabulary
Framework (continued)
6. Teacher read-aloud
& independent
reading time
7. Independent
vocabulary
strategies
8. WORD WONDER!
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Vocabulary Levels:
Choosing words to teach
Tier
one
Generally known by
children
Tier
two
Many children do not know,
but will need to know
Tier
three
Uncommon, obscure,
technical
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Vocabulary Levels:
Choosing words to teach
Tier
one
Generally known by
children
Tier
two
Many children do not know,
but will need to know
Tier
three
Uncommon, obscure,
technical
“Goldilocks words” – not too easy,
not too hard, “just right!”
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Newbery books: Criteria for character development
• Well-written books with moral
dilemmas
• Enough depth beyond literal
level
• Admirable but believable
characters
- about the same age
• Wide range of cultures
- boy and girl lead characters
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Three Read-Aloud Words
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Tupac
creeping
settling
Three Read-Aloud Words
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LISTEN
READ
Oral
Written
“Turn and talk”
SPEAK
WRITE
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Sticky Note Day
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SAVVY
Rocket and I both knew that there
were plenty of girls climbing
around our family tree that had
strong and sturdy savvies, like
Great-aunt Jules, who could step
back twenty minutes in time every
time she sneezed; or our cousin
Olive, who could melt ice with a
single red-hot stare.
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Magic Morphemes: Compounds
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Magic Morphemes: Prefixes
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Magic Morphemes: Suffixes
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Magic Morphemes: Roots
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Buck Tradition!
Interactive Introduction
• New word/OLD concept or
• New word/NEW concept
• Hands-on, virtual, picture walks
• Context, kid-friendly definitions
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Margarita Engle
General Weyler
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/reconcentrado.htm
The Cuban Holocaust 1896-97
22 225,000 Cubans died in 18 months
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Interactive Activities
• Fill in my blank
• Guess what I am?
• 20 Questions
• Pictionary
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Interactive Activities
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Comprehensive
Vocabulary Framework
Teach vocabulary tools,
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