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Each year group teaches 36 designated words, aiming for one new Tier 2 word per week. Guidance explains direct and indirect teaching, word webs, four-square vocabulary, reflection, and vocabulary games, supported by the STAR routine (Source, Teach, Apply, Review). 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These should be taught amongst other Tier 2 words found within the age related texts the children are using across the week. Teachers must aim to teach 1 new (Tier 2) word a week, with one of these words coming from the year groups Adventurous Vocabulary list.  \nAgreed teaching approach for vocabulary  \n􀁸 Direct and Indirect instruction  \n􀁸 Word webs  \n􀁸 Four square vocabulary  \n􀁸 Word knowledge reflection  \n􀁸 Word games- list, group, label, Have you ever? Would you rather?  \n􀁸 Adventurous Vocabulary lists  \n􀁸 For each new word taught, teachers are to follow the STAR approach  \nS – Source an age appropriate Tier 2 word  \nT – Teach the word explicitly (definition and example of its use) A – Apply the word the word to different situations.  \nR – Review the words continuously reviewed throughout the week and subsequent terms.  \nFor useful, children friendly, definitions it is recommended that [www.onelook.com](www.onelook.com) is used.  \nFor a range of tasks, please seek the Word Aware resources on the net [http://thinkingtalking.co.uk/word-aware/](http://thinkingtalking.co.uk/word-aware/)  \n[http://bit.ly/2OBDxbX](http://bit.ly/2OBDxbX follow the link or copy and)[ follow the link or copy and](http://bit.ly/2OBDxbX follow the link or copy and) paste fro access to free downloadable resources  \nAssessment  \nAssessment of children’s knowledge of these words can be categorised by;  \n􀁸 Stage 1: No knowledge  \n􀁸 Stage 2: General sense; for example, enormous- “does it have something to do with being big?”  \n􀁸 Stage 3: Narrow, context-bound knowledge; for example, has knowledge of a word but notable to recall it readily enough to use in appropriate situations.  \n􀁸 Stage 4: Rich, decontextualised knowledge of a word’s meaning, its relationship to other words, and its extension to metaphorical uses.  \nThe aim of explicitly teaching the Adventurous Vocabulary words is that most children achieve knowledge to at least Stage 3.  \nThe following words lists should be taught and accessible to all children in that year group (including SEN and new to English children)  \nTier 2 words Lists Level 1 to 9  \nWord lists and levels  \nLevel 1- Nursery  \nAfternoon, pond, autumn, race, bumpy, rough, burst , round, chilly, silky, dentist, sink disappear, slide, dusty, sniff, farmer, soapy fluffy, sparkle , gentle, spotted, glow, spring, half, stare , healthy, summer leaf, touch, melt, warm, morning, wiggle, muddy, winter  \nLevel 2 – Nursery  \nAmazing, hatch, basket, honest , bend, invitation, caterpillar,  \nMask, cave, mountain, chimney, pain, costume, pretend, crash , rescue Delighted, roar, double, rough, enormous , scratch, filthy, slippery, flat sneaky, forest , steep, freezing, striped, giant, thick, gloomy, ticket, grin, worried  \nLevel 3 – Rec  \nAdditional, nature, adventure , nervous, annoy, nibble  \nBelieve, pale, boiled, reflect , calm, scar, connect , shelter, delicious shiver, demolish, similar, direction, timid, dozen, transportation Evening, tremble, factory, vanish , fresh, warn, gravity, wealthy Greedy, whisper (ing) , grumpy, wonder, luxury, zigzag  \nLevel 4 – Year 1  \nAbsorb, expert , adorable, expression, advice, fierce,  \nAncient, gasp, arctic, glamorous, avoid, glide, careless, impossible, classify intelligent, compare, magnificent , continent, miserable, convince , observe courageous, pause(d), dazzled, predict, effort, respect, elegant, responsible embarrass, spoil, enraged, wander, exclaim, weigh  \nLevel 5 – Year 2  \nAstonished, possession, chaotic, pre","cbCaiaSbHxnsLVYq","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaSbHxnsLVYq","pdf",270137,"English","# Guidance and rationale\n# Agreed teaching approach for vocabulary\n## STAR approach\n# Assessment\n# Tier 2 words lists (Levels 1 to 9)","[{\"question\":\"How many Adventurous Vocabulary words does each year group teach each year?\",\"answer\":\"Each year group teaches 36 Adventurous Vocabulary words explicitly across the year.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the weekly target for teaching Tier 2 vocabulary?\",\"answer\":\"Teachers aim to teach 1 new (Tier 2) word per week, including one word from the year group’s Adventurous Vocabulary list.\"},{\"question\":\"How should teachers assess pupils’ knowledge of these words?\",\"answer\":\"Knowledge is assessed using four stages: no knowledge, a general sense, narrow context-bound knowledge, and rich decontextualised knowledge including relationships and metaphorical uses.\"}]","Adventurous Vocabulary teaching approach - Word lists and guidance | PDF",1790588702,13]