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Separated or extracted essence  \n\n| Why we need to explicitly teach vocabulary… |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| • Knowledge of content vocabulary helps build background knowledge.\u003Cbr>• Pre-teaching key vocabulary provides scaffolding for struggling learners.\u003Cbr>• Words at the heart of the discipline are critical for content understanding.\u003Cbr>• Explicit vocabulary instruction has been proven to increase student achievement and close the achievement gap.\u003Cbr>• Language is both the foundation of and the vehicle for learning.\u003Cbr>• The language a person uses indicates his/her understandings and insights about the world and his/her place in it. |  |\n| What explicit vocabulary instruction is… | What it is NOT… |\n| • Asking students to provide explanations, descriptions and examples of the word rather thana definition.\u003Cbr>• Giving students multiple and varied exposures to the words.\u003Cbr>• Requiring students to use their own words and non-linguistic representations ofthe words.\u003Cbr>• Teaching word parts (root words, prefixes, suffixes) as a way to unlock new vocabulary.\u003Cbr>• Giving students multiple opportunities to “play” and interact with the words.\u003Cbr>• Including key academic vocabulary in the planning of any instruction.\u003Cbr>• Making connections between new vocabulary and students’background knowledge.\u003Cbr>• Implementing a systematic plan for building the content vocabulary of your students. | • Giving randomly chosen wordlists not connected to the content and context of the learning.\u003Cbr>• Having students memorize words in isolation.\u003Cbr>• Asking students to look up the definitions in the dictionary and write sentences for each word.\u003Cbr>• Giving students 10, 20, or some other number of words to lookup each week, quizzing students on Friday, and then beginning the process again the next week.\u003Cbr>|\n\n\n| Strategies for selecting content vocabulary |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Select  \u003Cbr>1. words that students will encounter frequently in the discipline/subject area\u003Cbr>2. words which students will encounter in their reading or need to use in their work.\u003Cbr>3. words that are critical for the understanding of key concepts.\u003Cbr>4. content words that might be frequently misunderstood.\u003Cbr>5. words that increase a student’s knowledge of terminology important to the content of the discipline. |  |  |\n| Steps for planning vocabulary instruction |  |  |\n| Make a systematic plan for the implementation of your vocabulary instruction, employing research-based best practices. For example, you might use the six-step process suggested by Robert Marzano and Debra Pickering (2005):\u003Cbr>1. Provide a description, explanation, or example of the new term.\u003Cbr>2. Ask students to restate the description, explanation or example in their own words.\u003Cbr>3. Ask student to construct a picture, symbol, or graphic representing the term.\u003Cbr>4. Engage students periodically in activities that help them add to their knowledge of the terms in their notebooks.\u003Cbr>5. Periodically ask students to discuss the terms with one another.\u003Cbr>6. Involve students periodically in games that allow them to play with terms.\u003Cbr>(Quoted from Building Academic Vocabulary, Alexandria, VA: ASCD) |  |  |\n| Strategies for reinforcing content vocabulary |  |  |\n| 3-2-1 | Written conversations | Framed Paragraph |\n| $2 summaries | Think-Write-Share | Sentence Starters |\n| Headline summaries | Word Splash | Give One-Get One |\n| Vanity Tags | One-Sentence Summary | Frayer Model |\n| Key Points Summary | Word Sorts | Alphabet Game |\n| Word Walls | Frequent use of words by | Concept/Word Map |\n| Acrostics | both teacher and student | Sticky Notes |\n\nDeveloped by Ann Lewis, Laurel School District, Laurel, DE; & Aleta Thompson, Cape Henlopen School District, Lewes, DE; September 2009.","cbCaik1brrhZqurf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaik1brrhZqurf","pdf",162567,"English","# Why we need to explicitly teach vocabulary\n## What explicit vocabulary instruction is\n## What it is NOT\n# Strategies for selecting content vocabulary\n# Steps for planning vocabulary instruction\n## Robert Marzano and Debra Pickering six-step process\n# Strategies for reinforcing content vocabulary","[{\"question\":\"Why is it necessary to explicitly teach content vocabulary?\",\"answer\":\"Because vocabulary knowledge builds background knowledge, helps struggling learners through pre-teaching, supports understanding of key concepts, and explicit instruction improves achievement while closing the achievement gap.\"},{\"question\":\"What does explicit vocabulary instruction include?\",\"answer\":\"It includes varied, meaningful exposures and opportunities for students to restate meanings, represent terms visually, use the terms in discussion and activities, and connect new vocabulary to students’ background knowledge.\"},{\"question\":\"What strategies are recommended for reinforcing content vocabulary?\",\"answer\":\"The document suggests multiple reinforcement routines such as written conversations, framed paragraphs, sentence starters, word walls, word sorts, Frayer Model, and periodic games that let students interact with terms.\"}]","Content Vocabulary Instruction - Distilled | PDF",1790585592]