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Jackson and Nancy Newell  \n46 Science and Children  \nW  \nords are the foundation of knowledge. They are powerful tools used to express ideas, communicate with others, access knowledge, and learn about new concepts. Research shows a strong  \nrelationship between student word knowledge and academic achievement. As a result, building academic content vocabulary is an important part of science instruction. Research also suggests that using visuals in teaching improves student success. Visual literacy,“the ability to interpret images as well as to generate images for communicating ideas and concepts”(Stokes 2001, p. 1), is a key feature of 21st-century classrooms.  \nThe report Preparing Teachers (NRC 2010) noted that there is a link between standards and the nature of classroom instruction: “Instruction throughout K–12 education is likely to develop science pro!ciency if it provides students with opportunities for a range ofscienti!c activities and scienti!c thinking.” Additionally, A Framework for K–12 Science Education states that students learn and demonstrate pro!ciency with core ideas by engaging in knowledge-building practices (NRC 2011) . Vocabulary instruction research states that teachers should provide structured opportunities for students to encounter and use new words in authentic and engaging ways (David 2010) . We believe that “vocabulary parades” are a creative, structured, and engaging way to build science content knowledge and demonstrate understanding and thinking.  \nIntroducing the Parade  \nThe vocabulary parade is an innovative instructional strategy that creatively combines vocabulary instruction and visual literacy. A vocabulary parade provides students with an opportunity to creatively interpret words using costumes, props, posters, or hats. Inspired by the“words-turned-costume” parade presented in Debra Frasier’s delightful book Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster (2007), we organized our own science vocabulary parade. Science vocabulary parades can be modi!ed to !t the needs of students in both the upper-and lowerelementary school grade levels (K–6) .  \nDebra Frasier’s web page (see Internet Resources) provides detailed instructions on how to organize and stage three types of vocabulary parades: vocabulary in full costumes, vocabulary posters, and hats decorated to represent vocabulary words. Cardboard boxes, !le folders, or construction paper could also be used. After reading the three parade descriptions, the !fth-grade team decided that a “Hats-Off-to-Science” vocabulary parade would be the best choice for our students. To ensure the success of each student, we provided inexpensive plastic top hats, supplied decorating materials, and created the hats during the school day.  \n“Tomorrow is science vocabulary word day! Every-  \nbody picks their science vocabulary word tomorrow!” we exclaimed at our early morning assembly and continued to chant throughout the day. Building anticipation was paramount for student buy-in. The following day, the school literacy coach visited each !fth-grade classroom. She introduced the Hats-Off-to-Science vocabulary parade idea and showed the students pictures of vocabulary parade hats on Debra Frasier’s webpage. Then she allowed the students to select a science vocabulary word from a top hat loaded with 90 strips of paper, on which we had written carefully selected words and corresponding pictures representing key!fth-grade science concepts. The literacy coach held the top hat high in the air, and one by one the students put a hand init and withdrew a word. Then each student read the selected word aloud while classmates cheered and applauded. Once all the students had selected a word, we told them that they were going to go to the library for a review of effective research techniques. 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