How effective teachers expand students' knowledge of words.
1. Teachers provide daily opportunities for students to read books independently and listen to them read aloud.
2. Teachers categorize unfamiliar words into three tiers: basic words, academic words, and specialized words.
3. Teachers teach Tier 2 words using direct instruction and a variety of word-study activities.
4. Teachers support students' development of word-learning strategies.
5. Teachers nurture students' word consciousness.
Word Study Activity
Review the text provided. In groups of 5 prepare a word study lesson based on the text provided. Each group will be asked to prepare one of the following activities:
1. Word Posters
2. Word Maps
3. Word Sorts
4. Word Chains
5. Semantic Feature Analysis
Vocab Resources
2. Teachers categorize unfamiliar words into three tiers: basic words, academic words, and specialized words.
3. Teachers teach Tier 2 words using direct instruction and a variety of word-study activities.
4. Teachers support students' development of word-learning strategies.
5. Teachers nurture students' word consciousness.
Word Study Activity
Review the text provided. In groups of 5 prepare a word study lesson based on the text provided. Each group will be asked to prepare one of the following activities:
1. Word Posters
2. Word Maps
3. Word Sorts
4. Word Chains
5. Semantic Feature Analysis
Vocab Resources
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Vocab 2-3 | |
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Vocab Story 4-8 | |
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Idioms
Children should be exposed to idioms to build their understanding of figurative language. Suggested titles include Put Your Foot in Your Mouth and Other Silly Sayings (Cox, 1980), Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms: More than 600 Phrases, Sayings, and Expressions (Terban, 1996), Punching the Clock: Funny Action Idioms (Terban,
1990), and In a Pickle and Other Funny Idioms (Terban, 1983).
Children should be exposed to idioms to build their understanding of figurative language. Suggested titles include Put Your Foot in Your Mouth and Other Silly Sayings (Cox, 1980), Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms: More than 600 Phrases, Sayings, and Expressions (Terban, 1996), Punching the Clock: Funny Action Idioms (Terban,
1990), and In a Pickle and Other Funny Idioms (Terban, 1983).
Greek and Latin Rood Word Wall Pieces And Word Cards
demogreekandlatinrootwordmemory1.pdf | |
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Articles on Vocabulary and Word Study
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My esorts | |
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Vocabulary Visits | |
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