vocabulary instruction in the 21st century

Vocabulary Instruction in the 21st Century: Visual Tools for Teachers and Students

Jennifer Jones Lake Myra Elementary School

Wake County Public Schools

North Carolina Reading Conference . March 20, 2012

Words are not just words. They are the nexus –

the interface – between communication and

thought. When we read, it is through words that

we build, refine, and modify our knowledge.

What makes vocabulary valuable and important

is not the words themselves so much as….

the understandings

they afford.

Marilyn Jager Adams (2009, p.180)

Three Tiers of Words (Beck, McKeown, Kucan, 2002, 2008, Common Core State Standards, 2011)

People's knowledge of any topic is encapsulated in the terms they know that are relevant to the topic.

Impact of Direct Vocabulary Instruction

Marzano & Pickering (2005). Building Academic Vocabulary.

Marzano 6-Step Process

Tier 2 Words

Tier 3 Words – Schoolwide Process

Vocabulary Notebooks

Marzano 6-Step Process

Graphic Organizers

Vocabulary Games Anchor Charts

Beck’s Text Talk Lessons

High Tech Tools

Web 2.0 Tools

Wordle, Tagxedo, Image Chef, ABCya Word Clouds

Web Tool #1 – Word Clouds

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus, WordSift, Visuwords, Wordnik

Web Tool #2 – Online Thesauruses & Dictionaries

Visual representations

and connections

Ask.com, Destiny

Web Tool #3 – Search Engines

Destiny School Library System

Web Tool #4 – Static Creations & Presentations

Big Huge Labs, Glogster, Smilebox

Instead of a motivational poster, Create a vocabulary poster.

Animoto, Tubes (You, School, Teacher), Prezi

Web Tool #5 –Dynamic Creations & Presentations

• YouTube Video

https://wakeelementaryscience.pbworks.com/w/page/33255398/Video

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Web Tool #6 – Google Tools

Thank You!

Jennifer Jones – jjones2@wcpss.net helloliteracy.blogspot.com

Thank You!