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PIIC Professional Development January 27, 2011 Nancy Neusbaum, IU15 Laura Yaeger, IU5 Slide 2 Why teach vocabulary? Slide 3 1. List-Brainstorm 7 words that you think of when you think about the Viet Nam War. 2. (At your table)Get into groups of 4 and work together to combine your individual lists into a common one. As you create your list, think of ways your words could be categorized. 3. Label your categories. 4. Share out. List-Group-Label Slide 4 Essential Questions Why is it so important to spend time on words in the different content areas? How do coaches plan with teachers to make this happen? Slide 5 Exposed to 1,800,000 words per year Exposed to 282,00 words per year Exposed to 8,000 words per year