vocabulary instruction in the 21st century
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Low tech and high tech ways to teach explicitly teach vocabulary words to students.TRANSCRIPT
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