VOCABULARY STRATEGIES

ELDPI

• Vocabulary is contextualized

• Students need multiple exposures to vocabulary

• Compare/Contrast vocabulary

• Use intensive vocabulary instruction

CONTEXTUALIZING VOCABULARY

• Use prior knowledge

• Scaffold words

• Use visuals, realia

• Use real life connections

MULTIPLE EXPOSURES

• Word games: slap, pyramid game, password, crossword puzzles, word searches, pictionary

• Cloze activities

• Writing activities

• Vocabulary cards

COMPARE/CONTRAST

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Graphic organizers; semantic feature analyses, spider webs, other graphic organizers

INTENSIVE VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION:

• Root words

• Prefixes, suffixes

• Cognates

• Signal words

• Context clues

ELD Standards Correlations to Visions

Level 6-8 ELD Stand. 9-12 ELD Stan.

Basic Beginning Beginning

Level A Intermediate Early Int.

Level B Early Advanced Early Advanced

Level C Advanced Early Advanced