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Plan for this hour Familiarize self with research What we’re doing Why we’re doing it Selecting vocab. Watch video (25 minutes) Practical approaches Walking through steps 1,2,3 Playing with steps 4,5,6 For more information: Marzano’s Building Academic Vocabulary
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Six Step Vocabulary Instruction
Opening ExerciseRead - Pair – Share
Read what research has to say about vocabulary instruction.
Mark three findings that resonate with you.Share/discuss these findings with a partner
Plan for this hourFamiliarize self with research
What we’re doingWhy we’re doing itSelecting vocab.
Watch video (25 minutes)Practical approaches
Walking through steps 1,2,3Playing with steps 4,5,6
For more information: Marzano’s Building Academic Vocabulary
What findings support what we’ll be looking at today?The first reason that vocabulary instruction often
fails to produce measurable gain in reading comprehension is that much of the instruction does not produce a sufficient depth of word knowledge. (Nagy, 1988, as cited in Honig et al, 2000)
A reader has about a 5 percent chance of learning a new word fully from encountering it only once in print. Therefore, when specific words are key to understanding a concept, intentional, explicit instruction in word meanings is efficient and productive. (Nagy, Anderson and Herman, 1987)
More research“[L]earners can very quickly get a sense of a
word’s meaning…But full understanding…occurs only over time and multiple encounters.”
(Beck et al, 2002).
From “Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices.” US Department of Education.Recommendations for providing explicit vocabulary
instructionDedicate a portion of regular classroom lessons to
explicit vocabulary instruction.Provide repeated exposure to new words in multiple
contexts, and allow sufficient practice sessions in vocabulary instruction.
Give sufficient opportunities to use new vocabulary in a variety of contexts through activities such as discussion, writing, and extended reading.
Provide students with strategies to make them independent vocabulary learners.
What do you think …What does it mean to really know a word?What does it take to really know a word?
Before we get to the video…
Which words to teach? Ideally…Process used by committee to generate district-wide (or
school-wide) list of terms is divided into five phases.Decide on number of words to be taught at each grade level
and, by extension, across a grade-level interval (K-2, 3-5, 6-8,or 9-12) or a multi-grade span (e.g. K-6 or K-12).
For each academic content area in program, create a rank-ordered list of words important to grade-level interval or multi-grade span by selecting words from list.
Add words that reflect local standards and curriculum materials.
Based on length of these lists, determine how many terms should be taught in each academic area.
Generate final list of terms for each academic area by making additions, deletions, or other alterations.
Which words to select?Building Academic Vocabulary Teacher’s
Manual lists 7,923 terms in 11 subject areas extracted from national standards documents, organized into four grade-level intervals: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
Which vocabulary do I teach?
Useful and interesting words
• Target words for instruction that are
– Necessary for understanding the textAND
– Essential to understanding topicnot just
Developing your own selection criteria (in a pinch)
Interesting Hawaiian Words you might like to know
Words necessary and essential to teachers who might like to work in Hawaii
Aloha Humuhumunukunukuapua’a Hokunaho’oikaika Ulalena Huli Haole Kama aina Mahalo Hana Pau kokua Keiki Da kine Shishi
MahaloHanaPauKeikiKokuaHaoleDa Kine
Cue up the video!25 minutes
Practical, hands-on stuff…
Our wordsMahaloHanaPauKeikiKokuaHaoleDa Kine
Step One: Provide a description, explanation, or example of the new termTeacher provides and explanation or example
What do students know or think they know about the term?
What do students know about parts of the word? (roots, prefixes, suffixes)
Offer explanation or example in common, everyday language
NOT a dictionary definition
Step Two: Ask students to restate the description, explanation or example in their own wordsStudents put in into their own language – this
allows students hook the new learning with what they already know
Write a description – put in own language so you can remember and understand it
This engages students and helps them retain the meaning and help them use it later
Check for understandingIf student has only a partial understanding,
clarify the concept
Step Three: Ask students to construct a picture, symbol or graphic representing the termIdea is to have them transfer the learning to
a different modality and translate their understanding of the word into images
Rate how well they know the word
First three stepsGives them a chance to reflect on it and see
where their learning is.Process does not take a lot of time if it’s done
on a consistent basisGives kids enough time to absorb the terms
Next three stepsDeepen understanding
Games
Discussions
Activities
Student Draws
Student explains
Teacher describes
Categories of Instructional Strategies That Affect Student
AchievementIdentifying similarities and differences 45Summarizing and note taking 34Reinforcing effort and providing recognition 29Homework and practice 28Nonlinguistic representations 27Cooperative learning 27Setting objectives and providing feedback 23Generating and testing hypotheses 23Questions, cues, and advance organizers 22
% RateCategory
Step 4: Engage students periodically in activities that add to their knowledge of the termTeacher engages students in activities that
allow them to add to their knowledge of the word
Move the student from superficial to deeper understanding of the term.
If we exposed to it multiple times, the understanding sharpens.
Teacher has to plan activities that allow students to go back and re-experience the words –
Engaging activities that help students process their learningClassify words into categoriesMake analogiesCreating metaphorsFree association
For our purposesClassify the words
Put them into at least two different categories based on what you know
Be prepared to explain why you did what you did
Step 5: Ask students to discuss terms with one anotherGive groups of students questions about wordsStudents talk to others, explain what they know, compare what they
know with what others knowThis allows for multiple exposures and the social aspect of learningPair up with students with similar background experiences (ESL)How do students interact with others?Students ask each other questions to understand they know the
vocabulary for themselvesStudents automatically work through meaning and ask, “How has
my understanding of this word changed?”Make notes as they revise their understanding of the terms and re-
rate their understandingTheir notebook entries can help you identify who needs further
instruction or review
Question to answer in groupsWhat are the words that would be used by
students? Why?What are some words that would be used by
teachers? Why?What are some words that would be used by
staff? Why?
Step 6: Involve students in games that allow them to play with terms.Students are asked to play
Games – students are experiencing words over and over again
They are also associating fun and enjoyment with the word
VobackularyI hold up a word behind a student’s backPeople in the class try to give you clues as to
what the word is so you can figure it out.
What do you need to implement six-step processTime! If time is invested on front end, you don’t
have a lot of review at the endThe process is designed to meet needs of
students as you go along, not a lot of reviewAll six steps together allows you to introduce
words in a non-threatening ways and allows students to process words multiple times in a multitude of ways and have fun with the words
The Book…Building Academic Vocabulary by Robert
Marzano