The Power of VocabularyPresented by Andrea Ruiz

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Please have handy the handout that was e-mailed to you “Reading Plus Approach: The Rule of 3”

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When finished with this training you will be able to:Name the top indicator of academic success/failure

Identify the most effective strategies for teaching vocabulary

Apply the Rule of 3 into classroom instruction

Analyze content to determine which words to target for instruction

Design a lesson following the RAP method

ESL Student Success!

Systematic vocabulary teaching has been

cited by many studies as a Best Practice for accelerating academic

achievement across subject areas.

What do the researchers find?

Linda Ventriglia, Ph.D.

12 year study

1 major factor present for each successful program:

VOCABULARY

# 1 indicator of academic failure and success?

Vocabulary knowledge

Higher vocabulary = test scores

Lower vocabulary = test scores

99.9% correlation!

Importance of Vocabulary Development

How can we best teach our students vocabulary?Train students to

ask about unknown words

Create word walls

What criteria do we use to set up our word wall?

A. Alphabetical order

B. Part of Speech

C. The order in which our students are introduced to a word?

How can we best teach our students vocabulary?

Teaching 15 new words and 20 minutes a day is ideal - no more.

Write each new word in a word book

Use pictures whenever possible

How can we best teach our students vocabulary?

Bridge words to students own language:

How can we best teach our students vocabulary?

Teach Latin and Greek roots (75% of words)

Review: Best Practices…1. Encourage students to ask about unfamiliar

words

2. Create a Word Wall

3. Teach 15 words a day/20 minutes of instruction

4. Have students keep a word book

5. Use pictures whenever possible

6. Bridge words to students language (ex. Google Translate)

7. Teach Greek and Latin roots

Recall

Name as many Best Practices as you can in the chat box now

Focus on Tier 2 wordsTier 2: These are the words to target for instruction*Interdisciplinary These words can be used by students across subject areas. Examples: reached, transferred, prevented

*Multiple meaning words and idioms Examples: steps, staple, check, table, “keep track”

(Focus on CASAS vocabulary)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Other TiersTier 1: High frequency words: run, make, these, my, turn. Cognates: family-familia, revolution-revolucion

Tier 3: Subject specific words and proper nouns: Examples: Native Americans, photosynthesis, Pilgrims

Cognates: Can you think of more?Examples: history – historiahospitality – hospitalidadpatience – pacienciadecisive – decisivotemperature- temperaturaliberty – libertad

Others?

Idioms: Can you think of more?Examples:

A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush

Riding shotgun

A Chip On Your Shoulder

When It Rains, It Pours

A Drop in the Bucket

Water Under The Bridge

Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve

When Pigs Fly

Collaborate:You will be reviewing a passage. As a group,

you will determine the Tier 2 words.

By last name:Group 1: A-F Group 2: G-MGroup 3: N-R Group 4: S-Z

Can you find the Tier 2 words?

Martin Luther King wanted to end segregation. He did not believe in the separation of white and black people. He believed in the equality of all people .

Martin Luther King organized peaceful demonstrations and civil rights marches in Atlanta, hoping to gain equal rights for African Americans.

Martin’s dreams became a reality. African Americans can vote and go to the same schools as white children; but he did not live to see these things occur. In 1968 he was assassinated.

Today, we celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday on January 15th as a national holiday.

Tier 2?

equalitysegregationseparationorganized peaceful

demonstrationsAfrican

Americansassassinatedcelebratebirthday

RAP with your students!

Student relates the word to

his/her own experiences ex: camouflage

Spell and Say while snapping fingers

Give the definition

Ask students for definition / confirm or correct

Present visuals that students can connect to words

Match words to synonyms or definitions

R-Rehearse

“carlin”

Word AnalysisDiscuss grammar,

parts of speech, letter patterns, root words, prefixes and suffixes, families

Other forms (caution-cautiously)

Cloze exercises

Word Map

Create or find a picture for the word

Demonstrate the word- (Mope)

Use the word in conversation

Construct a sentence with the word

Think of a word or picture that clues the learner to the meaning of the word

P- Produce

Present Translate, pictures, Greek and Latin roots

Select *words used in several subjects *words with multiple meanings

Engage – RAP! Rehearse, Analyze, and Produce. Word walls, word books, and interactions: Snap and Spell, visualizing, drawing

Recap:

Please post any questions you have to the chat box area.

I will send this slide deck out to you for reference

Certificates of course completion

Post-session survey: please share your thoughts on today’s presentation and share how you have implemented vocabulary instruction in your classroom since this session

Feel free to contact me at alruiz@bellevue.edu

Wrapping it up…