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Common Core ELA Common Core ELA Core Six | 2014
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Common Core ELA
Common Core ELA
Core Six | 2014
Common Core
Core Six !
1.) Reading for Meaning 2.) Compare and Contrast/
Inductive Learning 3.) Circle of Knowledge/
Write to Learn 4.) Vocabulary’s CODE
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Core Six | 2014
Common Core
Core Six | 2014
Common Core
Why do we explicitly teach vocabulary? !- most important factor in reading comprehension (Santa, Haven, Valdez, 2004)!- increases student comprehension by as much as 12% (Marzano, 2001)!!Which words should we teach? !- only those that are critical to content!- words our students have demonstrated they do not already know!!How should we teach these essential terms? !- with multiple exposures through a variety of instructional strategies
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Let’s Use the Circle of Knowledge Strategy to Discuss Vocabulary!Circle of Knowledge Steps!
!1. Hook w/ a “big” question — !
In your experience, how important is vocabulary for the !subjects YOU teach? !
2. Give time to think; jot down notes!3. Sharpen the discuss w/ a focus question!
What strategies do you use in the classroom to teach vocabulary? !4. Think — Pair — Share!5. Whole-class discussion !
6. Use your moves!7. Record (List Strategies)!
8. Reflect!9. Apply (Organize w/in the CODE)
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Vocabulary’s CODE!!C — Connect the words being introduced to what the students already know !(but you need to know what they know first!). !- Personal Associations!- Synonyms!- Familiar Word Parts!- Context Clues!- Pictures!!O— Organize the new vocabulary to discover relationships between terms. !- Graphic Organizers!- Brief Writing Activities!!D— Deeply Process the terms and internalize their meanings!- Analogies and Metaphors!- Visual Representations!- Writing and Discussion!!E— Exercise the words to gain ownership!- Games and Review!- Use it or Lose it! !!!
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Core Six | 2014
Connect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
Core Six | 2014
Common CoreConnect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
Core Six | 2014
Common CoreConnect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
Core Six | 2014
Common Core
Inane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Goofy’s name fits him perfectly because he’s always doing inane things. !
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Connect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
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Common Core
Fritter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Rather than doing their homework or chores around the house, many teens fritter away all of their time playing video games. !
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Connect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
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Common Core
Lethargy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Homer Simpson suffers from lethargy because he has a poor diet, drinks too much, and doesn’t exercise. !
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Connect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
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Subsidize!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Many students rely on financial institutions to subsidize the cost of education via student loans. !
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Connect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
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Context Clues!!Another Way to Introduce a Word — Identifying Context Clues!!Example — Nelson Mandela, who led the fight against apartheid in South Africa, was considered a dissident by the South African government. !!Synonym — While he was considered a dissident and a revolutionary by many, George Washington was a human being with feelings and a family. !!Antonym — No one would consider him a dissident, as he always followed the rules and never questioned his boss. !!General Sense of the Sentence — After it was established that she refused to acknowledge the authority of the king, the woman was labeled a dissident and was burned at the stake. !!!!!
Connect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
Core Six | 2014
Common CoreConnect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
Which of our “Sweet Moves” fall under the “Connect” category? !!
- Vocabulary Notebooks help students take ownership for their vocabulary and allow for them to connect meanings!
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Graphic Organizers!- Discover relationships
among terms!!
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/!
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Vocabulary Triangle!!
Let’s try it with:
Inane
Fritter
Lethargy
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Common CoreConnect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
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Which of our “Sweet Moves” fall under the “Organize” category? !!
- Graphic Organizers students organize various aspects of a given word and allow for comparing and contrasting!
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Common CoreConnect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
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Deep Processing!!
- Internalize word meanings!- Use analogies and metaphors!- Include visual representations!- Involve writing and discussion!
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Sound-alikes!!
- He acts so inane that he must be insane! !
- She fritters away her day with constant Twitter play. !
- My hotdog’s embellished with mustard and relish. !
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Deep Processing!!
Analogies !
MEDICINE : ILLNESS :: !
a.) law : anarchyb.) hunger : thirstc.) etiquette : disciplined.) love : treason e.) stimulant : sensitivity !
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Deep Processing!!
Vocabulary Writing !
- Give students a list of terms related to a “key term.” - Students use the key term in a topic sentence and then organize the remaining terms in accordance with a logical structure. - Students choose appropriate transition words and begin writing their paragraph/ synopsis. !
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Metaphorical Thinking !
- Scholars go beyond definitions to make associations and analyze possible connections - Create metaphors for the terms themselves - How is bureaucracy like a bureau (a chest of drawers). - How is sporadic rainfall like sporadic studying? - Create metaphors by finding similar attributes - How is homeostasis in the body like a thermostat in a house? - How is a cell like a city? - How is a dissident like a strong wind?
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Visual Vocabulary Cards !
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Common CoreConnect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
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Which of our “Sweet Moves” fall under the “Deep” category? !
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Common CoreConnect — Organize — Deep — Exercise
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Exercising !
Gaining Ownership | Playing Games !
Crossword Puzzles!Word Jumbles!
Boggle!Charades!
Concentration!Jeopardy!
BINGO!Magic Square!
Vocabulary Baseball!
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