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What about our ELLs?Why Teach Vocabulary?What Does Research Say? Article “Six Vocabulary Activities for the English Classroom”Vocabulary Activities
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WhateverIt’s mine Ya-right
Oops
Dawg
Straight up What it is
My stuff Yes/No
Can you name others?
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What do you want to know about English Language Learners?
What do you know about English Language Learners?
Your own experiences, or
What you’ve learned
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What language do they speak at home? How much English do they know? How much prior schooling do they have?
When did they come to U.S.? Do their parents speak English? What is the education level of their parents?
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Learning, as a language based activity, is fundamentally and profoundly dependent on vocabulary knowledge.
Baker, Simmons, Kameenui 1998
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“Increasing vocabulary knowledge is a basic part of the process of education, both as a means and as an end. At the same time, advances in knowledge will create an even larger pool of concepts and words that a person must master to be literate and employable.”
Naggy
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For English language learners (ELLs), vocabulary development is especially important. The average native English speaker enters kindergarten knowing at least 5,000 words. The average ELL may know 5,000 words in his or her native language, but very few words in English. While native speakers continue to learn new words, ELLs face the double challenge of building that foundation and then closing the gap.
(Honig, 1996)
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Text factors, Word importance, Student Factors, Tier 1, 2 or 3
Manageable Number (approximately 10)
Provide a Model, Definition or Synonym
Practice (using complex texts)
Nurture an Appreciation of Words
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Tier One Words (every day)
Tier Two Words (general academic)
Tier Three Words (Domain-specific)
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Tier 1 words: ◦blue, elbow, table, run, girl
Tier 2 words: ◦difference, temperate, omnivore, exaggerate, measure
Tier 3 words: ◦asphalt, couplet, revolutionary
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Some farmers grow blueberries in big fields. The people who live nearby can earn money by helping to pick the blueberries. Each one takes a pail out to the field and fills it with blueberries. They work fast so that they can fill many pails. They want to earn as much money as they can. When they are done picking, their fingers are blue from the juice of the berries!
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Some farmers grow blueberries in big fields. The people who live nearby can earn money by helping to pick the blueberries. Each one takes a pail out to the field and fills it with blueberries. They work fast so that they can fill many pails. They want to earn as much money as they can. When they are done picking, their fingers are blue from the juice of the berries!
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Which words deserve the most attention from you and from your students? (All words are not created equal as far as instruction time and effort are concerned)
How will you allocate your time so you are spending the time and effort on the words that will provide the most powerful change in student learning?
Take a look at the words you are teaching this week. For each word on the list, ask yourself the following questions:
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Is this word important and useful, i.e., is this a word that is going to show up throughout someone's life?
Does this word have all kinds of possibilities for instruction, i.e., can I see numerous ways to teach this word--and to bring in other language learning, too?
Do my students have the background knowledge to understand this new word that I'm teaching--or do I need to provide some context for them, first?
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Before doing an activity, teaching content, or reading a story in class, pre-teaching vocabulary is always helpful for ELLs
Students will get the chance to identify words and then be able to place them in context and remember them
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Role playing Pantomiming Using gestures Showing real objects Pointing to pictures Doing quick drawings on the board
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Pre-select words from an upcoming text Explain the meaning with student-friendly
definitions. Provide examples of how it is used. Ask students to repeat the word two or
three times. Engage students in activities to develop
mastery. Ask students to say the word again.
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Six Vocabulary Activities for the English Language
Classroom
(Jigsaw Activity)
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Four different groups◦ Group # 1: pages 12-14 (stop before: Additional…)◦ Group # 2: Pages 14-15 (stop before: Important …)◦ Group # 3: Pages 15-16 (stop before Six Voc …)◦ Group # 4: Pages 16-19
ReadSummarize Present
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Keeping a running list of words
Vocabulary cards
Reading vocabulary items
Vocabulary ladder puzzle
Vocabulary sentence auction
Scrambled vocabulary envelopes
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Frog Toad
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FrogsSmooth, moist skinLive in or near waterGood swimmersMake long jumpHave teethMore active at night or on rainy daysHave a long sticky tongue to capture prey
Toads Dry, rough, bumpy
skin Live mostly on land Shorter, less powerful
back leg Have teeth More active at night or
on rainy days Have a long sticky
tongue to capture prey
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AloneCheerFineMeadowReasonSpoiled
“Days With Frog and Toad”
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Write the word Write its definition Draw a picture about the word Write a sentence with the word and draw a
picture about the sentence
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Meadow: Grassy land
The horses are grazing in the meadow.
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Write the correct vocabulary word next to the definition
Write two sentences using two different vocabulary words
Draw a picture that describes one of the vocabulary words
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Fine
Spoiled
Cheer
Alone
Reason
Very good
Ruined
Make glad
Not with anyone
Cause
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Compound Words
Two teams: one team calls the first half of the word and the other team calls the second half
If answer is correct write the new word on the post card and draw a picture about the word. Words will be posted on chart paper
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rainbow
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Write vocabulary word next to the correct definition
Write the word and draw a picture describing it Complete sentences with vocabulary words Complete a CLOZE activity Write a story with the words Use words in a crossword puzzle Part of speech Prefix and suffix Singular and plural Compound words game
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Learning new vocabulary words can be a challenging task for many students. One way to overcome this challenge is to play games (e.g. jeopardy, pyramid, mimes, bingo) that will make learning new words fun by creating a competitive environment.
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Select 3 Tier 2 words and write them on the board
Introduce the story Introduce the
vocabulary words you have chosen
Read the story Review Vocabulary
words by asking students how they were used in the text
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Favored Favored means
something that is liked or wanted more than other things.
What’s the word? You are favored
by your parents.
Tell students:
I am going to name some words. If you think the word means wanted more than other things, say favored. Otherwise, stay quiet. Ready?
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Remember sayfavored or stayquiet Disliked Chosen Preferred Special Undesirable
Remember saySlave or stayquiet Work in the fields Relax Take care of animals
Have fun Get paid lots of money
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In this sentence you are going to underline the word
_______________. Read each sentence to students.
1- Our country is called the United States of America.
2- The government of the country is big.
3- You are too young to vote in this election.
4- You should hope no one is ever a slave again.
5- All the other children felt that John was the favored student.
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1- Our country is called the United States of America.
2- The government of the country is big.
3- You are too young to vote in this election.
4- You should hope no one is ever a slave again.
5- All the other children felt that John was the favored student.
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Entering/Beginner Level:
Questions that elicit one-word answers: What’s …? Yes/no questions: Is it tall? Either/or questions: Is it smaller or larger?
Developing/Expanding Level:
Questions that elicit higher order thinking: Why? How? What do you think about …?What would you do differently?
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Use of visuals, gestures, realia, hands-on tasks Frontloading/explicit instruction for concepts and
vocabulary (including academic language) Scaffolding information – modified text, graphic
organizers, sentence frames and stems, modified and alternate text, note taking, listening guides, info gap activities
Adjusting teacher speech - shorter sentences, use of idioms, pace and clarity of speech, saying many different ways
Frequent opportunities for language practice (small group cooperative learning, think-pair-share, numbered heads)
Safe environment for speaking (think-pair-share, whisper to me, etc.)
Effective ELL Strategies
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Student-friendly definition Compare and contrast Elaboration Gestures Real, concrete objects/hands-on
experiences Teacher examples Student examples Repetition Connections to students’ experiences Fun with words (Word Walls, Word Jars)
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http://www.fcrr.org/
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_A.pdf http://bilingual.dadeschools.net/
http://languageartsreading.dadeschools.net/
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Vocabulary knowledge is the single greatest contributor to reading comprehension and thus a strong predictor of overall academic achievement.
--Kate Kinsella, Isabel Beck, Robert Marzano,Doug Fisher, et. al.
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http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1133.html
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/frogs.html
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/2nd/ela/trophy/2nd/book1/frog_toad/frogtoad_interactives.htm
http://www.theteachersguide.com/booklessons/dayswithfrogandtoad/VocabTestdayswith.pdf
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