Lada Martinez Benesova

January 15th, 2014

ES Faculty Meeting, International School Manila

• Mastery of unit vocabulary is one of the essential requirements in understanding the concepts and terms of units of inquiry

• Vocabulary strategies play a central role in our teaching

• Vocabulary must be taught within a meaningful context

• In the ESL enrichment classes

• In our Inclusion Lessons

• In our Literacy / Unit of Inquiry sections

• In Math sections

Unit of Inquiry Vocabulary Lists

• Media Literacy• Migration• Child Rights• Scientific Process

Word WallsPosted in classrooms, the Grade 4 hallway as well as the Grade 4 ESL classroom

WOW: The Word of the Week• Each week, students study one

word• Students analyze the structure of

the word (prefix, stem, suffix)• Students THRASS the word• Students write a definition in

their writing journals

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ESL Vocabulary Harvesters

Grade 4 Vocabulary ActivityDescription:»Students are divided into groups of 3-4.»Each group is asked to find and to write down definitions of three words.

» The words and students' definitions are projected on the screen.

» Each group comes up with a skit representing each word (students cannot use the word or a word that has the same stem).

» Other groups guess the word.

»Exploitation– treating people unfairly and making them a victim; taking advantage of people in a selfish manner/»Equality – being equal or being given the same value; being treated equally with others.»Peace – when there is security because there is no war or arguments»Segregation – separating people from each other based on race, class, religion, or ethnic group»Violation – the act of breaking rules or laws on purpose or by accident »Racism – thinking that one race (country/nationality/ethnicity) is better than another race»Discriminate – to treat others badly»Prejudice - a bias that prevents objective consideration of something»Compassion – having awareness and feeling sympathy for another person’s suffering»Poverty – state of having little or no money & possessions; being poor & not able to have the basic human needs like shelter, food and water»Empathy – when you identify with and understand someone’s situation and feelings»Injustice – the practice of being unfair; the violation of another's rights or of what is right; when there is no justice»Freedom – being free to act, speak, or think without restraint; able to do what you want»Stereotype – oversimplified idea or opinion about something or someone

Thank you for watching!

benesoval@ismanila.org