teaching vocabulary in a common core world

Teaching Vocabulary in a Common Core World

Keith Pruitt, Ed.SWords of Wisdom Educational

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Various aspects of CCSS

• Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting references

• Demonstrate understanding of word relationships

• Acquire and use academic words

• Anchor Standards K-12 demonstrate the importance of word knowledge. A.4-6

Anchor Standards K-5 Reading Show Vocabulary

• 4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

• Key Ideas and Details

• Craft and Structure

• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

• Text Complexity

Let’s See How Vocabulary is handled at grade level

Areas with Emphasis for Vocabulary

1. Literature

2. Informational Text

3. Foundational Skills

4. Writing

Literature K-5

Craft and Structure

Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade

Ask and answer questions about unknown wordsin a text.

Identify words and phrases in stories or poemsthat suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regularbeats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supplyrhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

Literature K-5

Craft and Structure

Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Determine the meaning of words and phrases asthey are used in a text, distinguishing literal fromnonliteral language.

Determine the meaning of words and phrasesas they are used in a text, including thosethat allude to significant characters found inmythology (e.g., Herculean).

Determine the meaning of words and phrasesas they are used in a text, including figurativelanguage such as metaphors and similes.

Informational Text K-5

Craft and Structure

Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade

With prompting and support, ask and answerquestions about unknown words in a text.

Ask and answer questions to help determine orclarify the meaning of words and phrases in atext.

Determine the meaning of words and phrases in atext relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area

Informational Text K-5

Craft and Structure

Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Determine the meaning of general academicand domain-specific words and phrases in a textrelevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

Determine the meaning of general academicand domain-specific words or phrases in a textrelevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.

Determine the meaning of general academicand domain-specific words and phrases in a textrelevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.

Foundational Skills K-5

Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds-Phonological Awareness

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds-Phonological Awareness

Know and apply grade-level phonics and wordanalysis skills in decoding words

Know and apply grade-level phonics and wordanalysis skills in decoding words

Know and apply grade-level phonics and wordanalysis skills in decoding words

Foundational Skills K-5Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Know and apply grade-level phonics and wordanalysis skills in decoding words

a. Identify and know the meaning of the mostcommon prefixes and derivational suffixes.b. Decode words with common Latin suffixes.c. Decode multi-syllable words.d. Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelledwords.

Know and apply grade-level phonics and wordanalysis skills in decoding words

Use combined knowledge of all letter-soundcorrespondences, syllabication patterns, andmorphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to readaccurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words incontext and out of context.

Know and apply grade-level phonics and wordanalysis skills in decoding words

Use combined knowledge of all letter-soundcorrespondences, syllabication patterns, andmorphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to readaccurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words incontext and out of context.

What Happened To Writing?

So we have seen WHAT we are to do… let’s look at how we do it.

Working with Vocabulary

1. Explain2. Restate3. Show4. Discuss5. Refine and Reflect6. Application and Fun

Building Background Knowledge, Robert MarzanoBringing Words to Life, Beck, McKeown, Kucan

All of the Read Aloud selections come from favorite children’s literature, essential literature selections and big books.

The system accentuates students learning a context for the words and not definitions.

Two copies of each grade level will be delivered to your school as a tool for you to use as they become available.

It’s Your Turn NowAt your table are books and templates of lesson one.• Select words from a book.• Following the template,

each table will be responsible for designing a set of lessons.

• Report out to groups

Thank You

Teach Words!!!!

Keith Pruittkpruittwow@gmail.com

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