Vocabulary Instruction-Not all Words are Created Equal!January Coffee HouseBy Billie RengoLiteracy Coach

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Purpose-To Help Students Succeed

Not all students are ELL, but all students are academic language learners.

(Zahner, 2012) Struggling readers Students with limited

vocabularies May be related to

learning needs or lack of instruction (Hutton)

Common Core Standards Sort words according

to concepts Use affixes as a clue

to a word’s meaning Use context clues in

age appropriate texts Develop an

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What words? There are 3 “tiers” of

vocabulary words Tier 1-do not require

direct instruction and are “basic vocabulary” (ex. Sun)

Tier 2-sight words and multiple meaning words Require direct teaching

Tier 3-low-frequency/content specific words

(Hutton)

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Supporting Vocabulary During Guided Reading

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Strategies Create Word Walls What research

based strategies can you use with your students?

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Frayer ModelDeepens student

understandingNot simply a definitionExamples and non-examples

are listed(Worksheet Works)

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What does peppy mean? Use context clues

Share a portion of the story “Gingerbread

Friends “ by Jan Brett

LINCS Strategy Step 1: List the parts Step 2: Identify a Reminding Word Step 3: Note a LINCing Story Step 4: Create a LINCing Picture Step 5: Self-test

(Zahner, 2012)

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References Hutton, T. Three tiers of vocabulary education.Super

Duper Handy Handouts, No. 182 Brett, J. (2009). Gingerbread baby. New York:

Scholastic. Worksheet Works. (n.d.). Worksheet works. Retrieved

from http://www.worksheetworks.com/miscellanea/graphic-organizers/frayer.html

Zahner, M. (2012, October 8th). Vocabulary instruction--make it explicit!. Retrieved from http://literacyinstructionalcoach.blogspot.com/2012/10/vocabulary-instruction-make-it-explicit.html