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Technology Tools for Shift #6: Academic Vocabulary
Answer the following questions…
The nugger was flinp. The nugger was flinp and wugnet. The nugger was flinp, wugnet and manple
in my waslet.
What was flinp? How else does the author describe the
nugger? What does the nugger do?
What is a nugger?
One more time…
"Aoccdrnig to a rseearchr at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit any porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe."
One more time…
"Aoccdrnig to a fulgegr at an Elingsh ugrbiitloy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit any porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe."
One more time…
"Aoccdrnig to a flugger at an Elingsh ubligitory, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit any porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe."
Why teach Vocabulary?
Biggest “Bang” for your buck Oral language vastly different from
written language 95% of words on page to
comprehend meaning Recognition of a new word in print
is easier & faster if the word already has an identity
How many???
The Oxford English Dictionary: _________
In printed school English, grades 3-9: ______
Recognized by college graduates: ________
Recognized by high school graduates: ______
Recognized by average kindergartener: _____
How many???
The Oxford English Dictionary: 290,500 In printed school English, grades 3-9:
88,000 Recognized by college graduates:
50,000-80,000 Recognized by high school graduates:
40,000 Recognized by avg. kindergartener:
4,500-5,000
How the Gap in Word Knowledge Grows…the “root” of the problem
Grade Root Words Known by Average Student
(25th – 75th percentile)
Root Words Known by Lowest 25%
Students(Bottom Quartile)
End of preK 3,440 2,440
End of K 4,300 3,014
End of Grade 1 5,160 3,592
End of Grade 2 6,020 4,168
(after Biemiller, 1999. 2005)
Children with well-developed vocabularies will recognize the meanings of thousands more words!
Common Core Learning Standards & Academic Vocabulary
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Common Core Appendix A
Listening vs. Reading Comprehension
Listening vs. Reading Comprehension
Three Tiers of Vocabulary(Beck & McKeown)
Three Tiers: CORE Literacy Library (Diamond & Gutlohn)
Types of Academic Vocabulary
Lists of Academic Vocabulary
General Service List + Academic Word List cover 90% of academic vocabulary Bauer & Nation (General Service List) Coxhead (Academic Word List)
Other: Morphology Marzano (Academic Vocabulary)
General Service List (GSL)
Approx 2000 words of greatest “general service”
Each is a “headword” representing a word family
Frequency data for each word is given
Widely influential (graded readers)
Coxhead’s Academic Word List (AWL)
570 most common word families from academic text
Excluded the first 2000 words (GSL), proper nouns & purely latin forms (et al, etc, ie,)
Ordered by frequency (10 sublists)
Marzano’s List
Subject-specific Grade-band specific Includes proper nouns
Morphology & Affixes/Roots
Biggest Bang… Using context…
Greek & Latin influences Prefixes, suffixes & roots
Online Tools for Strategy Instruction
eVoc Strategies: 10 Ways to…
E2ela.wikispaces.org
www.wordsift.com
Strategies…
http://www.engageny.org See 3rd Grade ELA Curriculum,
“protocols” -> “Vocabulary Strategies”
Semantic Map Semantic Feature Analysis Venn Diagram Frayer Model Gradient Grid
Google Presentation
http://www.lextutor.ca/
http://conc.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/
http://quizlet.com
http://flashcardstash.com/
http://padlet.com/(formerly wallwisher)
www.instagrok.com
www.wordle.com
http://www.tagxedo.com/
www.learnthat.org
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/alzsh3/acvocab/
http://www.uefap.com/vocab/vocfram.htm
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
http://voicethread.com/
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/
Other Resources:
http://www.georgialiteracy.org/Detail/92/vobid--460/
www.evernote.com Language Essentials for Teachers of
Reading and Spelling, The Mighty Word: Building Vocabulary and Oral Language, Dr. Louisa Moats, Sopris West,