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Carla Huck and Beth Amaral
SIOP Instructional Coaches
Danbury High School
October 2014
As our supply of fresh water becomes more and
more escassa, we have naturally looked to the
oceans, the greatest source of water on earth. But
there is so much salt in seawater that it is not fit
for human verbruik. Scientists have been trying to
find ways to turn this gatz water into fresh water.
Machines for the umwandlung of water are
already at work in various parts of the world, but
their cost is still ublu.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Content Objectives:
Understand the importance of direct
vocabulary instruction for all learners.
Identify strategies to use in the classroom
immediately.
Language Objectives:
Write about images using word banks and
prompts.
Orally practice using vocabulary strategies
with others.
Background knowledge is more important to the understanding of reading than IQ.
Vocabulary instruction in specific content-area terms builds up students’ background knowledge in the content area.
Preschool or children’s books expose you to more challenging vocabulary than do prime-time adult TV shows.
Reading 14 minutes a day means reading over 1,000,000 words a year.
If we can learn through direct instruction 1 out of 20 words, yearly gain in vocabulary will be between 750 to 1500 words.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9-10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.6
Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3
Book
Run
Numbers
Solve
Line
Animal
Law
Basic words,
rarely require
direct
instruction for
native speakers/
Equation
Experiment
Liberal
Nutrition
Impulse
Difference
Masterpiece
High frequency
words used across
a variety of
subjects; may
have multiple
meanings
Isotope
Amino Acid
Parabola
Feudalism
Isosceles
Lathe
Peninsula
Low frequency
words, technical
terms and
subject-specific
1• Teacher gives description, explanation and example of word
2
• Teacher asks learner to give a description, explanation or example in their own words
3• Teacher asks learner to draw a visual representation of word
4• Learner participates in activities using word
5• Learner discusses word with other learners
6• Learner participates in games that reinforce new word
WORD: Rotation (root word = rotate)
Description: To turn or spin on a central point
or axis
Example: Sometimes you have to
rotate a picture to see it better.
Sentence: The Earth’s rotation takes 24 hours.
Illustrations:
Dictionary Definition In My Own Words…
Photosynthesis: the process by which
green plants and some other organisms
use sunlight to synthesize foods from
carbon dioxide and water.
Example:
How plants make their own food.
Carbon D + water + light = sugar + oxygen
Fragile- easily broken, damaged, or
destroyed
Watch out, it might break
Word
Abiotic
Picture
Definition
Non-living things in the
environment
Sentence
The sun, air, and water are abiotic factors that impact animals.
Patriot
Definition Picture/Visual
Sentence Synonyms
Colonists who
wanted to separate
from England and
form an independent
nation.
Patriots did not want
to follow British law.
Supporter
Nationalist
Person who loves their
country
Arrange or sort cards frequently by:
Student generated categories
Word family
Size
Difficulty- rank easy to hard
Alphabetical order
Sequence
Content vocabulary
Similar terms
Pictures for Newcomers/ESL 1: How could you sort
these? (work with a partner)
Orbits the
Sun
A solid
object
Mostly
made of
ice or gas
Mostly
made of
rock
Comet
Asteroid
Meteoroid
Put an “x” in the correct box
_________ and _________ are alike because
_____________________________.
_________ and _________ are different
because _____________________________.
________ is an example of ______________.
Another word for _______ is _________.
A prophet and a mosque are different because
a prophet is a person and a mosque is a building___.
A prophet and a mosque are similar because
they both are used to spread the beliefs of Islam___.
Agree means to have the same opinion, but disagree means
to have a different opinion.
Use these words:
rotation, axis, revolution
The earth rotates on its central point, or _______.
It makes one full ____________ on its axis every 24
hours and one ______________ around the sun
every 365.25 days.
ISSUE: SHOULD SHARK FISHING BE BANNED?
CLAIM: Shark fishing (should/should not ) be banned.
ARGUMENTS AND EVIDENCE: One reason (to ban/not to ban) shark
fishing is because (argument). For example, (evidence).
Another reason is because (argument). For instance, (evidence)
COUNTER-ARGUMENT: In contrast, (argument against your claim).
However, (evidence to dismiss counter-argument).
CONCLUSION: In conclusion, __________________.
We need to __________________ because _________________.
What does this picture represent?
Explain why. (There can be more than one answer)
distorcionado subconsciente surrealismo
pintada imaginacion los suenos Dali
Words or phrases to use:
trend percent line graph increase
decrease same greatest lowest
What does this graph represent?
Quickwrite: Who is this? Why is she important? What
do you notice about her? Where does she live?
(Previewing New Content, #9 strategy)
What did you learn in class this week?Word bank: Rube Goldberg energy transfer
physical thermal electrical motion marble
setting characters
plot chapter
mean median
mode measure
ribosome cytoplasm
nucleus mitochondrion
sum product
difference quotient
The best games engage 100% of students, 100% of the time
1. Prepare a set of index cards with things
that can be matched, like word-definition,
equation-solution, compound name-
chemical symbol etc.
2. On card 1, write “Who has the ____?”
3. On card 2, write the matching response “I
have _______.” Turn the card over and
write another “Who has the ______?”
Continue with as many cards as desired,
ending with the last response written on
the back of card 1.
Increase students’ vocabulary practice in a
cooperative setting
1. Assign students to groups and number
them.
2. Create vocabulary word cards, print, cut
and put in bags.
3. Create a worksheet for students to record
information from the game.
4. Call out a number and the response to give
(synonym, antonym, definition or picture)
when that student pulls out a word.
5. Students check each other’s work
TRY TO GUESS ALL 6 WORDS IN ONE
MINUTE!
Player 1: sees the word
Player 1: defines the word without saying the word
Player 2: cannot see the word
Player 2: uses the clues to guess the word
Credit: CJ Fisher, Shuksan Middle
School
Partner #1 read the
word
Give clues
If they can’t get it, go
on to the next one
Try and get Partner
#2 to guess all the
words in under 1
minute!
Okay,
Partner #2, look
away from the
board.
Partner #1, make
sure you can see the
board.
Round 1 starts now!!
1. spooky
2. costume
3. Autumn
4. “trick or treat”
5. apple picking
6. pumpkin
Content Objectives:
Understand the importance of direct vocabulary instruction for all learners.
Identify strategies to use in the classroom immediately.
Language Objectives:
Orally practice using vocabulary strategies with others.
Write about images using word banks and prompts.
Please complete the brief survey you will
receive via e-mail.
Contact us anytime:
Carla Huck ([email protected])
Beth Amaral ([email protected])
Thanks to Katie Brown of Shuksan Middle
School in Bellingham, WA for generously
sharing her vocabulary presentation with us,
we used several of her examples.