Transcript Chapter 5

Chapter 6
Building Vocabulary
What is Vocabulary?
Exploring relationships between words
 It is more than memorizing definitions for
a test on Friday.
 The average first-grader knows 5,000 to
6,000 words.
 Approximately 3,000 words are learned
each year.
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Stages of Word Knowledge
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Task One —Learning to read known words.
Task Two —Learning new meanings for
known words.
Task Three —Learning new words that
represent known concepts.
Task Four —Learning new words that
represent new concepts.
Task Five —Clarifying and enriching the
meanings of known words.
Task Six —Moving words for receptive to
expressive vocabulary.
Seven Principles of Developing
Vocabulary
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Build experiential background by providing a
variety of rich experiences.
 Relate vocabulary words to students’
background—the words they already know.
 Help students explore relationships between
words.
 Develop depth of meaning to help students
see the many shades of meaning of words.
Seven Principles of Developing
Vocabulary Continued
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Provide students
with multiple
exposures to words.
 Help create an
interest in words.
 Teach students how
to learn new words
independently.
Techniques for Teaching Words
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Graphic Organizers
Semantic maps
 Pictorial maps and webs
 SFA
 Venn Diagrams
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Dramatization
 Crossword Puzzles
 Riddles
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Techniques for Teaching Words
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Explore Sesquipedalian words—long
words.
 Have a “Word of the Day or Week” focus
 Labeling
 Predictions
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Predict-o-gram
 Possible sentences
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Word Sorts
Study Special Features of Words
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Homophones—sound alike, but usually
spelled differently
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Homographs—spelled alike, but sound
different
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Greece, grease
Bass voice, bass fish
Figurative language
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Idioms
Metaphors
Similes
Learning How to Learn Words
Words with multiple meanings
 Morphemic Analysis
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Morpheme—smallest unit of a word
Believe—1
 Telegraph—2
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Prefixes, Suffixes, Inflectional endings, and
Root words
Context Clues
 Dictionary Usage
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Most Importantly!!!
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Provide students
with opportunities to
read.
 Read aloud to your
students.