Transcript Kiss vocabulary presentation

Vocabulary
Carolyn Kiss
What does it mean to know a word?
• I have never seen or heard this word
• I have seen this word or heard of it, but
don’t know what it means
• I have seen this word or heard it and I
understand it but don’t feel comfortable
to use it
• I know this word and use it while writing
and speaking
• (Beck, McKeown, & Kucan, 2002 p.9-10)
Three Tiers of Words
• Tier One - Basic words
• Tier Two - High utility words
• Tier Three - Words used in specific
domains
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Example: When reading about Mount St. Helens
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Tier One - smoke
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Tier Two - geologist
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Tier Three - tectonic plates
• (Collins Block, & Mangieri, 2006 p. 104)
What vocabulary should I teach?
• Is an understanding of the word
necessary for students to comprehend
the passage in which it is found?
• Can students determine the meaning of
the word themselves through structural
and/or contextual clues?
• Can learning the word help reinforce a
skill that students will need later?
• (Collins Block, & Mangieri, 2006, p. 105)
What does research say?
• Vocabulary instruction should focus on a
deep understanding of a small amount of
words
• Word selection is key, choose tier two
words to focus on
• Balance direct teaching with word
learning strategies
• (Kelley, Lesaux, Kieffer, & Faller, 2010, p. 6)
Vocabulary Building Strategies
• It is personal
• It is active
• It is flexible
• It is strategic
•“Vocabulary can be practiced through analysis and
memorization, but discovering and sharing high-level words
and technical terms that students already know creates
excitement about word study.”
• (Strickland, Galda, & Cullinan, 2004, p. 381)
• “Printed texts - including children’s
books - contained more rare words than
language used in adult and children’s
television programs and adult
conversations.” (Yopp, & Yopp, 2007, p.157)
Vocabulary Activities
• Important word hunt (class activity)
• Vocabulary flash cards
• Example/Non-example
• Individual Word Walls
• Vocabulary Scavenger hunt
Resources
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http://freerice.com/
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http://www.wordsmith.org/words/today.html
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http://www.wordcentral.com/home.html
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http://www.theproblemsite.com/word_games.asp
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http://www.funbrain.com/words.html
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Voluminous Vocabulary by LeAnn Nickelsen (Scholastic
1998)
Resources
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Beck, I.L., McKeown, M.G., & Kucan, L. (2002). Bringing words to life.
New York: Guilford Press.
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Collins Block, C., & Mangieri, J.N. (2006). The vocabulary-enriched
classroom. New York: Scholastic.
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Kelley, J.G., Lesaux, N.K., Kieffer, M.J., & Faller, S.E. (2010). Effective
academic vocabulary instruction in the urban middle school. The Reading
Teacher, 64(1), 5-14.
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Strickland, D.S., Galda, L., & Cullinan, B.E. (2004). Language arts learning
and teaching. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.
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Yopp, R.H., & Yopp, H.K. (2007). Ten important words plus: a strategy for
building word knowldege. The Reading Teacher, 61(2), 157-160.