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The Vocab Lab: Improve Students’ Academic Vocabulary with Daily Minilessons

ANGELA PEERY, ED. D. ANGELA.PEERY@CREATIVELEADERSHIP.NET

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BLENDED VOCABULARY

• Modeling and school culture
• Direct instruction that includes strategic

use of digital tools

• Incidental learning opportunities

THE VOCAB LAB

• Effective instruction
• Specific mini-lesson structure
• 200 ideas for mini-lessons

30 million word gap (preschool) lack of background knowledge mothers’ educational level connected to reading comprehension the gap grows over time… writing and speaking achievement in all disciplines

Robert Pondiscio (2014) notes, “To grow up as the child of well- educated parents in an affluent American home is to hit the verbal lottery.”

Vocab Lab Components: SNAP

Seeing and saying each word Naming a category and/or group to which the word belongs Acting on the words (engaging in a brief task or conversation about the words) Producing an original application of the words

MEMORY

S

seeing and saying

N

naming, classifying, associating

A

acting on

P

producing

Levels of Knowing a Word

• 1. No knowledge of the word—never heard or saw the word
• 2. May have heard the word, but don’t really know what it

means

• 3. Can make general associations with the word and recognize it

within context

• 4. Has a rich understanding of the word and can use it in

speaking and writing

Edgar Dale, 1965

Rank These Words…

Enigmatic Lachrymose Cupidity Peignoir Verbosity Flumadiddle Hircine Fete Kerflooey Sempiternity Palliative Selenology Heptad Foist Condesplaining Pedantic Guanciale Microvolunteerism Natter Huitlacoche Blurbification Wistful Mostarda Caterwaul

Experience the Lab: Student Version

Advance (v.) Proceed (v.) Progress (v.)

Experience It: Student Version

Advance Proceed Progress

Experience It: Student Version

How might you use these words in conversation with a friend today?

• Advance
• Proceed
• Progress

Experience It: Student Version

Advance Proceed Progress (antonym: regress)

Experience It: Student Version

Choose at least two words to use in sentences showing that you understand the meaning.

• Advance
• Proceed
• Progress (regress)

Experience the Lab: Adult Version

Chiffonade Confit Sous vide

Experience It: Adult Version

Chiffonade – Chiffon is very thin cloth Confit – The prefix con- often means “with” Sous vide – Sous means “under”

Experience It: Adult Version

When might you make chiffonade yourself? What would you like to eat prepared by the confit or sous vide method?

Experience It: Adult Version

Write a short paragraph using the three words in context to demonstrate you know their meaning.

Debriefing

How do you see this working at your school? What questions do you have?

Design Your Own!

Seeing and saying each word Naming a category and/or group to which the word belongs Acting on the words (engaging in a brief task or conversation about the words) Producing an original application of the words

Words prefixed with un- and re- More specific words for “walk” Adjectives that are more powerful than ”good” or “nice” Primary, secondary, tertiary Azure, cobalt, sapphire, navy

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Contact Information

Angela Peery, Ed. D. angela.peery@creativeleadership.net drangelapeery@gmail.com