What ’ s in a Word? Academic Vocabulary Development for ELLs CCRC 2014 1
Essential Questions • How do ELLs learn academic vocabulary? • What strategies can we use to teach academic vocabulary? 2
Why does vocabulary matter? • Of the six anchor standards in the MdCCRS, three specifically are about vocabulary! • The use of age-appropriate academic language is a part of WIDA’s Standards Framework and tools! • Vocabulary size in K predicts reading comprehension in 5 th grade! 3
How does our memory work? 4
Excerpted from What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Epipheo 5
k-12 sensory preferences auditory kinesthet 20% ic 35% visual 45 % 6
Choosing words to teach Tier 3 electromagnet zygote virus tangent apartheid Tier 1 Tier 2 pencil evaluate lunch require bus illustrate jump alternative read suspicious 7
Marzano ’ s six steps 1. explain 4. record 2. restate 5. discuss 3. illustrate 6. review 8
Learning stations foldables songs and rhymes debate debate (secondary) (elementary) graphic organizers Picture Word Inductive Method 9
Takeaways? 10
A Challenge AND Thanks! [Presenter names] [Presenter contact info] 11
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