Vocabulary
Vocabulary knowledge is not something that can ever be fully mastered; it is something that expands and deepens over the course of a lifetime. Vocabulary is acquired incidentally through indirect exposure to words and intentionally through explicit instruction in specific words and word-learning strategies. According to Michael Graves (2000), there are four components of an effective vocabulary program:
Further Websites
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/9943/ - this site provides many teaching strategies that can be used when explicitly teaching and developing students vocabulary
http://svsudifferentiatedinstruction.wikispaces.com/file/view/vocabulary+assessment.pdf – this provides examples of how to assess students vocabulary knowledge
In my classroom
In my classroom, I will help students develop their vocabulary by:
- Wide or extensive independent reading to expand word knowledge
- Instruction in specific words to enhance comprehension of texts containing those words
- Instruction in independent word-learning strategies, and
- Word consciousness and word-play activities to motivate and enhance learning
Further Websites
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/9943/ - this site provides many teaching strategies that can be used when explicitly teaching and developing students vocabulary
http://svsudifferentiatedinstruction.wikispaces.com/file/view/vocabulary+assessment.pdf – this provides examples of how to assess students vocabulary knowledge
In my classroom
In my classroom, I will help students develop their vocabulary by:
- Fostering word consciousness
- Provide child-friendly definitions
- Providing multiple exposures in multiple contexts
- Making use of EAL/D students’ first language
- Teaching the meaning of basic words
- Reviewing and reinforcing
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