Vocabulary instruction in the 21st century

Vocabulary Instruction in the 21st Century: Visual Tools for Teachers and Students Jennifer Jones Lake Myra Elementary School Wake County Public Schools North Carolina Reading Conference March 20, 2012 Words are not just words They are the nexus – the interface – between communication and thought When we read, it is through words that we build, refine, and modify our knowledge What makes vocabulary valuable and important is not the words themselves so much as… the understandings they afford Marilyn Jager Adams (2009, p.180) Three Tiers of Words (Beck, McKeown, Kucan, 2002, 2008, Common Core State Standards, 2011) People's knowledge of any topic is encapsulated in the terms they know that are relevant to the topic Impact of Direct Vocabulary Instruction Marzano & Pickering (2005) Building Academic Vocabulary Marzano 6-Step Process Tier Words Tier Words – Schoolwide Process Vocabulary Notebooks Marzano 6-Step Process Web Tool #3 – Search Engines Ask.com, Destiny Destiny School Library System Web Tool #4 – Static Creations & Presentations Big Huge Labs, Glogster, Smilebox Instead of a motivational poster, Create a vocabulary poster Web Tool #5 –Dynamic Creations & Presentations Animoto, Tubes (You, School, Teacher), Prezi • YouTube Video https://wakeelementaryscience.pbworks.com/w/page/33255398/Video %20Links Web Tool #6 – Google Tools Thank You! Jennifer Jones – jjones2@wcpss.net helloliteracy.blogspot.com ... any topic is encapsulated in the terms they know that are relevant to the topic Impact of Direct Vocabulary Instruction Marzano & Pickering (2005) Building Academic Vocabulary Marzano 6-Step... #2 – Online Thesauruses & Dictionaries Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus, WordSift, Visuwords, Wordnik Visual representations and connections Web Tool #3 – Search Engines Ask.com, Destiny Destiny School... not just words They are the nexus – the interface – between communication and thought When we read, it is through words that we build, refine, and modify our knowledge What makes vocabulary valuable