Research shows that students need creative, practical, and analytical experiences in order to fully develop talent. In vocabulary, students need to express both linguistic as well as non-linguistic interpretations of a word's meaning. In our classroom, we follow Marzano's Six Step Process for Vocabulary Instruction.
Monday: Introduce vocabulary word through visual representation, which may include a link to a video or an image, as well as the word's part of speech, but ALWAYS in context and pulled from a text the class is reading that week. Here's an example:
Monday: Introduce vocabulary word through visual representation, which may include a link to a video or an image, as well as the word's part of speech, but ALWAYS in context and pulled from a text the class is reading that week. Here's an example:
Tuesday: Use a Frayer Model for students to brainstorm sentences (different from the one modeled), synonyms, antonyms, non-examples, and more! See some student examples below. (Can be done by passing out small pieces of paper like the Frayer Model for students to glue in Reading Response Journal, or can be used as a group brainstorming activity!)
Wednesday: Review words and model how to determine word meaning through context clues, using the text as a tool. Complete a second Frayer Model using a different word.
Thursday: ABC Chart; have students take a piece of blank paper and fold it until they have 30 sections (hot dog, hot dog, hamburger, hamburger). Next, give students one of the more difficult vocabulary words. For example, "mourn." Students have to come up with one word for each of the 26 words in the alphabet to associate with the word, "mourn." They may put the word cry in the C box, melancholy in the M box, or funeral in the F box. It's amazing to see kids recycle words they have had earlier in the school year! This can be done by having kids brainstorm alone for one minute, coming up with as many different words as possible on their own, and then open it up to class discussion.
Friday: Quiz Time! Students can take a paper-pencil quick by filling in the blank using context clues, OR, have them write a short story or essay using all words correctly. Another activity may be to have students write a news report using all of their words correctly, Video tape their news report and share it with their parents!
See the "Gallery of Words" page for all of my Google Slides from this school year.
Thursday: ABC Chart; have students take a piece of blank paper and fold it until they have 30 sections (hot dog, hot dog, hamburger, hamburger). Next, give students one of the more difficult vocabulary words. For example, "mourn." Students have to come up with one word for each of the 26 words in the alphabet to associate with the word, "mourn." They may put the word cry in the C box, melancholy in the M box, or funeral in the F box. It's amazing to see kids recycle words they have had earlier in the school year! This can be done by having kids brainstorm alone for one minute, coming up with as many different words as possible on their own, and then open it up to class discussion.
Friday: Quiz Time! Students can take a paper-pencil quick by filling in the blank using context clues, OR, have them write a short story or essay using all words correctly. Another activity may be to have students write a news report using all of their words correctly, Video tape their news report and share it with their parents!
See the "Gallery of Words" page for all of my Google Slides from this school year.