Identifying and Understanding Words

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• CHAPTER
• 5
• Identifying and Understanding Words
• BY
• Annalisa C. Dimeo
• EDUC 231

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Table of Contents

• Identifying and Understanding Words
• Theres a Nightmare in My Closet, By Mercer Mayer
• Differences between identifying and understanding
• Five ways to call childrens attention to sight
  words
• Decoding
• Sight words activity
• Fluent reader
• What is a fluent reader?
• Develop fluency
• Why is fluent reading important?

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Table of Contents

• Fluent reading allows children to read
• As students become fluent readers
• Choral Reading Activity
• How students learn the meaning of words
• Teaching students how to unlock word meanings
• Four strategies to learn the meanings of words
• Guidelines for vocabulary instruction
• How effective teachers teach students to identify
  words and learning word meanings.
• Word Map Activity
• Applause! Applause!

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IDENTIFYING AND UNDERSTANDING WORDS

• Difference between identifying and understanding
  words
• How students learn to decode words
• How students become fluent readers
• Why fluent reading is important
• How students learn the meanings of words

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THERES A NIGHTMARE IN MY CLOSET

• WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY
• MERCER MAYER

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Difference between identifying and understanding

• Sight Words
• New Words
• New Concept
• New Meanings
• High Frequency Words

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Five ways to call childrens attention to sight
words

• Word chart
• Reading and rereading books
• Mini Lesson
• Dictionaries
• Patterned Writing

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Decoding

• Phonics
• Analogies
• Context Clues
• Syllabic Analysis
• Morphemic Knowledge

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SIGHT WORDS ACTIVITY
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FLUENT READER
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What is a fluent reader?

• Automatic Identification
• Uses identification strategies
• We are fluent readers

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Developing Fluency

• Easy-to-read books
• Repeated readings
• Choral readings
• Readers theater
• Listening center
• Reading workshop

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WHY IS FLUENT READING IMPORTANT?
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Fluent Reading Allows Children To Read

• Automatically
• Rapidly
• Accurately

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• As students become fluent readers, they use less
  energy for word identification and focus more
  energy on comprehending what they read.

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CHORAL READING ACTIVITY

• THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

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How Students Learn the Meanings of Words

• Word Meanings
• Understanding Multiple Meanings of Words
• Recognizing Figurative Meanings
• Using Nym Words
• Tapping into Prior Knowledge
• Teaching Students how to unlock word meanings

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Teaching Students How to Unlock Word Meanings

• Instructions should help students relate new
  words to their background knowledge.
• Instructions should help students develop
  ownership-level word knowledge.
• Instructions should provide for students active
  involvement in learning new words.
• Instructions should develop students strategies
  for learning new words independently.

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Four Strategies to learn the meanings of words

• Phonics
• Morphological Analysis
• Context Clues
• Reference Books

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Guidelines For Vocabulary Instruction

• Words to Study
• Prior Knowledge
• Word Walls
• Choosing Words to Teach
• The Four Language Arts
• Vocabulary Activities
• Mini Lessons
• Wide Reading
• Dictionaries and Reference Books

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• HOW EFFECTIVE TEACHERS TEACH STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY
  WORDS AND LEARNING WORD MEANINGS

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WORD MAP ACTIVITY
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APPLAUSE! APPLAUSE!
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Works Cited

• Tompkins, Gail E. Literacy for the 21st
  Century A Balanced Approach.
  Prentice-Hall 1997. PP. 158-198.
• Mayer, Mercer. Theres a Nightmare in My
  Closet. Harper/Collins 1968.
• Special Thanks goes to
• Microsoft PowerPoint. Microsoft Corporation
  1987-1996.
• The anonymous author of This is the House that
  Jack Built.
• The Internet