Vocabulary Instruction

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Vocabulary Instruction
Vocabulary Instruction

• Presented by Danielle Connors

Presented by Danielle Connors
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Learning new vocabulary is critical in every
content area.

• Dont
• Introduce words, give definitions, and never use
  them again
• Rely on one strategy to teach vocabulary
• Use the dictionary method and have students
  memorize definitions
• Assume students come to your class with the
  strategies to learn and remember new vocabulary

• Do
• Teach vocabulary explicitly and create activities
  to make words memorable
• Use a variety of techniques to reach all of your
  learners
• Make sure that vocabulary instruction is
  incorporated into your daily/weekly lessons
• Encourage students to find unknown words and
  create their own vocabulary lists

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What methods can I use to teach and increase my
students vocabulary?

• Word walls (portable word walls)

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Frayer Model
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Semantic Webs
dictator of Germany during WWII
Adolf Hitler
wrote Mein Kampf
wanted to create a pure Aryan race
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Synonyms/Antonyms

• When learning new vocabulary words, give students
  synonyms that might help them remember what they
  mean
• Also, you can use antonyms to help explain the
  definitions or to use in the Frayer Model

Its a good idea to teach each student how to use
a thesaurus. If you have some available in your
room, encourage students to use them.
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Word Banks/Cloze Activities
camanchacas harsh evaporates skeptical luxury

Life without fresh water can be tough and
_______________. It is a _____________ just to
take a bath. Fogs, called _________________ in
Chile, might be a source of fresh water. But too
often, the fogs _________________ before they
reach the village. Scientists thought that they
had an answer to the water problem. But the
villagers were ______________. They didnt think
it would work.
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Word Sorts

• Write down vocabulary words on index cards or
  small pieces of paper.
• Have students sort and categorize the words into
  different groups.
• Example Categorize the following words into one
  of the following types of Human Wellness
  physical, emotional, or spiritual.
• faith happiness security body strength
• health hygiene beliefs motivation

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What strategies can I teach my students to figure
out unknown words?

• How to use context clues
• To look at root words
• To look at affixes (pre-fix, suffix)
• To use the dictionary or glossary to look up
  unknown words
• Bring the word to discussion

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What strategies can I give my students to help
them solve word problems?

• Create a step-by-step process that leads them
  through the word problem
• Have them underline the actual question
• Then, have them decide what they need to do to
  solve the question (what operation)
• Make strategies a repetitive process (if students
  arent expected to and do not get into the habit
  of solving word problems step-by-step, then they
  wont do it automatically)

• Follow these stepseach step is worth one point
• Read the problem, box in any key words.
• Underline the question (what does the problem
  want you to do or find?).
• 3. Locate the necessary data.
• 4. Write step-by-step on how you will solve the
  problem.
• 5. Write down your answer.

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Word Problem Example

• Complete
• Complete-I need to find the percentage of iron.
• 100clay x aluminum
• 20 silicon
• 19 hydrogen
• 10 magnesium
• 24 oxygen
• x iron
• 4. I need to add the numbers and the variables
  and set them equal to 100.
• 2x73100
• I need to subtract 73 on both sides.
• 2x73100
• -73 -73
• ___________
• 2x 27
• I need to divide both sides by 2
• 2x/227/2
• X13.5
• 5. There is 13.5 percent of iron in the clay.

• A sample of clay is found in Mongolia that
  contains aluminum, silicon, hydrogen, magnesium,
  iron, and oxygen. The amount of iron is equal to
  the amount of aluminum. If the clay is 20
  silicon, 19 hydrogen, 10 magnesium and 24
  oxygen, what is the percent iron?

Aluminum is equal to iron
1.Read the problem, box in any key words. 2.
Underline the question (what does the problem
want you to do or find?). 3. Locate the necessary
data. 4. Write step-by-step on how you will
solve the problem. 5. Write down your
answer