Samples: rBook Vocab Routine

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Samples rBook Vocab Routine
Denice Rodaniche Scholastic Implementation Manager
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Tips

• This routine is DIFFERENT from how you may have
  taught vocabulary in the past. It begins with
  heavy teacher modeling, or I Do. This includes
  providing several examples and the meaning before
  asking for student examples. It NEVER includes
  asking for a student to guess or supply the
  meaning, nor does it have students look up the
  word in the glossary. (See the Red Routines tab
  in the back of the TG for complete details.)
• Remember that this routine should have lots of
  student interaction, including whole group
  response, meaning that students will respond
  chorally when prompted. That might mean, for
  example, repeating something after the teacher,
  or waiting for a signal to say something all
  together.
• Before the lesson begins, assign students in
  pairs (one and two). Frequently give those pairs
  a quick assignment, like generating at least 2
  ideas that might fit in a sentence starter blank,
  or read the sentence starter to each other,
  completing the blank with something that they
  think fits. (It is always good to make these very
  open-ended, when possible, so that many answers
  could fit.)
• Remember to use an electronic timer! Tell them
  they have 30 seconds, for example, to share
  sentences with their partner, or one minute (or
  two) to write and complete the sentence. This
  easily raises accountability, as long as they
  know you stick to it, and dont keep giving them
  more time.

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• anguish (noun)
• Rate 1 2 3 4
• Example When someone loses a loved one they
  might feel terrible
  anguish.
• Meaning feeling of extreme sadness
• Example My family felt anguish over the loss
  of our treasured family photo albums and
  heirlooms due to the flood.
• Discuss with your partner and be ready to share
  out
• 1. What might cause a teenager to feel anguish?
  Why?
• ______ might cause a teenager to feel anguish
  because _______.
• Choose sentence 1 above, 2 below, or an example
  of your choice
• 2. Describe something that caused you to
  experience anguish when you were a child.
• When I was a child, I experienced anguish when
  ____________.

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• abandon (verb)
• Rate 1 2 3 4
• Example When we couldnt fix our flat tire,
  we had to abandon our car to go find help in the
  next town.
• Meaning To leave behind
• Example I didnt really want to abandon the
  box of my favorite comics when we moved, but we
  couldnt fit it in the trunk of our car!
• Discuss with your partner and be ready to share
  out
• 1. What might cause people to abandon their
  homes? Explain.
• _______ might cause people to abandon their homes
  because __________.
• Choose sentence 1 above, 2 below, or an example
  of your choice
• 2. Why might someone have to abandon a pet?
• Someone might have to abandon their pet because
  ____________.

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Target Word

• border (noun)
• 1 2 3
• Mrs. Rodaniches son Andrew lives in San Diego,
  which is near the border between the U.S. and
  Mexico.

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Target Word

• border (noun)
• 1 2 3
• Meaning The line that divides two countries or
  places

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Target Word

• border (noun)
• Meaning The line that divides two countries or
  places
• Examples

• Sometimes a river will be the ______ between two
  countries.
• When there are not enough jobs, sometimes
  citizens will cross over the ___________ into
  another country to find work.

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Target Word

• border (noun)
• Meaning The line that divides two countries or
  places
• Examples

• I would know if I crossed a border into another
  country because ________________.
• The river that lies on the border of New Jersey
  and Pennsylvania is the _________ River.

Choose either of the last two for example in
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