A Small - Scale Study of the Effects of Supplemental
Vocabulary Instruction on Preschoolers with Vocabulary Delays
This session describes what we know from recent research on improving
vocabulary instruction, highlighting key principles that are related to reading improvement.
Many of the books offered through the Storia platform also include instructional enhancements such as games, activities,
vocabulary instruction, and more.
The experts from the U.S. Department of Education also strongly suggest that teachers dedicate a portion of the regular classroom lesson to explicit
vocabulary instruction.
The list below of 17 different types of exposures follows the design of the Six Steps for Effective
Vocabulary Instruction, a set of recommendations by education researcher Robert Marzano.
Beck IL, McKeown MG, and Kucan L (2002), Bringing Words to Life: Robust
Vocabulary Instruction.
One way to gain comprehension of a subject is through
vocabulary instruction, and the study of fifth grade science is no exception.
VocabularySpellingCity supplements seventh grade
vocabulary instruction through interactive games and activities.
VocabularySpellingCity, in partnership with McREL International, released a report showing direct
vocabulary instruction, coupled with engaging word study activities, builds critical vocabulary skills necessary to ensure academic success.
Dictionary supports best practices for direct
vocabulary instruction and features 168 definitions in English and Spanish alphabetized by the English entry.
Words to Know Cards support
vocabulary instruction with important Tier II words from the texts children read in each unit.
I quickly learned that combining technology with
vocabulary instruction...
For this action research I created an intervention to support new teachers in implementing a school - wide strategy for explicit
vocabulary instruction.
Size and sequence in vocabulary development: Implications for choosing words for primary grade
vocabulary instruction.
Not surprisingly, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2000) advocates direct
vocabulary instruction as an effective instructional method for enhancing students» reading comprehension.
If the purpose of
vocabulary instruction is to improve long - term comprehension, the most effective method is to provide students with multiple exposures to words in meaningful contexts (Beck, Perfetti, & McKeown, 1982).
It also explores a range of principles and strategies that teachers can use to design and implement effective
vocabulary instruction
Effective
vocabulary instruction involves multiple exposure to words and spaced and repeated practice.
Choosing Words
Vocabulary instruction should focus on words that are «likely to appear in a wide variety of texts and in the written and oral language of mature language users» (Beck, McKeown, & Kucan, 2002, p. 16).
Quality
vocabulary instruction is a goal for all teachers at the beginning of the school year, but it can quickly become lost in the midst of all the...
Successful second grade
vocabulary instruction involves direct instruction to expand word knowledge and text comprehension as well as independent word - play to motivate and enhance learning.
Some effects of the nature and frequency of
vocabulary instruction on the knowledge and use of words.
Use my vocabulary Power Word of the Week to ensure
vocabulary instruction occurs daily in your classroom!
When a teaching team designs and implements a program of whole - school
vocabulary instruction, its most important decision is which vocabulary words to teach.
One team of experts argued that low - performing schools simply needed clear direction — an unambiguous playbook for raising student achievement, which typically consisted of getting teachers to adopt a few simple but crucial teaching routines (such as direct
vocabulary instruction) that could quickly boost achievement.
With VocabularySpellingCity, meet second grade English Language Arts standards all while integrating
vocabulary instruction across content areas.
You can start off the lesson with
vocabulary instruction and a discussion with your students on the meanings behind these loaded words.
The vocabulary instruction that does exist is fragmented among content areas, and (perhaps as a result), middle school students often find textbooks and other academic materials unengaging.
Our experience with Word Generation provides evidence that cross-content
vocabulary instruction can provide rich word - learning opportunities, which translate into improved reading achievement.
In this post, readers will form a true understanding of how to successfully integrate all of the important aspects of direct
vocabulary instruction...
Nearly a decade later, VocabularySpellingCity has expanded to include study tools for helping teachers implement best practices for
vocabulary instruction.
A system of cross-content, whole - school
vocabulary instruction can result in better reading comprehension.
Effects of long - term
vocabulary instruction on lexical access and reading comprehension.
Whole - school, context - rich
vocabulary instruction is an intervention that boosts middle school students» reading comprehension.
Lessons were organized around instructional routines that included the following: presentation of content and language objectives, brief overview of a «big idea,» explicit
vocabulary instruction, use of a 2 - to 4 - minute video clip and purposeful discussion to build conceptual knowledge, assigned reading followed by students generating and answering questions, and a wrap - up writing activity or graphic organizer to review and assess learning.
If a student reads fluently (and a mid-year second - grader who can cold read a second - grade text with 80wcpm is reading fluently), then my concerns would be with reading comprehension and
vocabulary instruction, not phonics.
Because early literacy interventions are intended for children who have varying repertoires of knowledge, approaches to
vocabulary instruction and the development of word - solving strategies must be specifically designed for each individual and monitored for progress.
Not only did this require deeper knowledge of the word's meaning, but served to bridge
vocabulary instruction and passage comprehension.
Below is an excerpt from
the vocabulary instruction to prepare students for reading a passage about magnets.
Therefore, it is important in all subject areas to incorporate academic vocabulary as well as content specific
vocabulary instruction into their vocabulary lesson plans.
It's important to do this because
the vocabulary instruction and word walls are not about what the teacher likes.
Now, as in past decades, most teachers devote little time to explicit
vocabulary instruction.
Academic
vocabulary instruction is important for ELL students, who may lack the vocabulary foundation for success in learning content - area subjects and reading academic texts.
The effects of
vocabulary instruction: A model - based meta - analysis.
Vocabulary instruction begins at an early age as Kindergarten students encounter new words in literature as well as content areas, like math or science.
(Snyder & Staehr Fenner, 2017) The value of isolating
vocabulary instruction for English Learners is endless.
Similarly, Au (1993), Nagy (1988), Dixon and Nessel (1983), and others recommend that teachers integrate
vocabulary instruction with content instruction and with story reading.
The consensus of researchers and educators today is that such students need explicit
vocabulary instruction.
As with
vocabulary instruction, it was found that using a combination of reading comprehension strategies and making lessons multisensory was more effective than using a single strategy.
There are divisions for different areas of
vocabulary instruction and clear summaries of research studies to help teachers evaluate different ways of teaching vocabulary.