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So, this is when you take a look at the pre-reading vocabulary charts your kids created and choose 'kind of' and 'don't know at all' words that you deem to be tier two words. Tier Three: Frequency of these words is quite low and often limited to specific fields of study ( isotope, Reconstruction, Buddhism).īeck suggests that students will benefit the most academically by focusing instruction on the tier two words (since these appear with much higher frequency than tier three words, and are used across domains). Tier Two: Words that appear with high frequency, across a variety of domains, and are crucial when using mature, academic language ( coincidence, reluctant, analysis). Tier One: Basic words that rarely require instructional focus ( door, house, book).

When considering which words need the most instructional attention, let's turn to Isabel Beck's practical way of categorizing vocabulary words into three tiers: The kids have selected and rated the words, and now it's your turn. This data will show you which words they know, those they have some understanding of, and those words that are completely foreign to them. Read through them all and use the results as a formative assessment. Then, here's what to do after the students pick their own words:īefore they turn in these pre-reading charts, be sure to emphasize this is not about 'being right' but that they are providing you with information to guide next steps in class vocabulary instruction. How will I teach all these words, and still have class time for all the other things we need to do? First off, rather than waste my time compiling lists, I should have let the kids skim the text in chapter one and select their own words. When I looked at those long lists, I began to freak out. My first year teaching, before my tenth graders began reading Lord of the Flies, I went through every chapter and made lists of all the vocabulary words I thought they'd have trouble with, so that I could pre-teach them. One of the biggest mistakes we teachers make in vocabulary instruction is selecting all the words for the students and not giving them a say in the matter. When choosing which words deserve special instructional time, we don't have to do it alone.

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(This is why every classroom should have a killer classroom library stocked full of high-interest, age appropriate books.) Selecting WordsĪh, so many words, so little time. Of course the way we learn words in context, or implicitly, is by reading, then reading some more. They need also to learn words in context, not stand alone lists that come and go each week. If you want to read more about vocabulary in the classroom, my new book ‘ Closing the Vocabulary Gap‘ is available at Amazon HERE and Routledge HERE.The truth is, and the research shows, students need multiple and various exposures to a word before they fully understand that word and can apply it.

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From creating word-clouds based on word frequency, to then unpicking key words and connecting them together, this website has lots of interesting applications for vocabulary learning.ĭo share any of your free favourites in the comments section. This website is another very helpful tool that can visualise and ‘sift’ passages of text in helpful ways. The premise of ‘free rice’ sees correct quiz answers activity the World Food Programme donate grains of rice to help end hunger.

This unique website is a trusty activity for form time or for some vocabulary-related quizzing. With a quick search, you can gain accessible word histories (alongside some very interesting articles). This website freely does what it says on the tin: creating interesting graphic visuals for your word choices. My favourite aspect of the website is the lists facility, which has lots of brilliant applications for teachers to use.

This bumper website has lots of uses, from a dictionary and countless vocabulary questions. This website has a simple premise: punch in a noun and you get countless descriptive words, with a helpful sort for ‘frequency’ and for ‘uniqueness’. Here are six of my favourite free vocabulary websites that I think are useful for teachers and students alike: The web is full of websites on vocabulary: good, bad and ugly.

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