Introduction
This competency focuses on how to teach and assess vocabulary. It provides many strategies and methods for teachers to use in the classroom and highlights the following: research based principles of vocabulary instruction, direct teaching is specific words, independent word learning strategies, developing word consciousness in students, instructional activities to support what students have learned, meeting the needs of all learners and assessment of vocabulary, academic language and background knowledge.
Examples
Research
has shown that vocabulary instruction is most effective when it fits the age
and ability of the students. Using context when defining words also helps
students to retain necessary information and when children have repeated
exposure to words, they are more likely to learn their meaning. (pg. 79)
Another
way for students to learn meaning is to learn how to use the dictionary. Over
the years, I myself have benefited greatly in my studies and even in the
workplace simply by knowing how to look words up or use the reference
section. This type of processing encourages the student to improve their
knowledge of alphabetical order, using guide words and also provides them an
opportunity to deal with words that have multiple meanings. (pg. 83)
“In
order to continue to develop student independence, teachers should next teach
dictionary usage and the strategies of self-selection and word knowledge
rating.” (Learning to Read pg. 328)
This
strategy will be extremely helpful to students in all areas of life as it
encourages them to use their own skills and think for themselves. Students
who have the access and ability to find and use words outside of their
comfort zone will also build the confidence to challenge themselves in their
learning experience.
Differentiation IF a student has not yet learned the meaning of a word THEN the teacher can use strategies such as semantic maps or words sorts to help the student make connections between words and their meanings.
IF
a student is reading and cannot decipher the meaning of word THEN the teacher
can model how to use a dictionary in order to help them use it independently
in the future.
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Assessments
Target vocabulary words will be used in a sentence and students will choose from multiple choice definitions.
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