Re: vocabulary

Posted by Marlene on 10/04/07

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my school formed a committee to answer questions such as
yours. we instituted a school-wide initiative for the study
of vocabulary words - literacy and all content areas. the
kids discuss the words, and then create their own definitions
with illustrations. these are recorded on 4x6 index cards
and kept at hand for the kids to use in their writing, as
well as for the foundation of word games they invent or that
are introduced by the teacher. the basis of our committee
work is the book, Building Academic Vocabulary: Teacher's
Manual by Robert J. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering. don't
give up - our committee met regularly over many months, and
the process is ongoing. p.s. check out the vocabulary hat
parade idea in the current issue of instructor magazine for
a dynamic way to get the whole school involved in learning
and using new words. hope this helps.
On 9/19/07, t wrote:
> I teach reading with chapter books. Currenlty I chose 2 or
> 3 words per day to focus on in reading. I need help coming
> up with ways to actively engage my students with the new
> words. I want them to know the meaning of the words well
> enough that they could use it in a conversation and have
> the words stick in their memory. How do I do this?

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• vocabulary, 9/19/07, by t.
• Re: vocabulary, 10/04/07, by Marlene.