Comp 5: Vocabulary Development Flashcards
Vocabulary Development
Entails connecting a word or label with concepts.
Should include systematic instruction to help students learn strategies for gaining vocabulary.
Can occur before reading (to help as new words and concepts are encountered) and after reading (help retain new info).
Diagrams and word maps help illustrate concepts and connections among concepts.
Sight words, dictionaries, thesauri, affixes, root words, and cognates.
When does vocabulary development begin?
Vocabulary development begins at home, even before children enter school. Pre-school age children begin developing their speaking and listening vocabularies through meaningful interaction with others. Even without being taught directly, children acquire and refine their knowledge of social words.
Tier 1 Words
Words used in daily speech. Includes: basic vocabulary words, simple idioms, and speech connectors.
Who might lack tier 1 words?
Children of poverty and ELLs
Tier 2 Words
More formal and academic words that are learned in school through direct instruction or during reading. These words are used to explain processes and academic concepts in the content area.
Tier 3 Words
The technical vocabulary used in the content area. Some words come from the Latin and Greek languages, and they contain multiple affixes (prefixes, infixes, and suffixes) and root words that can be taught through structural analysis.
Affixes
an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning.
Prefixes
An affix which is placed before the stem of a word
Infixes
An arid inserted inside a word stem
Suffixes
An affix added to the end of a word to form a derivative
Cognates
Words that look similar and have the same origin in two languages.
Tier 4 Words
Represent sophisticated vocabulary that learners need to succeed beyond elementary years.
(These words are rare, but teachers should introduce them as a part of academic vocabulary development)
Semantic Clusters
Robert Marzano developed 420 clusters organized by complexity and grammatical function. Scale of 1-5: 1-3 basic vocab, 4-5 more advanced.
What is the benefit in allowing students to participate in hands on activities for vocabulary development?
Students develop a better understanding of the vocabulary and the concept they represent
Contextual Analysis
Students use surrounding words and illustrations to help them understand the meanings of words.