vocabulary training wilson teachers

Vocabulary Training Wilson County Teachers

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Working With Vocabulary

• Explain• Restate• Show• Discuss• Refine and Reflect• Apply and Learning Games

Robert Marzano, Building Background Knowledge

Explain

• Putting words in terms students already know.

How would you explain to students the word accomplish?

Accomplish- to complete something that you started.

Further explain by putting the word in a context.

Our basketball team accomplished our goal of winning the state championship. I feel very accomplished when I clean my room.

Your Turn

• With a partner, come up with an explanation and a context for each of the following words.

• Whisper• Greeting• Burrow• Glittering

Working With Vocabulary

• Explain• Restate• Show• Discuss• Refine and Reflect• Apply and Learning Games

Robert Marzano, Building Background Knowledge

Using Vocabulary Journals

• Have students create journals• Words• Schema• Explanations• Reflections• Consultations

Working With Vocabulary

• Explain• Restate• Show• Discuss• Refine and Reflect• Apply and Learning Games

Robert Marzano, Building Background Knowledge

9

10

blanketed

11

butterfly

Working With Vocabulary

• Explain• Restate• Show• Discuss• Refine and Reflect• Apply and Learning Games

Robert Marzano, Building Background Knowledge

Working With Vocabulary

• Explain• Restate• Show• Discuss• Refine and Reflect• Apply and Learning Games

Robert Marzano, Building Background Knowledge

Working With Vocabulary

• Explain• Restate• Show• Discuss• Refine and Reflect• Apply and Learning Games

Robert Marzano, Building Background Knowledge

So work becomes

Works

Worker

Worked

Working

Will Work

Labor

Job

Employment

Exert

Lazy

A Word Tree Starts with Base Word