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Vocabulary Instruction in the 21 st Century: Visual Tools for Teachers and Students Jennifer Jones Lake Myra Elementary School Wake County Public Schools North Carolina Reading Conference . March 20, 2012

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Page 1: Vocabulary Instruction in the 21st Century

Vocabulary Instruction in the 21st Century: Visual Tools for Teachers and Students

Jennifer Jones Lake Myra Elementary School

Wake County Public Schools

North Carolina Reading Conference . March 20, 2012

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Words are not just words. They are the nexus –

the interface – between communication and

thought. When we read, it is through words that

we build, refine, and modify our knowledge.

What makes vocabulary valuable and important

is not the words themselves so much as….

the understandings

they afford.

Marilyn Jager Adams (2009, p.180)

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Three Tiers of Words (Beck, McKeown, Kucan, 2002, 2008, Common Core State Standards, 2011)

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People's knowledge of any topic is encapsulated in the terms they know that are relevant to the topic.

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Impact of Direct Vocabulary Instruction

Marzano & Pickering (2005). Building Academic Vocabulary.

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Marzano 6-Step Process

Tier 2 Words

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Tier 3 Words – Schoolwide Process

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Vocabulary Notebooks

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Marzano 6-Step Process

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Graphic Organizers

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Vocabulary Games Anchor Charts

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Beck’s Text Talk Lessons

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High Tech Tools

Web 2.0 Tools

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Wordle, Tagxedo, Image Chef, ABCya Word Clouds

Web Tool #1 – Word Clouds

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Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus, WordSift, Visuwords, Wordnik

Web Tool #2 – Online Thesauruses & Dictionaries

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Visual representations

and connections

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Ask.com, Destiny

Web Tool #3 – Search Engines

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Destiny School Library System

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Web Tool #4 – Static Creations & Presentations

Big Huge Labs, Glogster, Smilebox

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Instead of a motivational poster, Create a vocabulary poster.

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Animoto, Tubes (You, School, Teacher), Prezi

Web Tool #5 –Dynamic Creations & Presentations

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Web Tool #6 – Google Tools

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Thank You!

Jennifer Jones – [email protected] helloliteracy.blogspot.com

Thank You!