1. Vocabulary Strategies and Resources
Gambrell, L. B., Morrow, L. M., & Pressley, M. (Eds.). (2007). Best practices in literacy instruction (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Chuck Branch
A.G. Cox Middle School

2. Vocabulary
Gambrell et al., (2007) cite research showing that students develop significantly higher levels of comprehension when they have at least six multiple exposures to a word in a variety of contexts.
Gambrell, L. B., Morrow, L. M., & Pressley, M. (Eds.). (2007). Best practices in literacy instruction (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

3. Vocabulary
Teachers can model word learning through activities such as word of the day, mystery word, or personal word books and dictionaries (Gambrell et al., 2007).
Gambrell, L. B., Morrow, L. M., & Pressley, M. (Eds.). (2007). Best practices in literacy instruction (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

4. http://new.wordsmyth.net http://new.wordsmyth.net
Wordsmyth has beginner’s, children’s, and advanced dictionaries.
Teachers can easily make glossaries for words they would like to teach or review.
The site also gives synonyms and antonyms for troublesome vocabulary words.
For words that are difficult to pronounce, the real audio pronunciations are helpful.
There is a Word of the Week feature as well as a Glossary of the Week.
Vocabulary cloze activities can be created in minutes, and there are numerous other vocabulary activities.

5. http://www.vocabulary.com http://www.vocabulary.com
Vocabulary.com offers numerous features including the following:
-Featured Vocabulary Lists,
-Current Events Vocabulary, and
-Vocabulary Word of the Day.

6. Vocabulary
Vocabulary assessment should incorporate activities such as knowledge ratings, word walls, and vocabulary charts (Gambrell et al., 2007).

7. Knowledge Ratings
Laura Robb (2006) suggests the INSERT method to help students pinpoint confusing parts of texts.
Robb, L. (2006). Teaching reading: A complete resource for grades 4 and up. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.
The INSERT knowledge rating system can help teachers assess students’ knowledge of words.

8. Knowledge Ratings: INSERT
Interactive Notation System for Effective Reading and Thinking
a = I agree
r = I disagree
+ = That’s new
s = I don’t understand
* = That’s important
*! = That’s awesome!
To model this strategy, have students take the following steps:
>Choose a rough paragraph from a current text.
>Have students use the INSERT method by thinking aloud to one another.
>Invite students to share
Robb, L. (2006). Teaching reading: A complete resource for grades 4 and up. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

9. Word Chart
Make-a-Word Game Chart has students interact with several websites to find word meanings for the prefixes, root words, and suffixes. The websites are listed below:
Online Etymology Dictionary:

10. Other Vocabulary Resources

11. http://www.freerice.com http://www.freerice.com
FreeRice.com provides interactive vocabulary activities. For every correct answer, FreeRice.com donates ten grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. As students answer correctly, their virtual bowl of rice continues to increase.

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Interactive English Lessons can be especially helpful for ELLs. The following slides show examples of the main activities.
Writing Test: Students choose from several pictures. They pick the picture that matches the writing.
Basic Lesson: Student click the pictures to hear the pronunciation.
Listening Test: Students choose the picture that matches the pronunciation.

13. Interactive English Lessons
Writing Test: Students choose from several pictures. They pick the picture that matches the writing.

14. Interactive English Lessons
Basic Lesson: Student click the pictures to hear the pronunciation.

15. Interactive English Lessons
Listening Test: Students choose the picture that matches the pronunciation.

16. http://www.manythings.org http://www.manythings.org
ManyThings.org provides numerous helpful resources for ELLs. The following slides share some examples.

17. http://www.manythings.org http://www.manythings.org
The students listens to the practice sentences using both numbers.
In the quiz sentence, the students must choose which word is being read aloud.

18. http://www.manythings.org http://www.manythings.org
Students can click on the links, and the selections will be read aloud.

19. (Students can hear words pronounced.)
Word Resources
(Students can hear words pronounced.)