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Presented by Andrea Ruiz
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Before getting started… Please close out all other programs Please have handy the handout that was e- mailed to you “Reading Plus Approach: The Rule of 3” Participation certificates will be sent to those who actively participate You will be called on to interact through chat, polling, whiteboard and using thumbs up or thumbs down Free feel to ask questions by sending them through the chat box. “My Mood” icon
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When finished with this training you will be able to: Name the top indicator of academic success/failure Identify the most effective strategies for teaching vocabulary Apply the Rule of 3 into classroom instruction Analyze content to determine which words to target for instruction Design a lesson following the RAP method
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ESL Student Success!
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Systematic vocabulary teaching has been cited by many studies as a Best Practice for accelerating academic achievement across subject areas. What do the researchers find?
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Linda Ventriglia, Ph.D. 12 year study 1 major factor present for each successful program: VOCABULARY
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# 1 indicator of academic failure and success? Vocabulary knowledge Higher vocabulary = test scores Lower vocabulary = test scores 99.9% correlation! Importance of Vocabulary Development
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How can we best teach our students vocabulary? Train students to ask about unknown words Create word walls
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What criteria do we use to set up our word wall? A. Alphabetical order B. Part of Speech C. The order in which our students are introduced to a word?
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How can we best teach our students vocabulary? Teaching 15 new words and 20 minutes a day is ideal - no more. Write each new word in a word book
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Use pictures whenever possible How can we best teach our students vocabulary?
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Bridge words to students own language: How can we best teach our students vocabulary? Teach Latin and Greek roots (75% of words)
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Review: Best Practices… 1. Encourage students to ask about unfamiliar words 2. Create a Word Wall 3. Teach 15 words a day/20 minutes of instruction 4. Have students keep a word book 5. Use pictures whenever possible 6. Bridge words to students language (ex. Google Translate) 7. Teach Greek and Latin roots
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Recall Name as many Best Practices as you can in the chat box now
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Focus on Tier 2 words Tier 2 : These are the words to target for instruction *Interdisciplinary These words can be used by students across subject areas. Examples: reached, transferred, prevented *Multiple meaning words and idioms Examples: steps, staple, check, table, “keep track” (Focus on CASAS vocabulary) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Tiers Tier 1: High frequency words: run, make, these, my, turn. Cognates: family-familia, revolution-revolucion Tier 3: Subject specific words and proper nouns: Examples: Native Americans, photosynthesis, Pilgrims
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Cognates: Can you think of more? Examples: history – historia hospitality – hospitalidad patience – paciencia decisive – decisivo temperature- temperatura liberty – libertad Others?
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Idioms: Can you think of more? Examples: A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush Riding shotgun A Chip On Your Shoulder When It Rains, It Pours A Drop in the Bucket Water Under The Bridge Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve When Pigs Fly
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Collaborate: You will be reviewing a passage. As a group, you will determine the Tier 2 words. By last name: Group 1: A-F Group 2: G-M Group 3: N-R Group 4: S-Z
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Can you find the Tier 2 words? Martin Luther King wanted to end segregation. He did not believe in the separation of white and black people. He believed in the equality of all people. Martin Luther King organized peaceful demonstrations and civil rights marches in Atlanta, hoping to gain equal rights for African Americans. Martin’s dreams became a reality. African Americans can vote and go to the same schools as white children; but he did not live to see these things occur. In 1968 he was assassinated. Today, we celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday on January 15 th as a national holiday.
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Tier 2? equality segregation separation organized peaceful demonstrations African Americans assassinated celebrate birthday
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RAP with your students!
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R-Rehearse
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“carlin”
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Word Analysis Discuss grammar, parts of speech, letter patterns, root words, prefixes and suffixes, families Other forms (caution-cautiously) Cloze exercises Word Map
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Create or find a picture for the word Demonstrate the word- (Mope) Use the word in conversation Construct a sentence with the word Think of a word or picture that clues the learner to the meaning of the word P- Produce
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Present Translate, pictures, Greek and Latin roots Select *words used in several subjects *words with multiple meanings Engage – RAP! Rehearse, Analyze, and Produce. Word walls, word books, and interactions: Snap and Spell, visualizing, drawing Recap:
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Please post any questions you have to the chat box area.
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I will send this slide deck out to you for reference Certificates of course completion Post-session survey: please share your thoughts on today’s presentation and share how you have implemented vocabulary instruction in your classroom since this session Feel free to contact me at alruiz@bellevue.edu Wrapping it up…
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