1. Chapter 6
Building Vocabulary

2. What is Vocabulary? Exploring relationships between words
It is more than memorizing definitions for a test on Friday.
The average first-grader knows 5,000 to 6,000 words.
Approximately 3,000 words are learned each year.

3. Stages of Word Knowledge
Task One —Learning to read known words.
Task Two —Learning new meanings for known words.
Task Three —Learning new words that represent known concepts.
Task Four —Learning new words that represent new concepts.
Task Five —Clarifying and enriching the meanings of known words.
Task Six —Moving words for receptive to expressive vocabulary.

4. Seven Principles of Developing Vocabulary
Build experiential background by providing a variety of rich experiences.
Relate vocabulary words to students’ background—the words they already know.
Help students explore relationships between words.
Develop depth of meaning to help students see the many shades of meaning of words.

5. Seven Principles of Developing Vocabulary Continued
Provide students with multiple exposures to words.
Help create an interest in words.
Teach students how to learn new words independently.

6. Techniques for Teaching Words
Graphic Organizers
Semantic maps
Pictorial maps and webs
SFA
Venn Diagrams
Dramatization
Crossword Puzzles
Riddles

7. Techniques for Teaching Words Continued
Explore Sesquipedalian words—long words.
Have a “Word of the Day or Week” focus
Labeling
Predictions
Predict-o-gram
Possible sentences
Word Sorts

8. Study Special Features of Words
Homophones—sound alike, but usually spelled differently
Greece, grease
Homographs—spelled alike, but sound different
Bass voice, bass fish
Figurative language
Idioms
Metaphors
Similes

9. Learning How to Learn Words
Words with multiple meanings
Morphemic Analysis
Morpheme—smallest unit of a word
Believe—1
Telegraph—2
Prefixes, Suffixes, Inflectional endings, and Root words
Context Clues
Dictionary Usage

10. Most Importantly!!! Provide students with opportunities to read.
Read aloud to your students.