1. Vocabulary Training Wilson
County Teachers
Keith Pruitt
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2. Working With Vocabulary
• Explain
• Restate
• Show
• Discuss
• Refine and Reflect
• Apply and Learning Games
Robert Marzano, Building Background Knowledge
3. Explain
• Putting words in terms students
already know.
How would you explain to students the word
accomplish?
4. 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.
5. Your Turn
• With a partner, come up with an explanation
and a context for each of the following words.
• Whisper
• Greeting
• Burrow
• Glittering
6. Working With Vocabulary
• Explain
• Restate
• Show
• Discuss
• Refine and Reflect
• Apply and Learning Games
Robert Marzano, Building Background Knowledge
7. Using Vocabulary Journals
• Have students create journals
• Words
• Schema
• Explanations
• Reflections
• Consultations
8. Working With Vocabulary
• Explain
• Restate
• Show
• Discuss
• Refine and Reflect
• Apply and Learning Games
Robert Marzano, Building Background Knowledge
12. Working With Vocabulary
• Explain
• Restate
• Show
• Discuss
• Refine and Reflect
• Apply and Learning Games
Robert Marzano, Building Background Knowledge
13. Working With Vocabulary
• Explain
• Restate
• Show
• Discuss
• Refine and Reflect
• Apply and Learning Games
Robert Marzano, Building Background Knowledge
14. Working With Vocabulary
• Explain
• Restate
• Show
• Discuss
• Refine and Reflect
• Apply and Learning Games
Robert Marzano, Building Background Knowledge