This presentation looks at research supported methods of vocabulary instruction to foster understanding and vocabulary growth in students.

1. Vocabulary
Instruction-Not
all Words are
Created Equal!
January Coffee House
By Billie Rengo
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Literacy Coach

2. Purpose-To Help Students
Succeed
 Not all students are
ELL, but all students
are academic
language learners.
(Zahner, 2012)
 Struggling readers
 Students with limited
vocabularies
 May be related to
learning needs or
lack of instruction
(Hutton)

3. Common Core Standards
 Sort words according
to concepts
 Use affixes as a clue
to a word’s meaning
 Use context clues in
age appropriate
texts
 Develop an
understanding of
multiple meaning
words
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4. What words?
 There are 3 “tiers” of
vocabulary words
 Tier 1-do not require
direct instruction and
are “basic vocabulary”
(ex. Sun)
 Tier 2-sight words and
multiple meaning words
 Require direct
teaching
 Tier 3-low-
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specific words
(Hutton)

5. Supporting Vocabulary During
Guided Reading
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6. Strategies
 Create Word Walls
 What research
based strategies
can you use with
your students?
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8. Frayer Model
Deepens student
understanding
Not simply a definition
Examples and non-examples
are listed
(Worksheet Works)

9. Image
credit:
maine.gov

10. Image credit: http://speechroomnews.blogspot.com/2012/11/evidence-based-vocabulary-
instruction.html

11. What does peppy mean? Use
context clues
Share a portion of the
story “Gingerbread
Friends “ by Jan Brett

12. LINCS Strategy
 Step 1: List the parts
 Step 2: Identify a Reminding Word
 Step 3: Note a LINCing Story
 Step 4: Create a LINCing Picture
 Step 5: Self-test
(Zahner, 2012)

13. Image credit: http://speechroomnews.blogspot.com/2012/11/evidence-based-vocabulary-instruction.html

14. References
 Hutton, T. Three tiers of vocabulary education.Super
Duper Handy Handouts, No. 182
 Brett, J. (2009). Gingerbread baby. New York: Scholastic.
 Worksheet Works. (n.d.). Worksheet works. Retrieved
from
http://www.worksheetworks.com/miscellanea/graphic-
organizers/frayer.html
 Zahner, M. (2012, October 8th). Vocabulary instruction--
make it explicit!. Retrieved from
http://literacyinstructionalcoach.blogspot.com/2012/10
/vocabulary-instruction-make-it-explicit.html