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Choose a manageable amount of words to directly
teach from each unit or story
Teach vocabulary in the context of real reading
Have
students create student friendly definitions
(Determining Importance)
Connect vocabulary and concepts to already known words
and concepts (Make Connections)
Encourage students to use new vocabulary in and out of
class
Teach common prefixes, suffixes, and roots
Teach to all learning styles with movement, symbols,
music, cooperative groups, etc. (Visualizing)
Provide a lot of time for reading (SSR and in class)
Create opportunities to make predictions about words and
talk about them (Inferring)
Encourage students to ask questions about unfamiliar
words (Questioning & Clarifying)
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Overwhelm students with too many words or not provide
direct instruction in any words
Teach isolated vocabulary out of context
Copy
definitions from the dictionary
Treat concepts as isolated
Abandon words after they have been tested
Ignore etymology (make-up) of words
Chose one modality to teach vocabulary (example – all
oral recitation)
Assign all reading to be done out of class
Pass
over unfamiliar words without discussing them
Stifle questions about words |