1 Brain-Based Vocabulary Enhancing Strategies Bernadette Lambert

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Brain-Based

Vocabulary Enhancing Strategies

Bernadette Lambert

http://leadered.com/OHBPC/handouts.html

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http://rising1.edu.glogster.com/vocabulary/

Entrance Task

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These 23 words come from a definition describing what word?

Learning Outcome

Promote interdisciplinary strategies and practices that

enhance vocabulary development and support

what we know about how the brain learns.

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Daggett Systemfor Effective Instruction

Daggett, 2012. Daggett System for Effective Student Achievement

Teaching

1. Embrace rigorous & relevant expectations for all students

2. Build strong relationship with students 3. Possess depth of content knowledge and

make it relevant to students 4. Facilitate rigorous and relevant instruction

based on how students learn 5. Use assessments to guide and differentiate

instruction 6. Demonstrate expertise in use of instructional

strategies, technology, and best practices

How does the brain learn?

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The human brain has the ability to generate new brain cells. Your brain, therefore, has plasticity and the ability to be shaped by environment at any age.

Factors for Enriched Environment

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• Socialization• Physical Activity• Mental

Stimulation• Nutrition• Spirituality

Factors for Enriched Environment

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• Socialization• Physical Activity• Mental

Stimulation• Nutrition• Spirituality

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Work collaborativelyOffer hands-on opportunities Relate to real worldDigest in purposeful chunksSearch for meaning through patterns

Rigor/Relevance Framework

Which words do I teach?

Three Tiers of Vocabulary

Three Tiers of Vocabulary

Three Tiers of Vocabulary

Three Tiers of Vocabulary

Three Tiers of Vocabulary

Three Tiers of Vocabulary

Three Tiers of Vocabulary

onomatopoeia

Tier Two WordsNot clear responsibility of a

particular content area teacher . . .

CCSS Appendix A

Tier Two WordsFar less well defined by

contextual clues. . . less likely to be defined explicitly within

a text . . .CCSS Appendix A

Tier Two WordsFrequently encountered in complex written texts . . .

wide applicability to many sorts of reading. . .

CCSS Appendix A

Work with your team to SORT the words into 3 categories.

A. Everybody on

our team knows what this word means.

B. At least one

person on our team knows what this word means.

C. Nobody on

our team knows what this word means.

Sift, Sort, and Summarize

Put words in Group C to the side. Re-sort words in Groups A & B based on meaning. Limit sorts to 3-5 categories. Label each category with a sticky note.

Types of numbers

Operations Miscellaneo

us

natural subtractabsolute

value

whole multiply coordinates

real simplify

compare

Sift, Sort, and Summarize

THINK OF A WORDVocabulary Development Lesson for Context Clues

Think of a WordWhen he heard about his friend’s death, he sent his ___________ to the family.

Think of a Word

They kept a lookout for ___________ who might be prowling through the woods in search of loot.

Think of a WordThe wooden slope was __________ - a vertical cliff – and hard to climb.

Think of a Word

Unable to free themselves, they waited for rescuers to give them _________.

•Deeper understanding of concepts

•Encourage analysis and synthesis

•List examples before you list characteristics

CONCEPT DEFINITION ORGANIZER

Essential QuestionResearch and Argument

What is an effective leader?

adjective1.adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.

effective

1. What is the concept?

effectiveness

2. Example

2. Example

2. Example

Generate Examples of Effectiveness

•Diets/Exercises•Newspapers/Advertisements•Technology•Finance•Safety•Medicine/Drugs

Weight Watchers

Points System

TylenolPM

Dictionary.com

Phone App

effectiveness

3. Properties or characteristics

3. Properties or characteristics

3. Properties or characteristics

Weight Watchers

Points System

Tylenol PM

Dictionary.com

Phone App

effectiveness

Gets the job done.

Works like I expect it to work.

Works best if I use it the right way.

4. Category

Weight Watchers

Points System

Tylenol PM

Dictionary.com

Phone App

effectiveness

Gets the job done.

Works like I expect it to work.

Works best if I use it the right way.

measurement

5. New Definition

Weight Watchers

Points System

Tylenol PM

Dictionary.com

Phone App

effectiveness

Gets the job done.

Works like I expect it to work.

Works best if I use it the right way.

measurement

Effectiveness is a measurement to determine how well something or someone gets the job done, with the

understanding that it will work like you expect it to work if you use it the right way.

Metaphor Brainstorming

Esophagus = pushes things

along in wavelike motion

Rib Cage = anything that

protects

Feet=

a journey

Heart= expresses

feeling, rhythm, or supplying

Finger or Hands =

Work that can be done collectively, as well as individually

Liver =any kind of

filter

Spine = provides structure or

support

Stomach = processes or breaks down other things

The Coordinate Plane

By: Stan Blackman

Jay High School

Lesson for Glencoe Algebra I Math

Section 4-1

Algebra I Glencoe Mathematics 2004

The McGraw Hill Companies Inc.

Y-axis

X-axis

The four quadrants of the coordinate plane.

Quadrant I

Quadrant II

Quadrant IV

Quadrant III

Y-axis

X-axis

OriginPoint(0,0)

The Ordered Pair

(5,10)X- coordinate

Y- coordinate

Y-axis

X-axis

Signs of the quadrants.

(+,+)

(+,-)(-,-)

(-,+)

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COORDINATE PLANEX-AXISY-AXIS QUADRANTORDERED PAIR

BUILDING CLASSROOMWORD WALLS

Having a word wall is not the same thing as “doing” a word wall.

Patricia Cunningham

Word Wall WorkoutCLASSIFY two words on the

wall as elementary,

two as middle school, and two as high school level words.

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I Have. . . Who Has?

How do we keep the words alive in our classroom?

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