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Brain-Based
Vocabulary Enhancing Strategies
Bernadette Lambert
http://leadered.com/OHBPC/handouts.html
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
Word Clouds
Tagxedo.com
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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