Tier II Vocabulary:

What are we talking about?Tier 3 “Low frequency words-

rarely seen in text”Tier 2 “High frequency words

for mature language users”

Tier 1 “The most basic words- common knowledge

words”

Tier I

Tier II

Tier III

Target: Improve your ability to judge your own word knowledge

Your should become proficient at answering questions such as:Do I know the meaning of this word?Does the meaning I know for this word fit the context?

Do I know the meaning of this word well enough to keep reading with an adequate level of comprehension?

Tier II (2) Words should:Come from your text that fall into the tier two category

Be words that occur frequently in many types of text

Examples: hazardous, fugitive, ambitious

Tier II (2)Words should not:Be every day words such as red, happy, sad

Be content specific words such as geometry, photosynthesis, geography

Let’s Review

Tier I Tier II Tier III

Turn to this page… let’s practice

Time to Practice

Categorize the following words into one of the three categories: Tier I, Tier II, or Tier III:

Book Economics Run

Sheepishly Girl Revolutionary War

Dog Fortunate Linger

Write the words under the headings on the blank table.

Your Job!!!!

Date Title/Author Thinking before, during, or after reading

Vocab Words

Starting TODAY- You will be marking your Tier II words on your pink page. In the coming weeks we will be using these words for our vocabulary study!

Indicator 3 2 1

Word Identified

Identified multiple Tier II

words

Identified some Tier I words; word

identified were Tier I or

III

Identified few Tier II words;

words identified are Tier I&/or III

Elements

Each Word had the part of

speech, definition, example,& illustration

Words were missing few of

the elements(part

of speech, example, etc.)

Most words are missing the several

elements

Definitions

Definitions were details and accurately

matched the meaning and

context clues in sentence.

Definitions accurately

matched the meaning and context clues in sentence.

Most definitions accurately

matched the meaning and context clues

This will be used in the coming weeks to assess your independent vocabulary study

Please file this rubric in your Vocabulary Section of your reading binder for future reference.Now begin reading- record any Tier II

words/pg # you encounter.