[LIT] vocab / Middle Ground

[lw at abilock.net]

Hi all,
I'd like to add that everyone should own vocabulary instruction - including
the specialists.  
See:
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqarchives/volume35/KQ
W35_1Abilock.pdf

best,
debbie
 
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exists." --Eric Hoffer

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[mailto:lit-bounces at literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Bill IVEY
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Subject: [LIT] vocab / Middle Ground

Hi!

Rick Wormeli has a good article entitled "Teaching Vocabulary : Work
Smarter,  Not Harder" in the current issue of "Middle Ground" from NMSA.
He lists and explains 10 principles:
1. Spend time reading
2. Teach words for their own sake, in addition to the terms associated with
units of study 3. Build integration, repetition, and meaningful use into
vocabulary instruction 4. Do not make the first night's vocabulary
assignment looking up the definitions in the dictionary and using them
properly in a sentence 5. Don't rely purely on defining the words or asking
students to figure out a word using context cues 6. Help students relate
words to their world 7. Start teaching students Latin and Greek prefixes and
roots 8. Teach students a lexicon for studying vocabulary 9. Spend
considerable time helping students with subtle difference analysis 10.
Express great enthusiasm for words and their wise use

I know we've been talking vocabulary instruction lately, but I'm wondering
what practices you have found successful which relate to these ten
principles or if there are any questions you might have surrounding any of
these principles.

Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School


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