Vocabulary

Vocabulary Framework Exemplar:

• Students have multiple opportunities to identify, read, write, spEL, and say vocabulary

• Teacher says, spELs, and says word

• Students say, spEL, and say word

• Teacher provides both definitional and contextual information (discuss words, talk about meanings, go beyond the dictionary definition)

• Students discuss what the word is and is not

• Teacher instructs word structure strategies (prefixes, suffixes, roots)

• Teacher has students actively process the information with thought-provoking, interactive activities (e.g., word wall activities, graphic organizers)

• Students use word in a sentence

• Provide multiple exposures

• Provide wide reading opportunities to encounter words