Vocabulary Checklist
(Reading Vine, 2018)
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Purpose
Purpose
It is important for students to understand how to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Vocabulary knowledge strengthens reading comprehension. If students are able to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues, signal words, affixes, and dictionaries, they will be able to grasp the content presented in the text.
Rationale
Rationale
Vocabulary is generally a prerequisite skill for reading comprehension. Often times, students with learning disabilities have difficulty determining the meaning of unfamiliar words. This greatly impacts their ability to conceptualize their understanding and recall information.
Steps of the Strategy
Steps of the Strategy
Look for context clues and signal words in the sentence of the unfamiliar word and other nearby sentences.
Break the word into word parts (roots, prefixes, base words, and suffixes). Identify the meaning of each part and then put the meanings together to figure out the whole word.
Attempt to determine the meaning of the word and use it in a sentence.
If necessary, look the word up in the dictionary.
Generalization Plan
Generalization Plan
Educators should pre-teach key vocabulary words, especially Tier 2 and Tier 3 words. They should explicitly teach the meaning of these words because they may be generalized across content areas. Prior to reading a passage, educators can make a list of 3-5 words that may impact students’ understanding of the text and demonstrate how to chunk and label the word parts (i.e., prefix, suffix, and root word).
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