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Blended Vocabulary for K–12 Classrooms
Discover a research-based model you can implement to help English learners, general education students, and special education students master tiered vocabulary.
Benefits:
- Understand the importance of students’ vocabulary development and ways educators at the classroom, school, and district levels can positively impact vocabulary building.
- Learn how to develop effective literacy leadership teams.
- Explore digital tools and how to use them to support word learning in interactive ways.
- Discover instructional strategies for teaching vocabulary to elementary students, secondary students, special education students, and English learners.
- Access activities, recommended books, and other resources that support the three tiers of vocabulary instruction.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: A Culture of Word Learning
Chapter 2: A New Model for Effective Vocabulary Instruction
Chapter 3: Methods for Classifying and Selecting Vocabulary Words
Chapter 4: Effective Instruction and Assessment
Chapter 5: Vocabulary Strategies for Elementary Students
Chapter 6: Vocabulary Strategies for Secondary Students
Chapter 7: Vocabulary Strategies for Special Populations
Appendix A: Digital Tools That Support Vocabulary and Word Learning
Appendix B: Suggested Books Containing Tier Two Vocabulary Words for Primary and Intermediate Grades
Appendix C: Annotated Bibliography of Vocabulary Books to Integrate Into Word Learning
REPRODUCIBLES
- Blank High School Vocabulary Log
- Blank Word Wheel
- Save the Last Word for Me Directions
- Sorting Vocabulary Words Into Tiers
- Suggested Books Containing Tier Two Vocabulary Words for Primary and Intermediate Grades
- Template for Vocabulary in a Unit of Study
- Using Digital Tools: Questions for Consideration
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Books
- Carleton, L., & Marzano, R. J. (2010). Vocabulary Games for the Classroom. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Research.
- Marzano, R. J., & Simms, J. A. (2013). Vocabulary for the Common Core. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Research.
Websites
Chapter 1
Digital Tools for Literacy Leadership Team Collaboration
Chapter 2
Education Organization Websites
Blogs
Chapter 3
Digital Tools for Collaboratively Selecting Vocabulary
Chapter 4
Digital Tools for Effective Instruction and Assessment
- Flashcard Stash
- Free Rice
- Kahoot!
- Lexipedia
- Lingro
- Padlet
- Plickers
- Shahi
- Snappy Words
- Socrative
- Visual Dictionary Online
- Vocabulary Games
Chapter 5
Digital Tools for Elementary Students
Chapter 6
Digital Tools for Secondary Students
- Evernote
- Flashcard Stash
- Free Rice
- Lexipedia
- Lingro
- LiveBinders
- OneNote
- Padlet
- Popplet
- ThingLink
- Visual Dictionary Online
- YouTube
Chapter 7
Digital Tools for Special Populations
- Augusta Mann
- Free Rice
- Lexipedia
- LiveBinders
- OneNote
- Padlet
- Popplet
- Shahi
- ThingLink
- Visual Dictionary Online
Appendix A
Reference Tools
- Flickr
- Lexipedia
- Lingro
- A Maths Dictionary for Kids
- Mathwords
- Shahi
- Snappy Words
- Visual Dictionary Online
- Wiktionary
- WordHippo
- Wordnik
- Word Spy
- Your Dictionary
Word Clouds
Games and Review
- English Vocabulary Word Lists
- Flashcard Stash
- Free Rice
- VocabAhead
- Vocabulary Games
- VocabularySpellingCity
Concept Maps
Word Walls
SAT and ACT Preparation
Classroom Assessment
Appendix C