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On a scale of 1-5 (1 being the lowest) how confident are you about your vocabulary instruction?
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Adapted from Dale, Rasband, Ross, Gardner, & Cunningham, 2004
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How much time do you spend teaching vocabulary on a daily basis?
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How much time do your students spend interacting with Tier II words?
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Discuss your response to this question within your group.
Choose a group leader and record your responses on an index card.
Group leader should be prepared to share with everyone.
How do you teach vocabulary?
Intro to ExC-ELL(Expediting Comprehension
for English Language Learners)
Margarita Calderón
Margarita Calderon Margarita Calderón, Ph.D. is a Johns Hopkins University
Professor Emerita and Senior Research Scientist
What’s Academic Language?
For formal discourse between teacher-student and student-student interaction around standards/goals.
For text comprehension. For formal writing. For success in tests. For academic and economic status. (Calderón, in press)
Dimensions of Academic Language
Features of Academic Language
Research and Strategies
ExC-ELL:Expediting Comprehension for English
Language Learners
•ExC-ELL—a research-based and evidence-based instruction for adolescent literacy, language, and domain knowledge development.
The Tiers of Language Tier 1 : Everyday words, social, instructional Tier 2 : Tier 2 words nest academic content through transition Words, Connectors, Causation, Time Sequencing, Predictions. Polysemous Words
Tier 3 : Content Specific Language
Tier 2 words…
Tier 2 words nest academic content through transition Words, Connectors, Causation, Time Sequencing, Predictions.
Some examples: Cause & Effect -- because, due to, as a result, since,
for this reason, therefore, in order to, so that, thus…
Contrast -- or, but, although, however, in contrast, nevertheless, on the other hand, while…
Addition or Comparison -- and, also, as well as, in addition, likewise, moreover, by the way…
Giving examples -- for example, for instance, in particular, such as…
Tier 2 words can also include polysemous words across academic content areas:
solution table divide prime round trunk state
power cell
right radical
leg left
Introduction to Tiering
STEP 1SELECT VOCABULARY TO PRE-TEACH BEFORE
PRESENTING CONTENT, TEACHER READ ALOUD, OR STUDENT READING OF ANY TEXT.
STEP 2TEACH VOCABULARY USING 7 STEPS WITH AMPLE
STUDENT INTERACTION. STEP 3STUDENTS READ, DISCUSS, AND WRITE USING NEW
VOCABULARY
To Tier or Not to Tier
• At your table, determine what tier you think the words would fall into.
• Use the tiering guideline at your table to assist you in placing them in the proper tier.
• Never fear...be prepared to share!
Let’s Practice!
One gray winter day the elderly queen summoned all her grandchildren to the castle. “I have been fortunate to have lived a long life,” she said. “But in time your generation will rule the country. You must work persistently to help the people and take care of the land.
“We will always work hard,” the children replied.
“You must also be faithful to your brothers and sisters, no matter what,” the queen said.
Tier 1Simple Words
Tier 2Process, Idioms,
Sophisticated
Tier 3Content Words,Key vocabulary
wish
gray
queen
castle
rule
take care
replied
no matter what
elderly
summoned
fortunate
generation
persistently
faithful
Independent Practice
• Read the story at your table and underline words or phrases you "think" an 5th grade student might have difficulty understanding.
• Focus on words that would be specific to their comprehension (understanding) of the story.
A Change In Climate
From one day to the next, weather can have a big
effect on your life. When it rains, you have to stay indoors or carry an umbrella. When it's cold, you have to bundle up.
Over the course of hundreds, thousands, and millions of years, weather trends affect life on Earth in more dramatic ways. Ice ages or long droughts, for example, can wipe out certain types of plants and animals. Although many species manage to survive such extreme, long-term climate shifts, their living conditions also change.
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3
The 7 Steps1.Teacher says the word.2.Teacher asks students to repeat the word 3 times. (can
be done in a funny voice, a character voice, with inflection, facial expressions, gestures, etc...)
3.Teacher states the word in context from the text.4.Teacher provides the dictionary definition(s).5.Teacher explains meaning with student-friendly
definitions.6.Engages students in activities to develop
word/concept knowledge.7.Teacher highlights grammar, spelling, polysemy, etc.
Over the course
Example with ExC-ELL Template
Wrap Up
• Turn and Talk
• Any thought provoking questions???
• 3-2-1: 3 things you learned, 2 things you still want to know, 1 question you still have
• Video: No matter how small...words touch us all.