Learning Objectives

• Describe the four components of an effective vocabulary program.
• Identify the forms of receptive and productive vocabulary.
• Identify Dale’s four levels of word knowledge.
• Understand the link between vocabulary and comprehension.

Key Vocabulary

oral vocabulary
print vocabulary
productive vocabulary
receptive vocabulary
root word
specific word instruction
wide reading
word consciousness
word family
word-learning strategies

Learning Objectives

• Identify methods for selecting vocabulary for explicit instruction.
• Understand the four basic components of rich and robust vocabulary instruction.
• Describe three strategies for introducing the meaning of specific words.
• Be familiar with two research-based methods for introducing the meaning of specific words during teacher read-alouds.
• Be familiar with other effective instructional strategies, practices, and activities for teaching the meanings of specific words.

Key Vocabulary

abstract words
categories of word knowledge
cognate
concrete words
contextualized vocabulary
function words
keyword method
possible sentences
rich and robust instruction
semantic feature analysis
semantic map
student-friendly explanation
teacher-created contexts
text talk
three-tier system
word map

Learning Objectives

• Explain the purpose of directly teaching word-learning strategies to students.
• Identify the three areas of word-learning–strategy instruction, and be able to describe each.
• Be familiar with effective instructional strategies, practices, and activities for teaching word-learning strategies.

Key Vocabulary

bound morpheme
cognate
compound word
concept of definition map
context clues
contextual analysis
false cognate
free morpheme
Greek root
Latin root
morpheme
morphemic analysis
prefix
root word
suffix
The Vocabulary Strategy
word family
word-learning strategy
word-part clues

Learning Objectives

• Explain the nature of word consciousness and its importance in learning new words.
• Recognize ways to increase students’ awareness and enjoyment of words.
• Be familiar with effective instructional strategies, practices, and activities for promoting word consciousness.

Key Vocabulary

adept diction
Anglo-Saxon layer
antonym
complementary antonyms
connotation
denotation
figurative language
gradable antonyms
Greek layer
homograph
idiom
Latin layer
layers of the English language
metaphor
simile
synonym
word consciousness
word play
word web