TEACHER LESSON SITES
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH VOCABULARY?
Building Academic Vocabulary Marzano & Pickering
Trina Bright
A. Provide a description, explanation, example, or context of the new term (Do NOT give a definition) Provide background knowledge; solicit personal thoughts, offer real experiences, video or images, and use outside academia.
KWL – Read Aloud – Teach Content Clues – Anticipation Guides
B. Ask students to restate, explain, or give an example in their own words Ask students to paraphrase word meaning, monitor for self-correction. Provide additional support, and provide time for writing in notebooks
Seed Discussions – Three-Minute Pass
C. Model. Allow students to manipulate the word with a picture, symbol, or graphic or nonlinguistic representation
Picture Notes / Comics – LINCS – Cubing/Thinking Cube
D. Engage students’ individual learning styles in activities that help them add to their knowledge of words
Visual – Auditory - Other
E. Discuss words in terms of one another - Informal Think-Pair-Share activities
A-Z Review – Mind Streaming – A-Z Review
F. Involve students in games with words – Allow for review time to reexamine understanding
Talk a Mile a Minute – Charades – Pictionary – Jeopardy
Embedded General Teacher Links
Library Media CCSS Crosswalk
Arkansas Department of Education
The Learning Institute
Benchmark Education Company
SMART Technologies
Read-Write-Think
Literacy Newsletter Choice Literacy
For Teachers Test Prep StudyZone.Org
Blooms for Technology Blooms Apps
SMART Notebook and Response files SMART Exchange
SMART Notebook files Simple Smart Skills
Marzano's High Yield Strategies
Math
Math Video Lessons Khan Academy
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
Math Lessons and Activities Illuminations
Vocabulary for Students
Word Cloud ABCya!
Word clouds Wordle
Shaped Word clouds Tagxedo
Horizontal Word Clouds WordItOut
Graphical dictionary Visuwords
Publish and Present for Students
Write and illustrate Myths & Legends Story Creator 2
Virtual memory or storytelling box Museum Box
Prezi Create, share, and publish online presentations.
Animated memes Xtranormal
Build a website Weebly for Education
Posters mix, media, emotions, and ideas Glogster
Library Media CCSS Crosswalk
Arkansas Department of Education
The Learning Institute
Benchmark Education Company
SMART Technologies
Read-Write-Think
Literacy Newsletter Choice Literacy
For Teachers Test Prep StudyZone.Org
Blooms for Technology Blooms Apps
SMART Notebook and Response files SMART Exchange
SMART Notebook files Simple Smart Skills
Marzano's High Yield Strategies
Math
Math Video Lessons Khan Academy
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
Math Lessons and Activities Illuminations
Vocabulary for Students
Word Cloud ABCya!
Word clouds Wordle
Shaped Word clouds Tagxedo
Horizontal Word Clouds WordItOut
Graphical dictionary Visuwords
Publish and Present for Students
Write and illustrate Myths & Legends Story Creator 2
Virtual memory or storytelling box Museum Box
Prezi Create, share, and publish online presentations.
Animated memes Xtranormal
Build a website Weebly for Education
Posters mix, media, emotions, and ideas Glogster
