ABC+notepage+2011-2012

ABC Notepage for 2011-2012

Banner Question: How will Lexicon of the Day increase my student's vocabulary and word usage across the curriculum?

Word of the Day
 * 1) School observatins
 * 2) science related topic ABC
 * 3) Focus: Vocabulary, Science, Marzona strategies (6 for Vocabulary), ideas from other teaching experience
 * 4) Word of the Day Focus
 * 5) Culminating Events...Word fo the Day Game Carnival

Material: Marzano Vocabulary Vocabulary Games in the Classroom ISBN # 978-0-9822592-6-9 Carleton, Lindsay Marzano

ELPS Strategies:
 * literate student paired with 2nd language student
 * write in their own language to make a person connection or link to an experience
 * pair & share

Marzano's 6-dtep process to building Vocabulary Step 1: Introduce word Step 2: Langauge Step 3: Picture Step 4: Understanding and knowledge
 * explanation and exampe (see the word, know the word, discuss the word, use the word)
 * Restate and put into their own words. Write it down in their own words. Then turn and table share idea (writings) with a friend.
 * illustrate to help you remember (picture, pictograph, etc.
 * move around room to check for understanding or misconceptions to correct
 * Reflection **
 * How has my understanding changed since I first met the word?
 * Rate my understanding 1-4 (see rubric for clarity)
 * add to knowledge
 * sharpen understanding
 * analogies
 * I.E. fact to product as dividend to quotient (connect made to mulitplication and division)
 * make a connection; comparing & contrasting

Step 5: Social Interaction
 * students talk to others and explain their understanding and compare/contrast
 * Reflection **
 * How has my understanding changed since I first met the word?
 * Rate my understanding. 1-4 (see rubric for clarity)

Step 6:Games
 * continual exposure to the workd
 * game with meaning


 * Pair & Share
 * Reflecting
 * It's not a KWL or KWEL chart
 * Student-Centered
 * Dry Erase Whiteboard Check
 * Analogies
 * Vocabulary in context
 * Real-world examples and connections
 * Clarify misconceptions
 * Self-ranking understanging of their reflections
 * Takes ownership of learning
 * Using ELPS