Stages of Word Knowledge
Principles of Developing Vocabulary
Techniques for Teaching Words
Teaching Special Features of Words
Learning How to Learn Words
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This task involves sounding out words that students understand but do not recognize in print
What is Task 1: Learning to read known words
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Providing students with a variety of rich experiences and discussing the experiences with them.
What is building background
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See diagram 1
What is a Semantic Map
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Words that pronounced the same but differ in spelling and meaning
What is Homophones
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This gives younger students simple definitions of new words in picture form.
What is A predictionary
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Teachers have to help their students make connections among known words and ensure a greater depth of understanding.
What is Stage 5: Clarifying and enriching the meanings of known words.
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Showing how new words are related to each other.
What is: Building Relationships
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This is a better source of new words for students in the early graders than are the books they read silently.
What is Teacher read-alouds
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These following words are examples of? bass bow desert dove lead
What is Homographs
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Smallest unit of meaning
What is A morpheme
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A large part of expanding a student's vocabulary is adding new shades of meaning to words
What is Task 2: Learning new meanings for known words
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Promoting independent word-learning skills.
What is: Teaching students how to learn new words.
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Putting words in the context of a simple skit adds interest and reality.
What is Dramatizing
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Young students and language learners tend to have trouble with this because they interpret language literally.
What is figurative expressions
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This suffix changes the part of speech of a word or changes the function of the word in some way.
What is Derivational Suffix
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This task is a little more than learning a new label.
What is Task 3: Learning new words that represent known concepts
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"In order to build the kind of word knowledge that affects comprehension, learners must actively work with new words."
What is: Presenting several exposures.
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Most productive way of building vocabulary.
What is wide reading
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When teaching this you teach the concrete and functional meaning first and then the abstract meaning.
What is multiple meanings
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These come in three forms: Solid, hyphenated and open
What is Compound words
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The most difficult word learning task students face.
What is Task four: Learning new words that represent new concepts
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This can have a significant impact on vocabulary development.
What is: Creating an interest in Words
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This forces students to think about each word and see similarities and differences among words.
What is Word Sorts
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These are examples of? "Hit the road" "Cat got your tongue?"
What is Idiomatic expressions
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These examples are types of... Explicit explanation or definition Appositives Synonyms Function indicators Examples Comparison- Contrast Experience
What are Context Clues
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