Vocabulary Strategies
a graphic organizer focused on refining the understanding of a word through definition, illustration, and non-examples
What are vocabulary cards or What is Frayer Model?
the amount of words that students own and use correctly in their expressive vocabulary
What is vocabulary?
a strategies that should occur at least once daily in the classroom during an anticipated time and provides a fluent reading model
What is read aloud?
the component of fluency that involves reading with good expression that enhances and reflects the meaning of the text being read
What is prosody?
Vocabulary and background are interdependent in supporting comprehension. These two strands would be found in this category of Scarborough's Reading Rope.
What is language comprehension?
an active that involves considering words and placing them in categories that may be predefined or may be determined through the activity
What is a word sort?
a person's vocabulary that is used for listening and reading
What is receptive vocabulary?
a fluency strategy involving repeated reading of a script in preparation for a group reading performance
What is reader's theater?
total words read minus errors divided by total words in the passage
What is assessment or measure of word recognition or What is total words read correctly (WRC)?
What is language comprehension?
learning activity involving constructing a variety of words with related meaning parts by using given morphemes
What is a morphology matrix?
a person's speaking and writing vocabulary is called _________
What is expressive vocabulary?
a strategy in which all students receive a printed copy and/or view a projection of the text and read in unison and is known to support fluency development
What is choral reading?
total number of words read in one minute, minus the number of errors
What is number of words read correctly per minute (WCPM)?
this refers to the storage of words in the "mental dictionary" in the brain
What is lexicon?
involves ordering words related in meaning in order of intensity
What is word gradients?
a form of teaching vocabulary following a procedure that includes multiple exposures to the word, examples and non-examples of the word, visual examples, and use of the word in different ways as part of the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model
What is explicit teaching or What is explicit vocabulary instruction?
a strategy which involves students reading a passage four times and graphing the results to create motivation and to support visually the growth taking place in fluency
What is Repeated-Readings?
a scale of 1 to 4 used to rate a reader's expression and volume, phrasing, smoothness, and pace or reading rate during oral reading
What is Multidimensional Fluency Scale (MFS)? or What is an assessment of expression or prosody?
vocabulary is processed in these two processors with the 4-part processing model
What are the meaning processor and the context processor?
represents the multiple dimensions of a word ranging from definition, synonyms, multiple meanings, examples, and more that contribute to deep word knowledge
What is dimensions of word knowledge organizer or semantic map?
the progression of knowledge from unknown, to acquainted, to established
What is the continuum of word knowledge?
a strategy used one-on-one in Tier 3 fluency intervention involving the teacher and student chorally reading together and the teacher reading directly into the student's dominant ear
What is Neurological Impress Method (NIM)?
accuracy, automaticity, and expression
What are three main characteristics of fluency? or of a fluent reading?
this is the single most important factor for readers who have already learned the alphabetic code
What is vocabulary?