Discuss the instructional strategies you will rely upon in your classroom in order to develop thinking about, thinking through, and thinking with vocabulary.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 2Explain the relationship between vocabulary and comprehension using information from the chapter.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 3Kaitlyn is beginning a social studies unit on ancient Egypt with her sixth graders. Although most of her students are reading at grade level, she knows that they will have difficulty with the vocabulary such as:
Ankh mummy
Obelisk papyrus
Pharaoh pyramid
Sarcophagus scarab
Sphinx temple
Tomb Red Sea
Sahara Desert silt
Which of the following vocabulary strategies might be used to increase Kaitlyn's students' in-depth vocabulary knowledge while reading their social studies text?
A) Have the class look up each word in the dictionary, write the definition, and use it in a sentence.
B) Create a Think Sheet as a classroom activity.
C) Use a word sort to identify words by categories.
D) Use the self-selection strategy and have students identify the words they don't know as they read.
Ques. 4Ms. Pearson assigned her students a section to read on ecosystems in their science book. When finished, she tries to lead an exercise where the children must apply what they have learned. However, no one is participating. This makes no sense to Ms. Pearson because no one gave any indication there was an issue with the text. When asked if they understood the passage, most students confess that they did not. What should Ms. Pearson have done differently?
A) She should have pre-taught vocabulary.
B) She should have taught interesting words.
C) She should have read the passage to the children.
D) She should have had students take turns reading the passage out loud.
Ques. 5Ryan wants his students to classify and categorize words so they can group words that label ideas, events, or objects. He likes to use words sorts because it has a visual component, but he feels as if he's been overusing that strategy in his classroom. What other classifying and categorizing strategy would you suggest that also offers the opportunity to study words conceptually and has a visual aspect?
A) Word knowledge rating B) Self-selection strategy
C) Concept circles D) Paired word sentence generation
Ques. 6In Ms. Hawthorne's math class she adapts a popular family game using vocabulary words students will encounter in math class. Teams must select the best noun to represent the adjective; in this case Ms. Hawthorne chooses the math term, square. Teams must decide between them which noun best supports the word square, and a judge selects the best answer. The class loves this game and thinks it's a lot of fun. This is an example of using which principle to guide vocabulary instruction?
A) Teach words systematically and in depth.
B) Teach students to relate words to their background knowledge.
C) Awaken interest in and enthusiasm for words.
D) Teach words in pre-reading activities to activate knowledge.
Ques. 7Ms. Grant teaches fifth grade and is about to begin a new unit on the solar system. Which of the following types of vocabulary words from the unit would be most appropriate to teach before beginning the unit?
A) Words that are obscure
B) High-frequency words with multiple meanings
C) Multi-syllable words
D) Words that convey major ideas and concepts related to the passage
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