Interactive Vocabulary Unit Quarter 1
What does the research say about vocabulary
instruction?
Research states that …one of the five essential components
of reading instruction is vocabulary (Mancilla-Martinez & Lesaux, 2010),
and that the continuous deficit in vocabulary knowledge…represents a major
obstacle to academic achievement in vital areas such as reading comprehension…
(August, Carlo, Dressler, & Snow, 2005). This vocabulary deficit is so large
that it will take a multiyear approach of vocabulary instruction to
substantially impact [this deficit](Biemiller, 1999); (Nagy, 2005).
What should we do about vocabulary
instruction?
…vocabulary
instruction should be multi-faceted, teaching of individual words,
development of word learning strategies [i.e. use of context clues], fostering
of word consciousness [i.e. prefix, root, and suffix]…(Baumann, Ware, &
Edwards, 2007; Graves, 2006). This is called the Multi-faceted Vocabulary
Instruction Program (MCVIP).
…limit focus on dictionary definitions and support
instruction that presents words in a variety of contexts, provides multiple
exposures, and promotes students’ active processing of new meanings
(Beck, McKeown, & Kucan, 2013; Stahl & Fairbanks, 1986).
This Interactive
Vocabulary Quarter 1 Unit will assist students in the process of learning and
thus transferring the use of vocabulary words to a variety of content areas.
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