This week we investigate the world of vocabulary and fluency. Students learn words through various means. The teacher cannot teach every word needed so he must help students learn vocabulary through a variety of methods. Word origins play an important role in helping people understand words.
Fluency involves rate, accuracy, and prosody. It is important to read words accurately and in meaningful phrases to allow the reader to think about the text.
Your assignment this week involves choosing words for vocabulary instruction. Teachers and parents cannot teach every word that a student encounters. Selecting specific words to teach is an important skill.
Synthesize/Apply/Reflect
Choose one (1) Tier 1 word, two (2) Tier 2 words and one (1) Tier 3 word that you will use in any unit of study in your class. State the unit of study. For each word choose a separate strategy from the text. Explain how you will teach the word using that strategy and why that strategy is the best one to use for the word.
Assignment Guidelines
Your assignment must contain:
The grade level and unit you have chosen to use
One Tier 1 word
Two Tier 2 words
One Tier 3 word
The separate strategy you will use for each word (4 different strategies)
A detailed explanation of how you will use the strategy you chose to teach each word and why you chose that strategy for that word
References cited from the course