Strategies Vocabulary.(21 pages)

Framework for Instruction: Grave’s (2006) approach to comprehension instruction. NRP (NICHD, 2004) meta-analysis f for vocabulary instruction. Incidental & “on purpose” instruction. Classroom/ school language environment/ strategies: vary the words used in explanations, discussion, directions, conversations. 50 nifty speaking and listening activities. 30 second conversations. Links to Literacy. Scaffolding. Structured read-alouds. Independent reading. Word Consciousness: (an awareness & consciousness of words.): the 8 categories of word play. Intentional intensive Instruction. Word Choice. Instructional Routines: (Moats, 2009). Strategies and activities: semantic maps (scaffolding)/ semantic featured analysis/ semantic gradient for synonyms/ antonyms/ concept map/ word clues/ Questions, examples, connections/ visual responses. Independent word learning strategies: Dictionaries, Context, Morphology, Common prefixes and suffixes. Suffix sort card. Using Word Part Clues. Technology. Vocabulary Instruction, categorisation & practice: barrier games: Matching Pairs. Picture completion. Finding a way. Communicative cross words. Reading and note-taking. Vocabulary Development and Retention: Oral fluency. Charting. Mapping. Oral Reading Fluency. Repeated reading. Neurological Impress Method (NIM). Radio Reading. Retention of Sight Vocabulary: Visual-Auditory-Kinaesthetic- Tactile (VAKT). Word-Learning technique. Worksheets. Ideas for Developing Subject Specific Vocabulary.