The document discusses how vocabulary is addressed in the Common Core State Standards for K-5. It emphasizes that students should determine meanings of unknown words, understand relationships between words, and acquire academic vocabulary. It outlines how vocabulary is developed for literature, informational text, foundational skills, and writing. Specific standards are provided for each grade level. Effective strategies for teaching vocabulary are explained, such as explaining words, showing their use, and applying them in fun ways to build background knowledge. Sample read aloud books and lesson templates are provided to help teachers implement vocabulary instruction.

1. Teaching Vocabulary in a
Common Core World
Keith Pruitt, Ed.S
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2. • Determine or clarify the
meaning of unknown and
Various aspects of CCSS
multiple-meaning words
• Anchor and phrases by using
Standards K- context clues, analyzing
12 meaningful word parts, and
demonstrate consulting references
the • Demonstrate
importance of understanding of word
word relationships
knowledge. • Acquire and use academic
A.4-6 words

3. Anchor Standards K-5
Reading Show Vocabulary
• Key Ideas and
Details • 4. Interpret words and phrases
• Craft and as they are used in a text,
Structure including determining
technical, connotative, and
• Integration of
figurative meanings, and
Knowledge and
analyze how specific word
Ideas
choices shape meaning or tone.
• Text Complexity

4. Let’s See How Vocabulary is handled at
grade level

5. Areas with Emphasis for
Vocabulary
1. Literature
2. Informational Text
3. Foundational Skills
4. Writing

6. Literature K-5
Craft and Structure
Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade
Ask and answer Identify words and Describe how
questions about phrases in stories words and phrases
unknown words or poems (e.g., regular
in a text. that suggest beats, alliteration,
feelings or appeal rhymes, repeated
to the senses. lines) supply
rhythm and
meaning in a story,
poem, or song.

7. Literature K-5
Craft and Structure
Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade
Determine the Determine the Determine the
meaning of words meaning of words meaning of words
and phrases as and phrases and phrases
they are used in a as they are used in as they are used in
text, distinguishing a text, including a text, including
literal from those figurative
nonliteral language. that allude to language such as
significant metaphors and
characters found in similes.
mythology (e.g.,
Herculean).

8. Informational Text K-5
Craft and Structure
Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade
With prompting Ask and answer Determine the
and support, ask questions to help meaning of words
and answer determine or and phrases in a
questions about clarify the meaning text relevant to a
unknown words in of words and grade 2 topic or
a text. phrases in a subject area
text.

9. Informational Text K-5
Craft and Structure
Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade
Determine the Determine the Determine the
meaning of general meaning of general meaning of general
academic academic academic
and domain- and domain- and domain-
specific words and specific words or specific words and
phrases in a text phrases in a text phrases in a text
relevant to a grade relevant to a grade relevant to a grade
3 topic or subject 4 topic or subject 5 topic or subject
area. area. area.

10. Foundational Skills K-5
Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade
Demonstrate Demonstrate
understanding of understanding of
spoken words, spoken words,
syllables, and syllables, and
sounds- sounds-
Phonological Phonological
Awareness Awareness
Know and apply Know and apply Know and apply
grade-level phonics grade-level phonics grade-level phonics
and word and word and word
analysis skills in analysis skills in analysis skills in
decoding words decoding words decoding words

11. Foundational Skills K-5
Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade
Know and apply Know and apply Know and apply
grade-level phonics grade-level phonics grade-level phonics
and word and word and word
analysis skills in analysis skills in analysis skills in
decoding words decoding words decoding words
a. Identify and know Use combined Use combined
the meaning of the knowledge of all knowledge of all
most letter-sound letter-sound
common prefixes and correspondences, correspondences,
derivational suffixes. syllabication patterns, syllabication patterns,
b. Decode words with and and
common Latin morphology (e.g., morphology (e.g.,
suffixes. roots and affixes) to roots and affixes) to
c. Decode multi- read read
syllable words. accurately unfamiliar accurately unfamiliar
d. Read grade- multisyllabic words in multisyllabic words in
appropriate context and out of context and out of
irregularly spelled context. context.
words.

12. What Happened To
Writing?

14. So we have seen WHAT
we are to do… let’s look
at how we do it.

15. Working with Vocabulary
1. Explain
2. Restate
3. Show
4. Discuss
5. Refine and Reflect
6. Application and Fun
Building Background Knowledge, Robert Marzano
Bringing Words to Life, Beck, McKeown, Kucan

24. All of the Read Aloud selections come from
favorite children’s literature, essential
literature selections and big books.
The system accentuates students learning a
context for the words and not definitions.
Two copies of each grade level will be
delivered to your school as a tool for you to
use as they become available.

25. At your table are books and
templates of lesson one.
• Select words from a book.
• Following the template,
each table will be
responsible for designing a
set of lessons.
• Report out to groups

26. Thank You
Teach Words!!!!
Keith Pruitt
kpruittwow@gmail.com
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