2. Unit Planning
• Template for Unit Plan is on Sakai under
Resources (4th item from top)
• Create a shared document (e.g Google docs)
for your Inquiry Unit
• Discuss how your set of Learning Objects
could form the basis of a focused unit plan.
The activities do not have to be sequential
• Begin to fill out portions of the Unit Plan
3. • Biemiller, 2004
4,000 word difference in root vocabulary
knowledge by the end of Grade 2 between
children in the highest quartile and those
in the lowest quartile
Vocabulary Knowledge
4. • The “Matthew Effect”
– Cumulative effect of poor reading and
vocabulary skills
– Young children who are poor readers read
less than more able classmates
– Therefore exposed to fewer new words
– Restricted vocabulary leads to even
poorer reading
– Learning in general becomes difficult
Stanovich, 1986
5.
6. • “Effective vocabulary instruction does
not involve assigning words and
having students record definitions and
then using the word in a sentence.”
• Teaching in Action, Primary-3, p. 15
Vocabulary Instruction
7. • Enhance learning by using both firsthand
experience and print resources
• Promote student interaction
• Guide student learning
• Take a metacognitive approach to
instruction
Spencer & Guillaume (2006)
Principles of Effective Vocabulary
Instruction
12. Meaning Prefix Examples
one mono- monologue, monopoly
one uni- unique, unicycle
two bi- bicycle, biracial
two du- dual, duplex
three tri- tripod, triangle
four quad- quadriplegic,
quadrangle
five penta- pentathlon, the
Pentagon
six hexa- hexagon, hexagonal
seven sept- September
eight oct- October, octopus
nine nov- November
ten dec- December, decade
Prefixes Signifying Number or Amount
15. Word Building Activity
• Select one prefix from the list provided.
• Brainstorm as many words as possible
containing this prefix (don’t start with a
dictionary!)
• Cover one side of the bag with your words and
mount it on the bulletin board
16. Try to picture this man
The man was about fifty years old. He had long
black hair and whiskers. His skin was pale and
his clothes were tattered. On the floor beside
him lay his hat.
17. Now try to picture him..
He was most fifty and he looked it. His hair was long
and tangled and greasy, and hung down, and you
could see his eyes shining through like he was
behind vines. It was all black, no gray; so was his
long, mixed-up whiskers. There warn’t no color in
his face, where his face showed; it was white; not
like another man’s white, but a white to make a
body sick, a white to make a body’s flesh crawl – a
tree-toad white, a fish-belly white. As for his clothes
– just rags, that was all. He had one ankle
18. resting on t-other knee; the boot on that foot
was busted, and two of his toes stuck through,
and he worked them now and then. His hat was
laying on the floor; an old black slouch with the
top caved in, like a lid.
21. Semantics – Word Meaning
• All gender washroom
• Gender neutral washroom
• Washroom for Everyone
• We Don’t Care!
22.
23. IRC Resources for Teaching Parts of
Speech, Grammar, Punctuation
• Nelson Word Study – kits grades 4-6
• Language Power Now – grades 3-10
• Student Writer’s Guide
• Vocabulary
– Knowing Words
26. Sentence Fragment
Students often have difficulty reading word
problems in math. Whether it be unfamiliar
vocabulary, complex sentences, or vague
instructions.
27. Louise Penny
And what Judge Corriveau saw was a not
particularly pleasant smile. More a sneer, really.
Which surprised her, given the Chief Crown and
the Chief Superintendent were apparently on
the same side.
Glass Houses, p. 2
28. Comma Splice
The New Horizon probe flew past Pluto, it sent
images of the dwarf planet back to Earth.
Students should be critical consumers of media,
this means they make critical judgments about
what they read, view, and hear.
29.
30. Language Registers
You have had a frustrating experience with a product or
service. You wish to make your views known. What are the
different expectations or conventions for the following writing
forms?
• An email to the company CEO
• A tweet to your friends
• An online review
Are there “rules” of sentence structure, vocabulary, spelling
etc. that are different depending on the contexts above?
31. Learning Object Assignment
• Due by class time on Oct. 19 (s1) or Oct. 20 (s2)
• Upload to Drop Box:
– A link to the Learning Object
– A Word file of your Teachers Guide (or link to digital
version)
• Hand in:
– A hard copy of the Teachers Guide, including an
assessment measure for the Learning Object (unless it
is embedded in the LO)
33. Group Presentations
• Prepare your presentation for the final class
• Upload the following to the Sakai Forum
specified for your group:
– Monograph
– Each person’s Learning Object
– Each person’s Teacher’s Guide
Editor's Notes
Children come to us with widely varying levels of vocabulary
Vocabulary knowledge is connected to reading skills, and both are predictors of academic success
This picture book portrays an approach to vocabulary teaching that is out-of-date. The teacher gives a list of words each week for the children to learn, but it is not in context. Very funny book.
See above note re the picture book
I wish we had more time to take them through activities that demonstrate these principles.
Cross-curricular connections. Importance in many subject areas of understanding how words are built and the meanings of basic prefixes and suffixes. Handout containing prefixes and suffixes
Example of a web with a root word in centre
TCs can practise word building with the base word “light.”
Contrast this very basic description with the vivid one that follows and discuss the techniques that make the full version so much more effective.
Suggest TCs close their eyes and try to picture the man based on this description.
Now do the same thing, but visualize him based on this descripton. What features came to life for you this time?
Visualization – from Huckleberry Finn; description of Pap
We have no time to teach basic grammatical terminology or the various rules for punctuation, sentence structure etc. If TCs need this information, or want access to mini-lessons that target the various word study examples in the Ontario Curriculum, you could direct them to these resources.
Onondaga: One of the five founding nations of the Iroqouis League; rural community in Brant County
Moving into Grammar and Punctuation. This may be in class 2.