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Instructional Coach Discusses 30 Million Word Gap Research
- 1. Kristin Hope M.Ed. CCSD Instructional Coach
- 2. 30 Million Word Gap research conducted by Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley 86% to 98% of words used by children at age 3 were derived from their parent’s vocabularies The number of words heard varied greatly! The type of words heard varied greatly! Positive feedback Business talk Added up over the first 3 years of a child’s life equals a 30 Million Word Difference upon entering school!
- 3. What does it all mean??
- 4. TEACHERS and SCHOOLS Professional Development LETRS® (Language Essentials for the Teachers of Reading and Spelling) Classroom Instruction That Works research conducted by Robert Marzano Book studies of researcher/author Ruby Payne and Eric Jensen research and practice for working with children from different economic backgrounds
- 5. TEACHERS and SCHOOLS Instruction MATTERS! Whole Group Small Group Focus areas Phonemic Awareness Language development Vocabulary development Building connections while building background knowledge Intervention Small group work to close skill gaps
- 6. What can I do to help?
- 7. PARENTS and CAREGIVERS Correct “baby talk” prior to preschool TALK! Allow your children time to talk to you Ask questions Make comments Use $10 words TV vs. Print
- 8. Frequency of Rare Words in print, television, and speech (based on Hayes and Ahrens 1988) Print Rare Words per 1000 Newspaper 68.3 Popular Magazines 65.7 Children’s Books (elem) 30.9 Picture Books 16.3 Television Primetime Children’s Shows 20.2 “Mr Rogers” or “Sesame 2.0 Street” Adult Speech Conversation between college educated adults 16.3
- 9. PARENTS and CAREGIVERS READ • Anything and EVERYTHING! • Nursery Rhymes or stories that rhyme
- 10. PARENTS and CAREGIVERS • Apps for Reading and Vocabulary and Spelling • Audio Books are a GOOD thing!
- 11. PARENTS and CAREGIVERS LOOK for: StoryTown School-Home Connection Teacher newsletter with vocabulary and spelling information Phonics rules to help children identify the pattern in words Vocabulary list (weekly) Multiple meanings of words Word origin-a way to remember words
Editor's Notes
- Welcome Introduction of myself # of years as a teachers, grade levels # of years in coaching role, main focus areas LETRS and literacy
- LANGUAGE and ORAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT are the foundation for later reading success. Everything builds on this foundations (building a house on sand) One of the first things K students learn how to do in K is identify rhymes or parts of a word or more specifically sounds within a word, so having a foundation in language only strengthens their ability to be able to do this work! Explain research of Risley 42 families participated from all economic backgrounds Monthly hour long observations from age 7mo-age 3 86%to 98% of words used by children at age 3 is derived from their parent’s vocabularies The number of words heard varied greatly ! The type of words heard varied greatly! Positive feedback Business talk Long Term implications 29 or the 42 families were recruited for follow up studies Accomplishments at age 3 were highly correlated to that of 9 and 10 year olds on various vocab. Lang dev, and rdg comp measures Added up over the first 4 years of a child’s life NO shortage of love and care! Equals a 30 Million Word Difference!
- K teachers across the district read and discussed as teams what this all means to us as educators and how can we help to close this gap? And this is what we are doing to work toward that goal.
- Explain LETRS-The “Why” of what we do Explain Marzano and the research identified nine instructional strategies that are most likely to improve student achievement across all content areas and across all grade levels Explain word around Ruby Payne and Eric Jensen and how this is creating a deeper understanding of our students
- Explain whole group Explain small group Explain focus areas Explain intervention groups and skill gaps
- This is where YOU come in!
- Talk about “baby talk” and the even though it is cute, it needs to be corrected at an early age to be ready for sound work in Kndg and 1st grade Talk- explain the importance of talking TO kids not just AT them. Discuss the importance of allowing children time to talk and asking questions or making comments on what they are saying. Explain what a $10 word is and how parents can use them Explain the difference in TV new words and Print new words.
- Explain briefly this research NOT to put down Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street, they were not designed to develop vocabulary they were created for other purposes
- Give examples of EVERYTHING and ANYTHING-cereal boxes, newspapers, maga, advertisements in the mail, signs on the road Connect Nursery Rhyme to foundation for K being identify rhyme
- If your children have access to this type of technology, Find apps to support reading, spelling and vocabulary Explain the importance of audio books-especially for struggling readers-Listening comprehension higher than reading comprehension
- Explain parts of School Home Connection-(put on back of handout?) in addition to reading and writing sections, there is a vocab section ($10 words?) An idea for using the vocabulary at home. Another section is all about language development and provides discussion starters and questions or comments to make around specific topics. Explain teacher specific newsletter and things to look for in them. Spelling lists and phonics rules Vocabulary lists and activities or information about multiple meaning words (try these with your kids! ) Or word origin and how that creates regularity or word parts or patterns and a way to “hook” the work (example knife, knew, know)
- Thank you!