This presentation was to share ideas on 21st Century Skills and instruction in vocabulary at the 6-12 grade levels.

1. Vocabulary Instruction & 21st Century Skills 
Janet Foss & Pam Krambeck
November 2012

2. Today’s Goals
 Explore and understand 21st Century skills
instruction
 Learn characteristics of effective vocabulary
instruction, using the research proven
Marzano Six-Step Process for Vocabulary
Instruction
 Apply high-tech and low tech instructional
practices to assist student learning of
vocabulary

3. Eight Square Bingo
O Fold a piece of paper into
8 squares.
• Select 8 words from the list in the front of the
room
• Write 1 word in each box
Select words you think will be used during the
presentation today as it relates to the content.

4. Perspectives:
21st Century Learning
O Pick a perspective that best reflects your
beliefs about 21st century learning
Source: http://www.edweek.org/tsb/articles/2010/10/12/01panel.h04.html

5. 21 st Century Skills
O Gallery walk activity for
21st century skills
exploration

6. 21 st Century Skills
O Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_ehGLqzBVM

7. P21 Skills 7Cs Skills
Learning & Innovation Skills
Critical thinking & problem Critical thinking & problem
solving solving
Communications, information
& media literacy
Communications and
Collaboration, teamwork &
collaboration
leadership
Creativity & innovation
Digital Literacy Skills
Information literacy (included in
Media literacy Communications)
ICT literacy (Included in
Communications)
Computing & ICT literacy
Career & life skills
Flexibility & adaptability Career & leaning self-reliance
Initiative & self direction (included in Career/self
Social & cross cultural reliance)
interaction Cross-cultural understanding
Productivity & accountability (Included in Career/self
Leadership & responsibility
*Source: This is the "equation" noted in the book, 21st Century Skills:reliance) for Life in Our
Learning
(included in Collaboration)
Times

8. Tech Tool to Capture Ideas
O Word Clouds
O Wordle:
http://wordle.net
O 21st Century Skills
ideas and vocabulary
demo
O Add to MS Word &
create later

9. Components of a
Vocabulary Program
High-quality Classroom language
(Dickinson,Cote, & Smith, 1993)
Explicit Vocabulary Instruction (Baker, Kame‟enui,&
Simmons, 1998; Baumann, Kame‟enui, & Ash, 2003; Beck & McKeown,
1991;Beck, McKeown, & Kucan, 2002; Biemiller, 2004; Marzano, 2004; Paribakht
&
Wesche, 1997)
Word-Learning Strategies (Buikima & Graves,
1993;Edwards, Font, Baumann, & Boland, 2004; Graves, 2004; White, Sowell,
&Yanagihara, 1989)
Word-Consciousness (Diamond & Gutlohn, 2006; Scott
&Nagy, 2004)
Wide Independent Reading (Anderson & Nagy,
1992;Cunningham & Stanovich, 1998; Nagy, Anderson, & Herman, 1987; Sternberg,
1987)

10. Research Findings:
O One of the most enduring findings in
reading research is the extent to which
students‟ vocabulary knowledge relates to
their reading comprehension
O Students need to know 95-100% of words
in a passage to comprehend it thoroughly.
(e.g., Anderson & Freebody, 1981; Baumann, Kame„enui, & Ash, 2003; Becker, 1977; Davis, 1942;
Whipple, 1925).

11. Vocabulary
(Vocabulary) is not _____
(Vocabulary) is _____
(Vocabulary) is _____
(Vocabulary) is _____
(Vocabulary) sounds like _____
(Vocabulary) sounds like _____
Another word for (Vocabulary) is _____
One thing about (Vocabulary) is _____

12. Eight Square Bingo
O Select one of the words you have
checked off as being mentioned, during the
presentation.
O Discuss how the word was used and its meaning in
relationship to your classroom instruction.

13. Robert Marzano

14. Six-Steps for Teaching
New Terms
O First 3 Steps – introduce and
develop initial understanding
O Last 3 Steps – shape and
sharpen understanding
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16. Please rate your knowledge of
each of these three words
O independe
nce
O clemency
O procrustea
1 2 n 3 4
I have never I have heard When I read, I I could explain the
heard the word the word know word to others
before and before, but I what the word and use it in
I have no idea am not certain means, but I might writing and
what you’re of its meaning. not be able to use discussion.
talking about. it in a
conversation with
precision.

17. Step 1
O Provide a description,
explanation, or example of
new term.
Our term for today is:
“independence.”
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18. Step 1: Tech Ideas for
“Providing a Description”
O Tool: Bingo Baker
O Web Address:
http://bingobaker.com
O Clues: opposites, different forms
of the words, synonyms, real life
examples
O Sample Bingo Card:
bingobaker.com/play/33105
O Paper or Electronic Cards
O 21st Century Skills:
communication, critical thinking,
information literacy

19. Step 2
O Students restate explanation
of new term in their own words
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20. Step 2: Restate in their own words
O Tool: Make Beliefs Comics
O Web Address:
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
O Uses: Sample:
O 21st Century Skills:

21. Step 3
O Students
create a
nonlinguistic
representatio
n of term.
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22. Step 3: Non-Linguistic
Representation
O Tool: Big Huge Labs
Poster
O Web Address:
http://bighugelabs.co
m
O Uses: Create posters
for word walls,
graphics for self-
made dictionaries,
etc.
O 21st Century Skills:
creativity,
communication,
ICT literacy

23. Step 4
O Students periodically complete
activities that help add to
knowledge of vocabulary terms.
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24. Collaboration
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25. List Group Label
O List key words from the
“Perspectives Documents” on
Post It Notes
O Include up to 12 words
O Group words into logical
categories
O Label categories
O One person stays at your table
to explain your sort
O Others join tables for sort
sharing ideas

26. Step 4: Activities to add
Knowledge
O Tool: Wordle, Tagxedo
O Web Address:
www.wordle.net
www.tagxedo.com
O Uses: Create word clouds
O Sample:
O 21st Century Skills:

27. Graphic Organizers

28. Sites for Organizers
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
http://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm
(Interactive Organizers)
http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/graphic_orga
nizers.htm
http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/GO/vocab_d
ev.htm

29. Step 5
O Periodically students are
asked to discuss terms
with one another.
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30. Eight Square Bingo
O Select one of the words you have checked off as
being mentioned, during the presentation.
O Discuss how the word was used and its meaning in
relationship to your classroom instruction.

31. Step 5: Discuss Term
O Tool: Wall Wisher
O Web Address:
www.wallwisher.com
O Link to Sample:
http://wallwisher.com/wall/li
nevocab1
O 21st Century Skills:
Communication, ICT Literacy,
Computers, Collaboration,
Critical Thinking

32. Word Wall

33. QR Code Word Wall

34. Step 6
O Periodically students
are involved in games
that allow them to play
with terms.
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35. Step 6 Activities & Exploration
Stations
O Vocabahead
O Go Animate
O Word Dynamo
O Visual Thesaurus
O Wall Wisher
O Tagxedo & Wordle
O Bingo Baker
O Big Huge Labs
O Comics & Vocab
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