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    Dr. Robert marsano offers six steps for building academic vocabulary. Provide learners information about the term. Determine what the learner already knows about the term. Ask learners to share what they already know to use this knowledge as a foundation for more learning. Monitor students to determine if any confusion exists. Provide more descriptions, explanations, or examples if necessary.

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    Dr. Robert marsano offers six steps for building academic vocabulary. Provide learners information about the term. Determine what the learner already knows about the term. Ask learners to share what they already know to use this knowledge as a foundation for more learning. Monitor students to determine if any confusion exists. Provide more descriptions, explanations, or examples if necessary.

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    SIXSTEPPROCESSFOR BUILDINGACADEMICVOCABULARY

    DR.ROBERTMARZANO

    Providelearnersinformationabouttheterm. Determinewhatthelearneralreadyknowsabouttheterm. Asklearnerstosharewhattheyalreadyknowasameansofmonitoring misconceptions. Asklearnerstosharewhattheyalreadyknowtousethisknowledgeasafoundation formorelearning. Utilizeexamples,descriptions,butnotdefinitions.Definitionsarenota recommendedmethodforvocabularyinstructionastheydonotprovidelearnersan informal,naturalwaytolearnnewvocabulary. Instructlearningofpropernountermsthroughidentifyingcharacteristicsofthe propernoun. Remindlearnerstonotcopy,butusetheirownwords. Monitorstudentstodetermineifanyconfusionexists. Providemoredescriptions,explanations,orexamplesifnecessary. RequestthatstudentsrecordtheseintheirAcademicNotebookWorksheet.These notebookscantravelwiththelearnerashe/shemovesthrougheachgradeleveland becomeacompilationofvocabularytermsmastered. Provideslearnersanonlinguisticmethodofvocabularymastery. Shareexamplesofotherlearners'drawingsorallowstudentstoworkinteamsto helpthosewhocomplainthatcannotdraw. Teachtheconceptofspeeddrawingforthosewholabortoolongovertheirwork. Asklearnertosharetheirwork. UsegraphicsfrommagazinesortheInternet. Illustratingtermsthroughsymbols,drawingtheactualterm,illustratingwitha cartoon,ordrawinganexampleofthetermshouldbeencouraged. Remindlearnerstonotcopy,butusetheirownwords. Distributegraphicorganizerstoassistlearnersinorganizingtheirvocabularyterms. Encouragelearnerstoidentifyprefixes,suffixes,antonyms,synonyms,relatedwords forthevocabularytermas"newinfo"onthegraphicorganizer. IfEnglishisasecondlanguagetothelearner,provideanopportunitytotranslatethe wordintotheirnativelanguage PairShareStrategy: THINK:Allowthinktimeforlearnerstoreviewtheirowndescriptionsandimagesof theterms. PAIR:Putlearnersinpairstodiscusstheirdescriptions,images,andanynewinfo relatedtotheterms. SHARE:Provideopportunityforgroupstosharealoudanddiscussconceptionsand misconceptions. Monitoraslearnershelpeachotheridentifyandclearupconfusionaboutnewterms. Walkaroundtheroomandchecktheirworkwhenlearnersareworkingontheir graphicorganizer. Checkthenotebookstoevaluateaccuracy. Listenformisconceptionswhenlearnersareplayinggames/activities. Provideanopportunityforlearnerstoworktogether.

    STEPONE:Theteacher willgiveadescription, explanation,orexample ofthenewterm.

    STEPTWO:Theteacher willaskthelearnerto giveadescription, explanation,orexample ofthenewtermin his/herownwords. STEPTHREE:The teacherwillaskthe learnertodrawa picture,symbol,or locateagraphicto representthenewterm. STEPFOUR:Thelearner willparticipatein activitiesthatprovide moreknowledgeofthe wordsintheir vocabularynotebooks.

    STEPFIVE:Thelearner willdiscusstheterm withotherlearners.

    STEPSIX:Thelearner willparticipateingames thatprovidemore reinforcementofthe newterm.

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