1. Making Words Stick: Vocabulary Instruction for the K-5 Classroom Presented by: Erin Espinoza Kathryn Jones Alicia Hoover Kristal Tuck UNC-Charlotte Graduate Students

2. Do you need to know what the words mean? http://vocabulogblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/pickles-plinth-another-vocabulary-comic.html

3. Thoughts on Vocabulary What do you think when you hear “vocabulary?”

7. Morpheme Triangles Word analysis through morpheme study

10. Morpheme Triangle Example im – poss - ible + immature + imperfect + impolite + improbable + impossibility ? improve + possible + possibility ? opossum ? possessed + edible + credible + horrible + terrible + flexible not capable of being chance

13. Using Context Clues with Semantic Gradients Making Connections Between Context Clues and Semantic Gradients

18. Ten Important Words Plus Analyzing Text to Select Important Words While Reading Informational Text

21. Let’s try it out!

22. Butterflies Important Words Graph One sentence summary: _______________________________ Prompt Cards Pink: List synonyms or related words for fly. Green: Write sentences using words from the graph. Yellow: Pick 4 words and draw a picture. butterfly butterfly wings caterpillar butterfly insects wings caterpillar flower butterfly insects wings caterpillar egg flower butterfly insects wings caterpillar fly egg flower leaves butterfly insects wings caterpillar fly egg flower leaves moth change

23. 1 st Grade Example

24. Students hard at work!

26. Text Talk Enhancing students’ language through read-alouds that offer questions, discussion and vocabulary study

28. Components of Text Talk Texts Complex event structure to build meaning Initial questions Open-ended to allow descriptions, explanations Follow-up questions Repeat/rephrase thoughts for elaboration Pictures Generally, saved for after discussion Vocabulary Direct attention and discussion after reading

33. Questions & Evaluations