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
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.
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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15.
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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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:
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
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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Notas del editor
Strategy, collaboration, critical thinking, assessment, explicit instruction, technology, innovation, definition, comprehension, research, creativity, practice, global citizen, communication
Paragraph shrinking activity—write in 10-12 words a summary of what you know about 21st Century skills.Twitter like activity—”world according to Twitter”
How do we infuse the big ideas of 21st century learning with vocabulary learning Create a Wordle by typing the words the group group generates for vocabulary and 21st century skills—put in MS Word and dump to Wordle.
Life insurance policy on girls– no idea what I was reading.
Start you thinking about the content of our presentation. In a group of two or three work through the poem considering the concept the term vocabulary. Take turns so that one person responds to line one the next to line to and go back and forth to complete the poem. You can fill in the blank with a word, phrase complete sentence. After– take a minute to think about a term or concept that you will be instructing or have recently instructed. Would an activity like this support student learning. LA– irony, Science force, SS- Revolution
Many people rate ambitious (“eager to achieve success, power, or wealth”) as a4—they can and do use this word in their writing and discussion. Clemency (“forgiveness,mercy”) is often rated as a 2 or 3; the majority have either (2) heard the wordbefore, but aren’t sure of its meaning or (3) can understand it when they read it, butaren’t completely comfortable using it in conversations or writing. Procrustean is nearlyalways rated a 1—most people have never heard the word before (procrustean means“inflexible; producing conformity by arbitrary means” and comes from the Greek mythof Procrustes, a horrible giant who waylaid hapless travelers and forced them to fit theexact length of his iron bed by either stretching their limbs—if they were too short—orchopping their limbs off—if they were too long.).
Demonstrate how to create a Bingo CardPlay Bingo with a set of words have clues that give examples, synonyms, real life examples, etc. Brainstorm with Janet 25 words to use or use the 50 words every 7th grader should know.