![]() ![]() I love doing Daily Five in my classroom and a vocabulary mini lesson fits perfectly between two rounds.Īll words taught can be added to your class word wall to encourage students to continue to use these words all year long in reading, writing, and conversation. Words Nerds suggests tons of fun games and activities to use to keep students engaged in vocabulary instruction.ĭaily vocabulary lessons are short so they can easily fit into any literacy block format. Pros to Teaching Tier 2 Vocabulary This Wayīy focusing on five new words biweekly, students are actually learning 25 words every two weeks because with each word, I teach two accompanying synonyms and antonyms. The first is a list of words and the second are sample plans of how I will be rolling our the teaching of these “word sets” this year. Tier 2 Word List for Grade Threeīelow are example materials included in my grade 3 tier 2 vocabulary words sets. I decided to adopt it's wonderful teachings (really, read it!) and go full steam ahead with it in my classroom. ![]() This book quickly became what I dreamed of for my vocabulary instruction. A friend suggested that I read “Word Nerds: Teaching All Students to Learn and Love Vocabulary” by Brenda J. I didn't love what I did in years passed and didn't feel that my students were embracing vocabulary instruction. Beck, McKeown and Kucan (2002, cited in Beck et al, 2013) developed a model for choosing words based on 3 “tiers”.Īs I was preparing for the 2018-2019 school year, I was fretting about how I was going to teach vocabulary. Thinking of it like a birthday cake, it makes sense that we shouldn't be skipping the instruction of the middle tier, or layer. The graphic below explains the difference between the three “tiers” of words. It isn't often that kids receive explicit instruction of tier 2 words, but they should. ![]() In school, we tend to focus on the spelling of tier 1 words (sight words) and the instruction of tier 3 words (academic words). “Vocabulary knowledge is the single most important factor in reading comprehension.” (Santa, Haven, Valdez, 2004) Why Tier Two Words? I will go into more details about why teaching tier 2 vocabulary words is essential, give you examples of tier 2 words, provide you with a list of tier 2 words, and show you how I'll be teaching these words in my third grade classroom. Tier 2 vocabulary words need to be taught in every classroom, across all grades. Do you wonder what vocabulary words you should be teaching? ![]()
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