Increasing Vocabulary Load

Vocabulary Develops in this order:

1. 1st Oral Vocabulary: Use the appositive for words (hall, corridor,...)
2. 2nd Then Speaking
3. 3rd Then Writing

Oral language is the foundation for all literacy development (first to develop, words you use have a deeper meaning for you, and will become more automatic). Improve this that by READING!

Teaching vocabulary will address two types of vocabulary development. First, Sight Word Vocabulary. Second, Meaning Word Vocabulary.

SIGHT WORD:

• Words that are in students oral vocabulary load, but they may not know how to decode the word from a text.
• Goal is automaticity, not meaning. You want students to read and write these words with no pause to decode.

*All Primary spelling programs should be focused on building automaticity with sight words. Students should also be practicing handwriting so that writing becomes automatic.

Meaning Words:
Meaning words are words that are not in a students oral vocabulary load. The student needs learn the meaning/s of the word, not just how to decode the word (as with sight words). Where sight words are directly addressed in instructional reading, meaning words are most often addressed in content area instruction.

Content Vocabulary is often inseparable from the Content---this makes the vocabulary base a strong indicator of academic success.

Ways to Increase Vocabulary Load:
High School Graduate will have 27,000 words, you can teach 500-600 words SO teach words indirectly by:
1. read aloud:Choose books that are a little more complex then the students can handle so that you are exposing them to new vocabulary (instructional level)
2. discussion
3. recreational reading (independent level)
4. writing
5. vocabulary across the curriculum