Growing Vocabulary One Word at a Time
Marzano's Six Steps to Develop Vocabulary
an article by Marzano about the six steps
Explain
Create Vokis with definitions of words
Restate
Students write personal definitions with Voki.
Visuwords can help students see synonyms to restate the definition
Show
Show connections between words (connotations, antonyms) with Visuwords
Find images for showing words with PechaFlickr, a Google image search
Discuss
Students can have conversations about the different clusters for words using Visuwords
Crocodot and Padlet could be used for students to have a conversation about the meaning of words
Refine and Reflect
Visuwords helps students see subtle definitions with words and multiple meaning words.
Students can practice vocabulary words using Quizlet and Study Blue. Study Blue seems more basic than Quizlet.
Spelling City has an academic vocabulary practice activity to help them practice
Students can practice identifying academic vocabulary in sentences.
Students can unscramble sentences to make complete sentences.
Apply
Students can write original sentences with Voki
Students can write sentences with vocabulary words and post to an online bulletin board
Tips, Ideas, Links, Information
Compiling Vocabulary: StudyBlue, Quizlet, Google sites, link to weebly, vocabulary notebooks, Jeopardy labs, Classtools.net online book
Vocabulary Books
Marzano has a book about vocabulary and Tier 2 and 3 words with definitions from the standards
Cobuild Learner's Dictionary
Nancy Fry
Doug Fisher
Learn Out Loud
Princeton Review Vocabulary Minute Podcast
Radio WillowWeb
Willowdale Elementary Podcast started by Tony
Jeopardy Labs
create Jeopardy games way easier than with PowerPoint
I've used this before
question
answer
Crossword Lab
use QR codes to embed! OMG!
BingoBaker
free forms
can print up to eight different forms with free account
downloads a PDF
can print more than one bingo card to a page
can include extra words to increase competition
you can play online
you can play on iPads or phones by creating a QR code -->students scan the QR code --> everyone gets a different form
$10 for a lifetime account
Flocabulary
hip hop music
point of view video
Life with the Wright Family
right/left
their/they're/there
right/write
to/too/two
you're/your
Voki
is used to create animated characters.
My voki is here.
Crocodoc
Crocodot is an annotation tool. It works similar to the annotation tool in Edmodo.
You can upload documents to Crocodot. Students can highlight and annotate the text.
If a lot of people are collaborating, comments can stack on top of each other
Firefox had trouble, but it worked fine with Chrome.
Visuwords
creates linguistic maps of words
shows definitions, but you can't copy the definitions
shows synonyms and antonyms
some word connections may be inappropriate
Spelling City
Wordnik
compiles definitions from multiple sources
includes examples from authentic texts
includes word etymologies
synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, same context
word map
has word of the day and random word features
Google Docs and Google Presentations
To Record Audio
Why, How, Where
include audio on Google presentations
embed on Padlet
school websites
record students to assess fluency
record directions for substitutes
Vocaroo
no limit to how long you can record
sharing options include linking, embedding, email, or QAR code
embed link is aesthetically pleasing and doesn't go anywhere
a bit simpler than Recordmp3
can download as an mp3
Record music with Vocaroo >>
Recordmp3
upload or link to audio
basic player
Here's my recordmp3 recording.
Glossary
purposeful scarcity : limiting it to one computer or one paper/pencil. But if you want everyone to collaborate and discuss and communicate, then limiting the device would be better than having everyone write. If everyone writes, they become independent. If there's purposeful scarcity, there may be more collaboration and discussion.
Sources for Pictures
pixabay.com some pictures cost money
WebQuest.Org is a list of various sources.
Tag Galaxy
search key words
searches flickr to bring pictures of key words
shows connected tags
Photovisi
create photo collages
take screen shots to get the photo without the watermark and without paying
has backgrounds and themes
create digital posters to show different meanings of words (cents, sense, scents) (then, than) (you're, your) (to, too, two)
PicMonkey
Jigsaw Planet:
63 Yarn 02
anticipatory set for a unit, pictures to show themes?
students draw picture to create puzzles
you can embed and share, but it must not be private
finding the code to embed is a bit tricky
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