Intermediate Grades and Middle School: Decoding, Vocabulary, and Meaning Chapter 6.

Intermediate Grades and Middle School:

Decoding, Vocabulary, and Meaning

Chapter 6

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Decoding Needs of Studentsin Upper Elementary and

Middle School


How Students Acquire Vocabulary

1. Direct Instruction2. Wide Reading3. Context

- Helpful- Hindrance


Elements of EffectiveVocabulary Instruction

• Awareness of Words• Wide Reading • Direct Instruction


Figure 6.1: Decisions to Make About Teaching Selection Vocabulary.


Tiers of Words

1. Tier One Words2. Tier Two Words3. Tier Three Words


Vocabulary Strategiesfor Student Independence

• Inferring Word Meaning from Context

• Concept of Definition (word map)

• Semantic Mapping• Semantic Feature

Analysis• Hierarchical & Linear

Array

• Preview in Context• Contextual Redefinition• Vocabulary Self-

collection• Structural Analysis• Dictionary/Thesaurus


Figure 6.2: Intermediate and Middle-

School Strategy Poster for

Inferring Word Meanings


Figure 6.3: Completed WordMap for Ice Cream.


Figure 6.5: Blank Venn Diagram.


Figure 6.6: Hierarchical Array.


Figure 6.7: Linear Array.


Terms You Need to Know

■ base words■ context■ direct teaching■ hierarchical array■ inflectional endings■ linear array■ prefixes

■ root words■ semantic feature

analysis■ suffixes■ Tier One Words■ Tier Two Words■ Tier Three Words■ word bank (word file,

word book)

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