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Analyzing the Modules Within Grade Levels:

Effective Vocabulary Practices Lesson Jigsaw

November 2012 Common Core Ambassadors

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Vocabulary Practices Within and Across Lessons

“`Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe.”

 Passage? Author?Even invented words create a mood and impression

that carries meaning for a listener or reader.  

Think about how creating and decoding invented words

can support vocabulary learning . 

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Word Play is Good for You!Try This! (10 min)• At your tables, write down a word or two that

captures something important you learned in your research earlier this morning.

• Share your word(s) with others at your table. • Combine your word with one other person’s to

form a new word.• Circulate and find a partner. Share your new

words and the meaning they convey.

Share out and discuss. How might this support vocabulary learning?  

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Learning Targets

• I can locate key sections, practices and resources at the module, unit and lesson level.

• I can analyze effective instructional strategies that build students’ vocabulary.

 Form groups of 3 (triads) for Module 2, Units 1 and 2lesson jigsaw

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Jigsaw of Lessons: Units 1 and 2 Begin with Unit 1 Jigsaw (40 min) • Divide all the lessons in Unit 1 evenly.  (5 min)• Use the Module Vocabulary Analysis

Notecatcher (p.___) to capture your findings as you read through the lessons.  

• Analyze individual lesson strategies and the arch of vocabulary work in a series of lessons. (15 min)

• Each group member has 5 minutes to share findings (15 min)

• Open discussion in triads (5 min) Unit 2 Jigsaw: Repeat Unit 1 process (40 min)

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SynthesisHeadlines• Develop a news HEADLINE that

captures synthesis from your group. (5 min)

Include• How vocabulary is addressed at

lesson level and over multiple lessons

• How this addresses research around effective vocabulary instruction.

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Reflection and Progress TrackingWhere are you now towards our

targets?

• I can locate key sections, practices and resources at the module, unit and lesson level.

• I can analyze effective instructional strategies that build students’ vocabulary.