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environments in which words are not only noticed and appreciated, but also savored and celebrated!

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When teachers have students sort words to reveal spelling patterns, they are directing their attention to orthographic features

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There are different tiers to determine words to teach based off of their usage/familiarness

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There are three tiers of vocabulary to teach.
Tier 1 - words that are easily explained
Tier 2 - Words encountered in many texts
Tier 3 - ??

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enhance the verbal environment in their classrooms by choosing books and poems to read aloud that emphasize the impact of surprisingly fresh and imaginative language to describe and explain

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When I taught vocabulary to my students I always used the dictionary definition because I thought it was important for them to know word for word what the dictionary defined the word as but reading this has taught me to use definitions students can comprehend by breaking the definition down into simpler terms

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Use definitions that kids will understand!! do not give them the most complex definition of the words

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Use all different forms of it like unwavering, unwaveringly (syntax), and comparing unwavering with wavering

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Explaining the meaning behind the word to help with association and memory

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upper elementary students can sort words to reveal spelling patterns

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Reading books like Mother Goose and Dr. Seuss is a fun way to get children engaged with sounds of words

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invite students to place the vocabulary words on a continuum and explain their choices.
positive_______negative

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Students should embrace not only what words mean, but other features, such its origins, morphology, etc.

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Have students put words into two categories. For example, positive and negative.

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nice rude
sweet selfish
kind unkind

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One new idea that I learned from the article was the idea of word association. Presenting students with synonyms for the target word in contexts that students can understand do more than simply define.  A student might make a picture in their mind of the image of a museum for example, and someone standing there, being 'amazed' by dinosaur skeletons.  Then there is another picture of a scuba-diver who is awestruck by the colors in the coral reef.

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Planning vocabulary lessons around day-to-day activities such as weather reports. The student can then walk out the door and experience the word 'frigid' or 'brisk' in the cold that they feel.