SPED 771 Book Club by Xuchilt Perez https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah Use the headings to post your book club discussion questions. If you are posting a question, please be sure to reference the chapter # or title. Book clubs should reply to each week's discussion NOT create a new post. See example. en-us 2018-02-16 17:03:02 UTC 2018-05-17 02:38:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Bringing Words to Life, Robust Vocabulary Instruction xperez2 https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/232446207 2018-02-16 18:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/232446207 This Is Disciplinary Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Doing . . . Content Area by Content Area xperez2 https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/232446353 2018-02-16 18:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/232446353 Teaching Reading in Social Studies, Science, & Math: Comprehension Strategies into Your Content Area Teaching xperez2 https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/232446458 2018-02-16 18:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/232446458 Vocabulary Is Comprehension: Getting to the Root of Text Complexity xperez2 https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/232446564 2018-02-16 18:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/232446564 Bringing Words to Life, Robust Vocabulary Instruction abohnet17 https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/233490491 Hey guys! So excited to be kicking off our PLC!!
So I read the 1st and 2nd chapters of our book and this is what I found.
Chapter 1: Is really talking about the importance of a strong fundamental knowledge of vocabulary. By age 3 there is already a vocabulary gap between SES (socioeconomics) groups. 
Chapter 2: Was all about HOW we pick the words that we are teaching our students. There are pros and cons to each strategy that was talked about. 
+So my questions to you are:
1. If by age 3 there is already a gap in knowledge between SES groups, then how as middle and High school teachers to we close that large gap?
2. From chapter 2 which strategy (for complying vocabulary lists) do you prefer and why?
Thank you guys so much, I am looking forward to reading your responses. ]]> 2018-02-20 19:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/233490491 aworrell17 https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/249576446 2018-04-08 20:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/249576446 jdislavasquez17 https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/261081081 2018-05-16 03:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/261081081 Vocabulary is Comprehension cmays17 https://padlet.com/xperez2/425lukymbgah/wish/261433323 Post 7: Lessons 4,56. (pages (120-129)
Lesson 4 - Make words with prefixes suffixes and roots talks about if students know several prefixes and roots they could understand the meaning of an unfamiliar word. You could link the lesson to the theme or topic and have students find words that are related. This could be used for a whole class lesson.
Lesson 5 explains how using prefixes to brainstrorm and formulate new words. 
Lesson 6 is denotation-connotation map. In this lesson students review denotative meaning and find connotative or associated meanings for each word. How this works is the teacher selects two to three words from the list that the students created. The objective is for the students to develop connotative meanings of the words and to deepen their understanding of the words.
1)Why is it crucial to build students' general academic vocabulary through discussion, writing, and playing online games?
2) Why is it important to engage students in meaningful discussion about words?
3) How can you reach a students who is below grade level to improve their comprehension by using vocabulary lessons?

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