Marzano's work is about getting kids to really understand what a word means Not just the definition of the word. In fact, he states that often the definition of a word is not helpful to a student who doesn't understand the word. You use academic vocabulary as the words sometimes go across the curriculum. Marzano has a six step method that leads towards fully understanding the word. He maps it out (and shows you in the DVD how to do this) and has a worksheet the students fill out. Example: compare/contrast I had a second grade class work on the word compare. Some things the teacher does is use the word in a sentence, read a book where the word is used or has good examples of comparing... It goes way beyond "the word compare means the same". The students come to a deep understanding of the word. They draw a visual representation and other words that are like compare, plus some other things... Anyway, through our study of the word compare, a little boy makes this statement. "Well, I know why they put it with contrast -in order to tell if something is the same, you have to know when they are different. So when you are comparing, you are also contrasting." You choose words that you use a lot in the classroom where kids are expected to understand what to do. Some other words we worked on: Explain Justify Subtraction Multiplication Infer Predict Connection Synthesize Sentence Noun Verb Contraction Community Energy Phase Estimate
There are also some vocabulary games in the book that we used in the classroom. Jan On 6/17/09 1:37 PM, "Stephanie Perry" <[email protected]> wrote: > I recommend Bring Words to Life by Isabel Beck over Marzano's. Her book not > only gives the research but it provides things that you can use in your > classroom immediately. > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is unbelievably helpful!!!! >> >> >> You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your >> grandmother. >> -Albert Einstein >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jan Sanders <[email protected]> >> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < >> [email protected]> >> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 12:42 pm >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Robert Marzano is wonderful for academic vocabulary. As a literacy coach I >> did district wide staff development (3, 3 hour sessions) using his Building >> Academic Background Knowledge work. He did some work in conjunction with >> Stanford University and a brain researcher. He has DVDs, one that explains >> the research and a rep from Stanford (can not remember the name and it is >> probably some big shot) and the brain guy both speak on it. It gives the >> WHY we should teach academic vocab. There is also another DVD that has the >> 6 step process for teaching vocabulary. >> There is a book too -paperback 8 1/2 x 11. I believe the DVDs are quite >> pricey -they come together. They are published by ASDC (Association for >> Supervision and Curriculum Development). >> Jan >> You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your >> grandmother. >> -Albert Einstein >> >> >> On 6/17/09 4:22 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Marzano discusses this in? great detail >>> >>> >>> Kristine >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 7:17 am >>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy >>> >>> >>> Academic vocabulary. Interesting!!!! Is there an author who I can >>> >> read up on?? >> >>> ? >>> -----Original Message-----? >>> From: [email protected]? >>> To: [email protected]? >>> Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 9:50 pm? >>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] TRENDS and ISSUES In Literacy Pedagogy? >>> ? >>> ? >>> ? >>> ? >>> ? >>> ? >>> Academic vocabulary.? >>> Jennifer? >>> In a message dated 6/16/2009 7:03:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,? >>> [email protected] writes:? >>> ? >>> Can anyone think of the most recent trends and key issues in reading? >>> pedagogy? >>> ? >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > Jan Unless we reach into our students¹ hearts, we have no entry into their minds. -Regie Routman _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
