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Literacy Classroom Look-fors<br />

Instructional Practices<br />

Environmental Support<br />

LOW<br />

10 unrelated words for<br />

practice<br />

Spelling quiz each week<br />

Everyone has the same<br />

word list(s)<br />

Weakest students get the<br />

“easiest” words<br />

Vocabulary books<br />

Single sorts<br />

Most common meaning<br />

Vocabulary instruction in<br />

language arts<br />

Contextual vocabulary for<br />

interest<br />

Identify patterns &<br />

morphemes<br />

Vocabulary Instruction<br />

HIGH<br />

Words for<br />

practice/instruction<br />

related through:<br />

• Spelling pattern<br />

• Vowel pattern<br />

• Word feature<br />

• Root<br />

• Affix<br />

Feature &/or meaning<br />

analysis<br />

Word study related to<br />

students’ individual needs<br />

All students hear and use<br />

precise, powerful<br />

vocabulary<br />

“Playing” with words<br />

Multiple and conceptual<br />

sorts<br />

Explore multiple<br />

meanings through:<br />

• Context<br />

• Definitions<br />

• Background<br />

knowledge<br />

Vocabulary instruction<br />

across disciplines<br />

Contextual vocabulary for<br />

meaning<br />

Apply patterns and<br />

morphemic structure to<br />

decode and determine<br />

meanings of new words<br />

Definition of words Etymology of words –<br />

explore vocabulary over<br />

time – how a word means<br />

Use a word from a text<br />

Evaluate an author’s use<br />

of language to convey<br />

meaning<br />

© <strong>Albemarle</strong> <strong>County</strong> Public Schools, April 2006<br />

Appendix C<br />

LOW HIGH<br />

• Word walls related to features, roots,<br />

or combining forms<br />

• Etymological questions for discussion<br />

• Random word walls (fun, interesting, big<br />

words)<br />

• Spelling list on board<br />

4

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