Language Arts/English Curriculum Frameworks - Albemarle County ...
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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 />
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