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Step 1: Give Explicit Instruction about the Strategy

Vocabulary Learning Strategy Instruction

I don't use that old book, I use the internet!

We know, we know!

His students are eager to tell him that’s the book with all the words they don’t know in it!

Before reading, he shows his students a dictionary, asking them what it does, and if/how they’ve used it before.

Mr. Barsky knows that an upcoming text features some challenging words for his MLs, so he wants them to feel confident that they have access to tools they can use to comprehend the passage.

I go to F...then FL... there it is! To move through the air with wings. A small in... insect?

I know the word fly. I can find it here!

Amelia, one of his adept MLs from Puerto Rico, speaks up.

What's a word you know? Can you show me how to find it?

That's right! There are a lot of words you may not know yet, but there are also many words you know, right?

That's my strategy! I'm so smart!!

We can use it when we read or anytime we hear a new word. You find the word by looking for the first letter, then the second letter, then the third and so on.

Great, thank you Amelia. We use a dictionary to find the meaning of words we don’t know. It can also help us when a word has more than one meaning, like the word you found.

Mr. Barsky summarizes the steps used in the strategy.

Find your favorite word in the dictionary and share it with your group. Ready? Go!

Mr. Barsky wants to keep his lesson personalized. So he directs students to their dictionaries either printed or online and gives students a small task to practice using the strategy.

1. Engage learners
2. Summarize the steps of the strategy
3. Personalize the practice

Step 1: Give Explicit Instruction about the Strategy

Vocabulary Learning Strategy Instruction