This document discusses vocabulary instruction strategies for teachers in the 21st century. It outlines a three-tier framework for vocabulary words and the impact of direct instruction. A six-step process from Marzano is described for teaching tier two words, along with strategies like vocabulary notebooks, graphic organizers, games, and anchor charts. High-tech tools are also presented, including word clouds, online dictionaries and thesauruses, search engines, and dynamic web tools for creating vocabulary posters and presentations.

1. Vocabulary Instruction in the 21st Century:
Visual Tools for Teachers and Students
Jennifer Jones
Lake Myra Elementary School
Wake County Public Schools
North Carolina Reading Conference . March 20, 2012

2. Words are not just words. They are the nexus –
the interface – between communication and
thought. When we read, it is through words that
we build, refine, and modify our knowledge.
What makes vocabulary valuable and important
is not the words themselves so much as….
the understandings
they afford.
Marilyn Jager Adams (2009, p.180)

3. Three Tiers of Words
(Beck, McKeown, Kucan, 2002, 2008, Common Core State Standards, 2011)

4. People's knowledge of
any topic is encapsulated
in the terms they know
that are relevant to the
topic.

5. Impact of Direct Vocabulary Instruction
Marzano & Pickering (2005). Building Academic Vocabulary.

7. Marzano 6-Step Process
Tier 2 Words

8. Tier 3 Words – Schoolwide Process

9. Vocabulary Notebooks

10. Marzano 6-Step Process

11. Graphic Organizers

12. Vocabulary Games Anchor Charts

13. Beck’s Text Talk Lessons

15. High Tech Tools
Web 2.0 Tools

16. Web Tool #1 – Word Clouds
Wordle, Tagxedo, Image Chef, ABCya Word Clouds

19. Web Tool #2 –
Online Thesauruses & Dictionaries
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus, WordSift,
Visuwords, Wordnik

20. Visual representations
and connections

24. Web Tool #3 – Search Engines
Ask.com, Destiny

26. Destiny School Library System

27. Web Tool #4 – Static Creations &
Presentations
Big Huge Labs, Glogster, Smilebox

28. Instead of a motivational poster,
Create a vocabulary poster.

31. Web Tool #5 –Dynamic Creations &
Presentations
Animoto, Tubes (You, School, Teacher),
Prezi

33. • YouTube Video
https://wakeelementaryscience.pbworks.com/w/page/33255398/Video
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35. Web Tool #6 – Google Tools

38. Thank You!
Jennifer Jones – jjones2@wcpss.net
helloliteracy.blogspot.com