Elementary Vocabulary

PreK–23–5
Written By FULCRUM

Grade: 1

School: Lighthouse Community Charter School

Location: Oakland, CA

What makes this a strong model?

  • Strong models of multiple word-learning strategies, showing students how to figure out unfamiliar words and their meanings using context clues, pictures, and text evidence

  • Meaningful opportunities for the student to explain how they know a word’s meaning, reinforcing metacognition and giving teachers insight into their vocabulary strategies

  • Differentiation between when context clues should and should not be used

    • Context and visuals are effective for building vocabulary (word meaning)

    • Decoding should utilize sound-symbol correspondence only for accurate word recognition

Source: GreatSchools

FULCRUM
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