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IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE
Looking at Vocabulary
Summer workshop presentation by Lynn Figurate
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  1. Looking at Vocabulary
  2. Greeting
  3. Group Norms
  4. Session Goals
  5. What is it All About?
  6. Targeting Student Achievement
  7. The Major Dimensions of Reading
  8. Framework for Reading
  9. Slide 9
  10. Is Vocabulary Important?
  11. Slide 11
  12. Research about Vocabulary
  13. Words Heard in an Hour
  14. Where are the Less Frequently Used Words?
  15. Two Types of Vocabularies
  16. NRP Recommendations
  17. Three-tiered Approach
  18. Some Words to Teach
  19. Teaching a Word
  20. How To Select Words
  21. Direct Teaching Words
  22. Teaching Words Continues
  23. Engage the Students
  24. Which Words Do I Teach?
  25. Activity
  26. What Are You Doing?
  27. Word Parts
  28. Using Word Parts
  29. Using Word Parts: Examples
  30. More Direct Teaching of Words, Word-Learning
  31. Defining Words by Parts
  32. More Defining Words by Parts
  33. Freddy Flea
  34. Context Vocabulary Learning
  35. What Contextual Clue Can I Use?
  36. Signal Words
  37. Find Words that Help
  38. More Contextual Clues
  39. Primary Grade Example
  40. Summing up Vocabulary
  41. Snowball

 
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