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First presented at the TN Spec Education Conference 2012 at Opryland Hotel. It is important to use visuals to teach vocabulary. Here are suggestions as to how you can make this happen.
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Using Visual LiteracyTo Teach
Vocabulary
Keith Pruitt, Ed.S.
Words of Wisdom Educational Consulting
www.woweducationalconsulting.com
If teachers are teaching only 200 words per year, by 4th
grade students will already be 50% behind where they need to
be.--Keith Pruitt
Deficit of 800 words
How Great is the Deficit? Turn and Talk
Beck, McKeown, Kucan
• Vocabulary must first be orally introduced.• Vocabulary is not grade specific.• Words must be explained, not defined.• Must be contextualized.• Multiple usages in a meaningful context (8-10).• Create Schema (visual representation)• Students reflect with each other• Three Tiers of Vocabulary
The Work of J R Anderson
SensoryMemory
WorkingMemory
Discards
OR
PermanentMemory Files
Anderson, J.R. (1995). Learning and memory: An integrated approach. New York: John
Wiley & Sons
This speaks to why creating schema is so very important.
Teacher Presented Visuals
The word we are going to talk about is invisible.
So what would that mean?
If something is invisible, you can’t
see it.
Invisible
Pollen
antenna
© Art by Keith
Exaggerate
Beck and McKeown, Elements of Reading Vocabulary, Steck Vaughn, 2004
scheming
Bison
Fatigue The bear was very fatigued from walking so far.
There are other ways
To create schema
Today in science we are talking about volcanoes.
Mt. Saint Helens
What Words can I teach based on the
video just seen?
Turn and Talk
Here are real students working with words in a real classroom. There are a wide variety of students in this classroom including IEP students.
Glossary terms are highlighted
Terms are defined for the students in words they can understand
Pearson Longman, Keystone, Level E
Provide purpose for reading
fingerprint
Student CreatedVisual
Representation
How To Use VisualLiteracy to Teach
Reading
Making Learning More Concrete
It is so important for children to have words.
As a teacher, the most important teaching I can do is
to give students words.
And when I have done that I will experience one of the
most delightful words in the dictionary…
SUCCESS
Thank You
Keith Pruitt, Ed.S.Words of Wisdom
Educational Consulting
www.woweducationalconsulting.com