Building+vocabulary

Talisa Testut

Building vocabulary is essential when teaching k-12 grades. Each year the students are expected to know new vocabulary, and expand their knowledge about different words. Vocabulary is very important in and out of school, for it is important for communication, jobs skills, and much more. Without proper vocabulary students may suffer on tests and quizzes. Even third grades are subjected to F-Cat this test will require them to know some basic vocabulary. They will also be expected to know how to find the meaning of the word through context clues. testing The students need to know what the word is and what the definition of the word is. Teachers are implementing different strategies for the students to learn vocabulary and obtain the information.  In the Marzano research they are using a six step system. The first step used for this research is the teacher explanation. Then the student will explain in words the definition they come up with. After that they would have a pictographic representation. This would lead to the next step reviewing using comparison activities for the definition. The last two steps would include a discussion for the students and games to learn the vocabulary words. This website offers students to take test on vocabulary [] This will allow the students to practice more skills on learninf and defining words. This is a great way to have students into different groups, and learning different ways.