What is explicit vocabulary instruction?

Explicit vocabulary instruction is a systematic strategy for teaching students the words and word-learning strategies for comprehending academic texts. It usually involves these steps:

Decide which words in an upcoming reading assignment or unit have the greatest impact on students’ ability to engage with the content.
Provide a student-friendly definition (rather than a formal dictionary definition).
Illustrate the word with examples and non-examples, which can include sentences, pictures, or gestures.
Model how to use context clues or word attack skills to guess the meaning.
Create opportunities for students to use the word (e.g., in whole-class discussions, matching games, or writing prompts).
Use formative assessment to gauge student understanding and reteach or reinforce words as needed.

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Education: Other interesting questions

What does formative assessment mean?: Formative assessment is an educational term for a low-stakes classroom activity or homework assignment that teachers use while a unit is in progress in order to understand what students have learned and how to tailor upcoming lessons to meet their needs.

For example, a quiz or an exit ticket becomes a formative assessment when the teacher:

Gathers and analyzes data about the specific learning objectives that students met or struggled with

Adapts upcoming lessons to target gaps or needs

Gives targeted feedback to help students adjust their learning strategies

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What is a backward design lesson plan?: A backward design lesson plan is designed by working backward to decide how you’ll help students achieve the lesson objective. To use the backward design process, follow these steps:

Identify the learning objective: Define the specific knowledge, skill, or concept students should learn by the end of the lesson.

Gather data about students’ level of readiness: Consider students’ current level of proficiency in order to tailor the lesson to their needs.

Create an assessment: Develop an assignment that measures whether students have achieved the learning objective.

Choose lesson activities and materials: Create an instructional plan and choose or create materials that fill the gap between what students know now and what they need to know to succeed on the assessment.

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What does a lesson plan look like?: A lesson plan looks like a chart or a list with headings for the different parts of the lesson, such as:

Lesson topic

Unit topic

Learning objective

Learning standards addressed

Materials needed

Procedures

Assessment

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What is a rebuttal for an argumentative essay?: A rebuttal in an argumentative essay is the part of a counterargument paragraph where you refute one of the reasons people oppose your main argument.

Let’s say you’re developing an argument that leash laws shouldn’t apply to cats. After developing the reasons why you think cats should be allowed to go outside, you could add a body paragraph that describes and refutes this counterargument:

Pet cats can get plenty of outdoor time with proper leash training, cat backpacks, or screened enclosures.

Hypothetically, a rebuttal could explain why roaming freely is more consistent with cats’ biological needs or natural instincts.

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Is an exit ticket a formative assessment?: Yes, an exit ticket is a formative assessment that students submit at the end of a class period. An exit ticket is an answer to one or more questions that students turn in as they’re leaving so that the teacher can assess how well each student met the lesson plan objectives.

Teachers use exit tickets to gather data about student learning so that they can target gaps and address student needs by modifying upcoming lesson plans or conferencing with students one-on-one.

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