Vocabulary

Vocabulary

& Book Creator

5 Pillars + Book Creator

The National Reading Panel identified 5 critical components, or pillars, that must be mastered in order to become fluent in literacy.

Effective literacy instruction draws not only on these five pillars but also must be accessible and motivating to students. Book Creator is the perfect tool to empower and engage students with activities designed to develop these five competencies.

Access

Motivation

Teacher Guide

The Science of Reading is the researched best-practices in explicitly teaching students how to read and write. This template gives some examples that can be created using Book Creator that align to the National Reading Panel's 5 Pillars of Effective Reading Instruction.

How to use this book

Our 5 Pillars series includes a book for each of the pillars, in which we share examples of ways that digital book creation can support each foundational skill. Through the use of multimedia, student tasks become living documents, and not just one-and-done activities. While these books are designed to provide ideas and examples, if you would like to make use of one of the examples in your classroom, Remix this book.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary is the collection of words that are known and understood by the learner. In many cases, vocabulary is first developed orally as students hear and repeat words and associate meaning with objects in their environment. Adding new words to vocabulary is important in order to develop comprehension.

The 3 Tiers of Vocabulary

TIER 3

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Most smarter-balanced assessments use these

low-frequency words that are content specific

TIER 2

academic vocabulary; high-frequency, content-specific that are cross-curricular and many times multiple meaning words

TIER 1

basic, familiar words that students use frequently in daily conversation

Examples

The following pages contain exercises and page templates relating to Vocabulary for you to use with your students.