Vocabulary Acquisition Model Blog

The Steps in the Vocabulary Acquisition Model are:
1. Pretest knowledge of Words Critical to Content
2. Elaborate on and Discuss Invented Spellings and Hypothesized Meanings
3. Explore Patterns of Meanings
4. Read and Study
5. Evaluate and Post test

Idea #1
Language Arts, Imagine It Story

1. Pretest knowledge of Words Critical to Content - A PowerPoint would be displayed on the SmartBoard to introduce students to words.  The PowerPoint would include a visual image to help differentiated learners attempt to spell and define the word.
2. Elaborate on and Discuss Invented Spellings and Hypothesized Meanings - Students will have a whole group discussion.
3. Explore Patterns of Meanings - On the SmartBoard words would be organized according to their greek or latin roots.  The teacher and students would move these word patterns to help understand the meaning of the word.
4. Read and Study - Students will read from their Imagine It Books the Warm-Up-Vocabulary story with the newly learned vocabulary words.
5. Evaluate and Post test - Students will create their own greek/latin root vocabulary word presentations on PowerPoint.

Idea #2
Science

1. Pretest knowledge of Words Critical to Content - Before presenting a science unit, the teacher will need to present new vocabulary.  The pre-test would start with a fun pre-test game on Kahoot using iPads. 
2. Elaborate on and Discuss Invented Spellings and Hypothesized Meanings - The students will have a whole group discussion with the teacher on what the words could mean.
3. Explore Patterns of Meanings - The teacher will display an illustration online of the water cycle and point out the vocabulary words, afterwards, the teacher will direct students to online illustrations in which the vocabulary words are displayed. For example: The teacher will have students explore a water cycle illustration to see how the vocabulary words are being displayed. 
4. Read and Study - In this case, I would use my flipped classroom design that I created on Canvas to teach students the science vocabulary words.
5. Evaluate and Post test - Students would use the flipped classroom G.R.A.S.P. assignment to complete their activity.  

Idea #3
Math

1. Pretest knowledge of Words Critical to Content - Vocabulary words would be introduced through a YouTube video on the actual math subject.
2. Elaborate on and Discuss Invented Spellings and Hypothesized Meanings - The students would use Answer Garden on iPads to discuss what they think the word means.
3. Explore Patterns of Meanings - The teacher will show the YouTube video of the math concept to the class so they can see the words used in a math problem.
4. Read and Study - Students would receive math problems with the vocabulary words in them.
5. Evaluate and Post test - The teacher would prepare a quiz using the classroom clickers that uses the specific vocabulary wording.