PBS
Pbs: Academic Vocabulary in the Common Core: Middle School English Language Arts
This video [14:33] shows a demonstration of academic vocabulary instruction through the context of a complex work, a poem. The teacher demonstrates how to access the literal meaning of new vocabulary and then infer the deeper meaning....
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Introduce Vocabulary: My School's a Zoo
A unique and flexible way to introduce vocabulary. The instructor introduces three new words to the class, then as the book My School's a Zoo by Stu Smith, is read, the students raise their hands when they hear the new words. The...
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Math
This page offfers links to word lists with about 900 words pertaining to math, including Tennessee Academic Vocabulary for Grades 6-8 Math.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Weather Dog (Weather Vocabulary Game)
Players provide the missing term to complete a statement of fact about the weather. A useful tool for reinforcing academic vocabulary in science on topics associated with climate and weather.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes
Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes
Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Developing Academic Language: Got Words?
Concerns about how to build academic vocabulary and weave its instruction into curricula are common among classroom teachers. This article reviews the research and offers some practical suggestions for teachers.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Word Search: Math Words
Teacher-created word search through which students can review mathematics vocabulary.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes
You will learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Vocabulary Quizzes Easy
These tests for English language learners by ELL teachers are self-scoring and reinforce beginning English language learners with vocabulary important in both social and academic settings. Many exercises are devoted to building...
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Vocabulary Quizzes Difficult
These self-test, self-scoring quizzes developed for English language learners by ELL teachers are designed for intermediate-to-advanced English language learners. Features include vocabulary important to both social and academic...
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Using English: Academic Word List
Word lists by letter of advanced vocabulary with links to definitions and other related information. Useful for essay writing or test preparation.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Educational Leadership: Art and Science of Teaching /Cognitive Verbs and Cc
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) present a new mandate and challenge for K-12 educators-teaching and reinforcing cognitive verbs. These verbs, referred to as academic vocabulary, signal the type of mental operations that students...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Five Areas of Instructional Improvement to Increase Academic Literacy
How can content-area, non-reading-specialist teachers contribute to academic literacy? They can incorporate these five techniques throughout their lessons: (1) provide explicit instruction and supported practice in effective...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Linguistic Roots and Affixes (English Ii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will be able to recognize linguistic roots and affixes to use in determining the meaning of academic English word and in other content areas.
BBC
Bbc: Languages Spanish: Ep 15: The Drama Una Excursion
This learning module includes video episode from the series La Vida Loca provides a scenic interactive canal boat trip with a journalist named Merche. Students will learn about how to ask about the months , dates, and details of the...
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Voice of America: Special English Programs
Special English is a Voice of America broadcast devoted to helping English language learners learn English. You'll find scripts of previous broadcasts, with audio files so that you can read along with programs as you listen. A revolving...
Trent University
Mas Arriba: En La Clase
This resource provides an interactive vocabulary exercise on things you would find in the classroom, their plural forms, numbers, saying how much something costs, and colors. Activity includes pictures, audio, instant feed-back and...
Trent University
Mas Arriba: Condiciones (Estar)
This resource provides an interactive Spanish exercise on the verb ESTAR and conditions. The activity consists of full-color drawings, audio clips, instant feedback and vocabulary help.
Trent University
Mas Arriba: Las Frutas Y Los Postres
This resource provides a vocabulary practice for learning fruits and desserts. A colorful picture is displayed for each fruit and students are asked to type in the name for each. Audio and instant feedback under RESPUESTA make this an...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade K: Mama Panya's Pancakes
Students read and retell stories and fables from Africa to determine how the actions of the characters teach lessons about how to act and how not to act. Students learn about various character traits and their antonyms while keeping...
University of Oregon
Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
The goal for teachers from the academic content standards is every child to be reading by 3rd grade. This site will help teachers to teach the "big ideas" in reading: phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, fluency with text,...
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Pro Teacher
This site is a resource for classroom teachers and substitute teachers. The site has lesson plans, message boards, web sites and academic content standards that will enhance your classroom.
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Gwu: Triarchic Theory (R. Sternberg)
This resource presents an overview of Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of intelligence, using academic vocabulary. It includes a chart & references.
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