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Boosting Student Achievement Through Academic Vocabulary Strategies in Math

This resource explores how building academic vocabulary enhances student achievement in math learning. It features engaging icebreaker activities like "Mystery Words," where partners guess vocabulary terms to foster collaboration. Drawing on Marzano’s research, it emphasizes that the more terms students know, the easier it becomes to understand new concepts. A variety of vocabulary acquisition and review strategies are provided, such as “Is/Is Not” exercises, charades, and concept circles, aimed at improving comprehension and retention in math subjects.

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Boosting Student Achievement Through Academic Vocabulary Strategies in Math

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  1. Welcome to Math Vocabulary Strategies EQ: How does building academic vocabulary increase student achievement? CCSD Elementary Math Coaches, July 2010

  2. Ice Breaker… “Mystery Words” • Teachers will find a partner and place their Vocabulary Sticker on their partner’s back, making sure not to allow the partner to see the word. • The partners will then ask each other questions in an attempt to guess which word they have on their back.

  3. Strategies That Most Impact Achievement ~ Marzano

  4. How does building academic vocabulary increase student achievement? The more terms a person knows about a given subject, the easier it is to understand - and learn - new information related to that subject. ~ Robert Marzano

  5. Vocabulary ACQUISITION Strategies • Is / Is Not polygon… Is Is Not

  6. Vocabulary ACQUISITION Strategies • Sign Language & Kinesthetic Representations • Website for the Texas School for the Deaf www.tsdvideo.org • Google “Math Sign Language”

  7. VVWA (Verbal & Visual Word Association) Term Visual Representation humidity Personal Association Definition a degree of wetness especially of the atmosphere Vocabulary ACQUISITION Strategies

  8. Vocabulary REVIEW Strategies • Small Group Stations • Charades • Hot Seat • Mind Reader • Concept Circles* • Two-Dice Challenge

  9. Concept Circles Which word does not belong? Rectangle Hexagon Cone Trapezoid Why? ___________________________________________________ MRESA Best Practices

  10. Vocabulary REVIEW Strategies • Whole Group Word Wall Activities • OOPS! • Family Feud • $10,000 Pyramid • Pictionary

  11. Summarizing How does building academic vocabulary increase student achievement? Turn to a partner and work together to answer the Essential Question:

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