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Research - Building Background Knowledge (Marzano)  BAV Six Steps (PDF)   Diigo - Social Bookmarking-Do you have one???Delicious - You need a Yahoo account to start...    Step 1: Provide a description, explanation, or example of the new term. • Use current events to help make the academic vocabulary terms applicable to something familiar to them; MSNBC Videos, Google News, iTunes. • Find or create pictures that exemplify the vocabulary term. Pics4Learning, FreeFoto, Bigfoto, FreeDigitalPhotos-careful with the fashion section on this one... • Use the academic vocabulary term and search a topic using SMARTBoard Notebook Files: Step 2: Ask students to restate the description, explanation, or example in their own words. Step 3: Ask students to construct a picture, symbol, or graphic respresenting the term or phrase. • Create Word templates that students can use – 4 Square • Use pictures, symbols or graphic representations – Addition (Kidspiration), Food Chain (Kidspiration), Climate (Word), Frustrated (Word) • Tell a story that integrates the term; Photo Story Example (or iPhoto for Mac) Download Photo Story, Windows Media Player 11, Windows Media Player 10, and [|Google Earth] Step 4: Engage students periodically in activities that help them add to their knowledge of the terms in their notebooks. • Comparing Terms – Sample 1 (Kidspiration), Sample 2 (Kidspiration) • Classifying Terms - Sample (Kidspiration) • Solving Analogy Problems - Sample (Inspiration) • Creating Metaphors - Sample (Word) Step 5:
 * Building Academic Vocabulary Using Technology** What is BAV???   [[image:http://extend.schoolwires.com/clipartgallery/images/19187112.jpg width="232" height="99" caption="dictionary"]]
 * Build on direct experiences, such as a field trip or a guest speaker, that provide examples of the term; Virtual Field Trips, Videoconferencing, More Virtual Field Trip Links
 * Introduce direct experiences through guest speakers. Tell a story from your own personal experience or have a student/peer/friend/family member tell the story. Skype and/or Google Gmail
 * You or the students can use video or computer images as the stimulus for the information and to build background on the academic vocabulary term(s): United Streaming, EdVideo Online, Cornell University
 * Teacher created notes that present the information in both a linguistic and nonlinguistic manner— Kidspiration (Simple Machines) or Inspiration.
 * You can use Flash Files to show the vocabulary term through CoolSchool.ca. This site is for Math, Physical Science, Social Science, and ELA.
 * Break down the vocabulary term using Roots. Great PDF for showing the breakdown of prefixes and suffixes.
 * Ask the students to record their discriptions, explanations, or examples of their academic vocabulary using an MP3 player, I-Pod, Podcasting, etc.
 * Ask the students to write their discriptions, explanations, or examples of their academic vocabulary using blogging, moodle, wikis, notebooks, word doc, etc.
 * Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. Wordle
 * Use the Frayer Model and other graphic organizers.
 * Template for InterWrite Boards - 4 Square and 4 Square Frayer
 * Allow students to use print materials from your curriculum, textbooks, [|Google Maps], Google Earth, etc.
 * Vocabulary Notebook Template (Word)
 * [|Xtranormal]-Text-to-Movie or should we say academic vocabulary terms-to-movie.
 * Vocabulary Notebook Template (Word)
 * [|Xtranormal]-Text-to-Movie or should we say academic vocabulary terms-to-movie.

Periodically ask students to discuss the terms with one another. >
 * Think-Pair-Share (PDF) After the students complete this step you as the teacher should give them time to make additions and revisions to their academic vocabulary terms.

Step 6: Involve students periodically in games that allow them to play with the terms. • Create Interactive Powerpoint Games – more templates

>  • Multiple Choice Jeopardy Template and Lesson Example • Create puzzles • Use Online Activities, more activities >  • PP Presentation on BAV
 * Social Studies Examples from IRT
 * "Wheel of Fortune" Example
 * Eight Characteristics Activities
 * Six Step Vocabulary Process Activities
 * Quizlet, Study Stack
 * Science Vocabulary Hangman

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