Fostering a Schoolwide Vocabulary Initiative



Fostering a Schoolwide Vocabulary Initiative

|How do students acquire and extend their academic vocabulary across the school day? |

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|Transparent Instruction: |All teachers have received |Some grade levels have received |All teachers have received |Individual teachers are sharing |There are individual experts |

|Teacher modeling and think alouds |professional development in |professional development in |professional development, but it |their modeling practices with one|using teacher modeling, but there|

| |modeling and use it daily in |modeling and are using it daily. |is not yet being regularly |another through peer visits. |is no opportunity to share |

| |their instruction. They share | |implemented. | |practices with others. |

| |their practices with one | | | | |

| |another. | | | | |

|Useable Instruction: |Oral language practices are |Some grade levels use oral |Some grade levels are planning |There are individual teachers who|Instruction is dominated by whole|

|Peer talk and small group |schoolwide and all teachers |language daily and are emerging |ways to integrate peer talk and |use peer talk and small group |group lectures followed by |

|collaboration |integrate peer talk and/or small|as skilled practitioners. |small group collaboration into |collaboration but there has not |silent, independent work. |

| |group collaboration daily. | |daily practice. |been an opportunity to work with | |

| | | | |others. | |

|Personalize Instruction: |Students schoolwide consolidate |Grade levels are collaborating to|Some grade levels have developed |Individual teachers are becoming |Independent work emphasizes |

|Independent and individual |their understanding through |build professional knowledge with|a plan for how students increase |skilled at personalizing |isolated skills and memorization.|

|learning |activities that promote spiral |colleagues. |vocabulary metacognition and |instruction, although there is no| |

| |review and metacognition. | |spiral review. |mechanism for sharing practice. | |

|Prioritizing Vocabulary: |The school has implemented the |The school has created a plan for|The school has created a plan for|The school is studying schoolwide|There is no plan, and no current |

|Words of the Week and Wide Reading|plan and teachers receive |schoolwide vocabulary and wide |either schoolwide vocabulary OR |vocabulary and wide reading for |initiative to examine these |

| |regular professional development|reading (SSR and independent |wide reading. |future planning. |schoolwide practices. |

| |to refine practice. |reading) | | | |

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