Deck 5: Vocabulary Development and Instruction

Question 1

Which of the following approaches to teaching young English language learners is LEAST likely to support their literacy development?

A) helping students connect text with visuals and realia
B) reading wordless picture books with students
C) engaging students in meaningful discussions about texts
D) extended silent reading

Answer 1

D

Question 2

List 3 ways that teachers can support students' acquisition of meaning vocabulary.

Answer 2

Pointing out vocabulary before or during reading, having students complete a semantic map for important words, acting out the meaning of important words

Question 3

The use of a "vocabulator" that may be shaken to discover new words and objects is an example of which component of effective vocabulary instruction?

A) movement
B) humor and novelty
C) eye anchors
D) validation

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Most students do not need frequent exposure to sight words in order to learn them.

Question 5

Genres are:

A) types of texts.
B) types of assessments.
C) sets of vocabulary.
D) sets of topics.

Question 6

Reading and discussing a text set is one effective way to promote students' vocabulary development.

Question 7

Vocabulary is learned through frequent use in context.

Question 8

List 3 vocabulary assessments that can be used to provide helpful information about a child's literacy development.

Question 9

Which of the following vocabulary assessments does NOT give information about a child's use of cueing systems?

A) miscue analysis
B) cloze activity
C) maze test
D) San Diego Quick Assessment

Question 10

Which of the following best characterizes the difference between sight words and meaning vocabulary words ?

A) Sight words are difficult to decode and usually have no meaning, whereas meaning vocabulary words are necessary for comprehending text.
B) Sight words are difficult to decode and usually have no meaning, whereas meaning vocabulary words are easy to decode.
C) Meaning vocabulary words are essential to memorize, whereas sight words are not necessary to memorize.
D) There are fixed lists of meaning vocabulary words, but it is not possible to create a fixed list of sight words.

Question 11

Tier Two words are words:

A) learned through everyday language.
B) that typically do not need to be taught.
C) that are associated with academic language or the content areas.
D) that frequently appear in print.

Question 12

Which of the following teaching strategies is especially effective for English language learners' literacy development?

A) writing and drawing in a journal each day
B) reading silently
C) taking literacy assessments
D) watching television or movies

Question 13

For a 5-year-old child learning about weather events, the word environment is likeliest to belong to which tier?

A) Tier One
B) Tier Two
C) Tier Three
D) Tier Four

Question 14

Vocabulary learning is directly related to reading comprehension and conceptual knowledge.

Question 15

Name two teaching routines or strategies that are especially effective for promoting vocabulary skills of English language learners.

Question 16

The four categories of vocabulary development are:

A) comprehending, speaking, writing, listening.
B) comprehending, reading, writing, listening.
C) listening, reading, writing, speaking.
D) speaking, comprehending, listening, reading.

Question 17

The use of a texture box with real objects is an example of which component of effective vocabulary instruction?

A) touch
B) movement
C) eye anchors
D) validation

Question 18

Labeling objects in the classroom in multiple languages is an example of which component of effective vocabulary instruction?

A) touch
B) movement
C) eye anchors
D) humor and novelty

Question 19

Using vocabulary strategies that support students' use of unfamiliar words is helpful for all students.

Question 20

Which vocabulary assessment would be most appropriate to use in order to determine a child's use of cueing systems?

A) miscue analysis
B) San Diego Quick Assessment
C) sight word test
D) Vocabulary Knowledge Scale

Question 21

Describe at least four central principles of effective vocabulary instruction. Explain at least two ways that you can support students' vocabulary learning in your classroom, along with additional considerations you would bring to vocabulary teaching for English language learners.

Question 22

Describe the role that vocabulary learning plays in the literacy development of young children. Name two ways of assessing students' vocabulary and the type of information each assessment offers a classroom teacher.