Anticipation Guide Voc.

Vocabulary knowledge correlates with comprehension

• True

• False

Answer explanation

True

There is a strong correlation between vocabulary and reading comprehension. The more words a reader knows and understands, the better they are able to comprehend what they have read. English Language Learners do not have the same vocabulary as native English speakers.

Comprehension depends on knowing between 90%-95% of the words in a text

• True

• False

Answer explanation

True

Successful comprehension depends on accessible, well-specified, and flexible knowledge of word forms." "It has been reported that adequate reading comprehension depends on a person already knowing between 90% and 95% of the words in a text."

The word Monarchy is a Tier I word

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False

Monarchy is a Tier III word

Tier 3 words are highly specific for each content area, and are housed within a particular subject. Examples of Tier 3 words include: parabola, hypotenuse, simile, monarchy, osmosis, etc

CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) refers to the student’s formal academic learning. The CALP concept deals with skills essential to academics such as listening, reading, speaking, and how to write about the relevant subject matter.  It could take between five and seven years for a student to acquire the appropriate level skills for their academics.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

True

You should take time to teach all the words students don't know

• False

• True

Answer explanation

False

A student typically will learn between 3,000 and 4,000 new words each year (Graves & Watts-Taffe, 2002). Knowing this, Beck and colleagues (2002, 2008) argued that not all unfamiliar words in a text should be the focus of classroom instruction. They developed a three-tier model for selecting words to teach, based on each word’s level of utility. The first tier includes basic words that most children already know and that seldom require direct instruction in school. Tier 2 includes words that are key to comprehension and are frequently used by “mature language users” Tier 3 encompasses low-frequency words that are associated with specific domains or content areas.

Tier II Words are...

• High utility academic words

• Words that occur across context

• Are the best words for targeted explicit instruction

• All of the above

Answer explanation

All of the above