Tier 3: Content Words
My favorite source on vocabulary knowledge: K through HS is
the Text Project. There is an extensive
list of resources on this site. Here are
some that address Tier 3: Content Words for younger children.
Transportation
Clothes
Flight
Science (on the playground)
Critical Science Vocabulary
New words in science lessons and texts usually represent unknown
concepts (e.g., photosynthesis, erosion). This is different than the new
vocabulary in narratives that typically pertain to known concepts (e.g., new
words such as raucous and boisterous instead of the familiar noisy). In this
presentation, Elfrieda H. Hiebert [presenter] will discuss the need to make
science vocabulary education a priority in grades one through four. If the
concepts are not taught in grades one through four, later when the students are
in the middle grades they will be faced with an inordinate number of
challenging words, representing complex and unknown concepts
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