Vocabulary
Knowledge of vocabulary is a significant factor in effective reading and writing. Students need both explicit and implicit instruction to actively learn new words. Pre-teaching words before students encounter them in text will improve their understanding of the words when they come across them. You will now watch two videos that show students learning new vocabulary or reviewing their prior learning.
In the first video, a teacher introduces her class to the terms they will encounter in their upcoming lesson about how animals survive the winter.
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Pause/Play video playback |
| Enter | Pause/Play video playback |
| m | Mute/Unmute video volume |
| Up and Down arrows | Increase and decrease volume by 10% |
| Right and Left arrows | Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds |
| 0-9 | Fast seek to x% of the video. |
| f | Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key. |
| c | Press c to toggle captions on or off |
Teacher Introduces Lesson Vocabulary
In the second video, a student from another class completes an interactive vocabulary activity about ancient Egypt. Click on the left to watch each video.
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Pause/Play video playback |
| Enter | Pause/Play video playback |
| m | Mute/Unmute video volume |
| Up and Down arrows | Increase and decrease volume by 10% |
| Right and Left arrows | Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds |
| 0-9 | Fast seek to x% of the video. |
| f | Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key. |
| c | Press c to toggle captions on or off |
Student Completes Online Vocabulary Activity
For each activity featured in the videos, explain what the teacher would learn about the students' vocabulary knowledge and how she could use this information to modify her lesson.
