Vocabulary+Cards

Vocabulary Cards SDAIE is a teaching approach intended for teaching various academic content (such as social studies, science or literature) using the English language to students who are still learning English. SDAIE requires the student possess intermediate fluency in English as well as mastery of their native language. The instruction is carefully prepared so the student can access the English language content supported by material in their primary language and carefully planned instruction that strives for comprehensible input. SDAIE is a method of teaching students in English in such a manner that they gain skills in both the subject material and in using English. A student who has acquired and begins to use appropriately new academic language at the end of each lesson is a student who has acquired new knowledge. If at the end of an instructional day the students go home without mastery of at least one new academic word, no new knowledge has been provided or mastered during that entire instructional day. It was a nice school day for reviewing what students already knew. But it was a day when students did not BUILD any new knowledge.
 * Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE) **

Emphasis of the academic language is the key instructional component in SDAIE. It is NOT to develop general English language skills, but to develop the use of, and proficiency in, the academic language of the content areas. This key component of SDAIE is the same for ALL students, English-only speakers and English Language Learners. Teachers must make sure that the academic language is mastered; otherwise teachers cannot obtain evidence of learning. Consciously using the academic language constantly, and requiring that all students learn to use it, define it and express themselves using the academic language is very important. A simple activity that can easily be incorporated into daily classroom activities like Vocabulary Cards can be a very useful resource for students to understand and learn to use academic language.  Vocabulary cards are an excellent SDAIE resource. Students select difficult or new vocabulary words from a list of vocabulary words or from a piece of literature and create a card in the following manner: First, the student uses an age-appropriate dictionary and finds the definition of the word and creates a vocabulary card. The word and its definition are written in the front of the card. Then the student draws an illustration on the back side of the card; they draw pictures of their vocabulary words to help them remember what the words mean. On the same side as the illustration, the student writes the vocabulary word in a complete sentence. Hopefully in the future, after a lesson has been taught, students can make a vocabulary card for their new vocabulary words. If students have had plenty of opportunities to use and hear the words in context, it is likely that they will not need to use their dictionaries as much.
 * Vocabulary Cards can be used to Emphasize Academic Language **
 * Vocabulary Cards ­ **

Since word definitions and looking up the meaning of words in a dictionary, ARE NOT the most effective means to introduce new words. For younger ELL’s and for ALL young learners, Vocabulary Cards can be used with pictures instead of printed words. Students self-select a difficult vocabulary word from their textbook, vocabulary list or from a piece of literature. The student uses an age-appropriate dictionary and finds the definition of the word and creates a vocabulary word card. One side of the card has the word and its definition, the other has a drawing and the sentence in which the word was found in or a sentence created by the student. These cards can be collected and bound together to create a personal dictionary for each student. They can also be shared or borrowed among the class for extra practice. Vocabulary cards are an excellent resource for students to practice the academic language as they acquire the concepts represented by the words.
 * How Vocabulary Cards work? **

**Additional Information from the Peregoy and Boyle Text** Once students know the basic meanings of their words, they can consolidate their learning by using various games and activities. One game students can do is word sorts. Words are grouped by meaning, by grammatical category, or alphabetically. As students gain fluency with the words and their meanings, they can set them aside as learned. Word cards can be used with students at any level to help them learn and remember general high-frequency words and specific content area vocabulary.

Vocabulary Card Examples 

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