Chapter 6 Vocabulary EDU 2770 - Gleeson

Edit Answers
12345678910111213
Across
  1. 5. Early success in acquiring reading skills often results in later success in reading because a good reader becomes an even more highly skilled reader, acquiring more vocabulary and background knowledge as a result of reading more; also expressed as “the rich get richer, the poor get poorer.” (2 words)
  2. 8. When students read several different texts about the same topic. (2 words)
  3. 10. The opposite of an example. Vocabulary nonexamples are items or concepts that are not representative of the specified word. When the term ocean is taught, nonexamples might include desert, sky, or land.
  4. 11. A speech form or expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of the separate words comprising it, but instead must be learned as a whole. “As fit as a fiddle” is an idiom that means “very healthy.” Also called figurative expression.
  5. 12. To draw too general a conclusion. For example, if all of the examples used to teach the concept of red are balls, students can draw the conclusion that something has to be a ball to be red.
  6. 13. The primary meaning of a word. The actual meaning. (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. Visual representations of vocabulary that help students establish relationships among new and old words by having students categorize, label the categories, and discuss concepts related to a target word. (2 words)
  2. 2. Demonstrating or directly telling; the My Turn phase of instruction.
  3. 3. Oral receptive vocabulary involves understanding the meaning of words when people speak; written receptive language concerns understanding the meaning of words that are read. (2 words)
  4. 4. The words and sentences around an unknown word that, along with the reader’s background knowledge, help identify it or explain its meaning.
  5. 6. A meaning that is not literal; the meaning is more picturesque, implying something other than what is said on the surface. (2 words)
  6. 7. Method of teaching vocabulary directly that uses visual imagery to help students understand and retain word meanings. (2 words)
  7. 9. Oral expressive vocabulary means using words in speaking so that other people understand you; written expressive vocabulary is communicating meaningfully through writing. (2 words)