Vocabulary Curriculum

7-10 minute daily vocabulary activities to build a college-ready vocabulary

Overview

The Knowsys Vocabulary Builder Program is a multi-year curriculum designed to provide a systematic, vertically-aligned program to build student mastery of academic vocabulary.

Resources

Teacher Curriculum: complete online resources that can either be printed or projected, depending on the needs of the class

Flashcards: Flashcards offer an effective tool for students to get familiar with the basics of the vocabulary. Knowsys offers:

• Flashcards box sets

• iOS and Android flashcard apps

• Resources for students to make their own sets of cards (provided in Teacher materials)

Mastery by Association

• Each year students learn 300 grade level words, which are divided into 30 thematic groups to facilitate mastery.

• Students work through 1 group per week, building to mastery.

• Definitional and contextual activities provide sustained meaningful interaction with the words.

• Activities build vocabulary by association/disassociation and by teaching students to apply words to real-life contexts in a variety of activities.

• Based on the vocabulary acquisition research of Robert Marzano.

Meaningful Interaction

• Multiple exposures engage students in discussions about the vocabulary words.

• Activities are cumulative so students continually work with words from prior groups.

• Activities use words in all their various forms to enhance depth of understanding and mastery.

• Each group has a range of definitional and contextual activities:

Teacher Materials

A Teacher Set of materials consists of:

• 1-year license for the complete set of Knowsys activities for a grade level

  • All the activities

  • The pre-test

  • The post-test

  • The weekly quizzes

  • The six-weeks exams

• 1 box of flashcards

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