Vocabulary Aquisition

Three Lessons for Vocabulary Acquisition Model with Technology.

1. Paleontologist
1. Introduce the word Paleontologist to the students. Walk them through spelling it on the board. Help them spell it correctly.
2. Have the students go to Answer Garden and answer the question, "What do you think Paleontologist Means?" Lead a discussion on the students guesses.
3. Break the word down into prefix and suffix. Look at the patterns it makes, especially the suffix -ologist.
4. Divide the students into groups and give them books that use the word Paleontologist. Have the students make note of where the word appears and what they think it means based on the context clues.
5. Have the students present their findings.
2. Place Value
1. Introduce Place Value to students. Walk them through spelling it on the board. Help them spell it correctly.
2. Ask the students to hypothesize the meaning of Place Value by adding a sticky note to a Padlet Board.
3. Explore the word by breaking it apart. Look at its synonyms and antonyms.
4. Watch a StudyJams video on Place Value.
5. Have the students answer the question, "What is Place Value?" on an exit card.
3. Summary
1. Introduce summary to students. Walk them through spelling it on the board. Help students spell it correctly.
2. Ask students to hypothesize the meaning of the word summary. Students can think-pair-share their hypotheses.
3. Explore the word and its components using Popplet. Create a class popplet. 
4. Watch a YouTube video about writing a summary.
5. Ask students if they want to add anything to our Popplet. Have the students answer the question, "What is Summary?" on an exit card.