Vocabulary for the
COMMON
CORE
Robert J. Marzano
Julia A. Simms
Copyright © 2013 by Marzano Resources
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2013906762
ISBN: 978-0-9858902-2-3 (paperback)
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Table of Contents
Vocabulary Instruction for the Common Core State Standards
1 The Importance of Vocabulary
The Effects of Vocabulary Instruction
2 A Six-Step Process for Vocabulary Instruction
Step 1: Provide a Description, Explanation, or Example of the New Term
Step 2: Ask Students to Restate the Description, Explanation, or Example in Their Own Words
Step 3: Ask Students to Construct a Picture, Symbol, or Graphic Representing the Term or Phrase
Step 5: Periodically Ask Students to Discuss the Terms With One Another
Step 6: Involve Students Periodically in Games That Allow Them to Play With Terms
3 Vocabulary Terms From the Common Core State Standards
Tier 2 Vocabulary From the Common Core State Standards
Tier 3 Vocabulary From the Common Core State Standards
4 Building a Vocabulary Program
Selecting Terms to Teach
Creating Systems to Assess and Track Students’ Vocabulary Knowledge
Tier 2 Vocabulary Terms From the Common Core State Standards
Add To (ADD)
Arrange (ARR)
Collaborate (COLL)
Compare/Contrast (C/C)
Create (CRE)
Decide (DEC)
Define (DEF)
Elaborate (ELAB)
Evaluate (EVAL)
Execute (EXEC)
Explain (EXP)
Hypothesize (HYP)
Infer (INF)
Measure (MEAS)
Problem Solve (PS)
Prove/Argue (P/A)
Pull Apart (PULL)
Redo (REDO)
Reference (REF)
Seek Information (SI)
See the Big Picture (SBP)
Symbolize (SYM)
Think Metacognitively (TM)
Transform (TRANS)
Tier 3 Vocabulary Terms From the Common Core State Standards
English Language Arts
Reading
Reading Foundations
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
Mathematics
Number and Quantity
Operations and Algebra
Functions
Geometry
Measurement, Data, Statistics, and Probability
Appendix: Master List of Terms
Part II Categories
Part III Measurement Topics