4.1 Schema theory

4.1:  Schema Theory

3:2 Academic Vocabulary Model

3.2 Academic Vocabulary Model

When and where you found the word:

During my reading of chapter 1 "Wordwise and Content Rich" by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey I read about this term.  I already had heard about it from previous classes I have taken in Literacy.  I was in my apartment when I found it, reading our homework.

What the word means in the context that it is being used:

On page 15-17 of chapter 1  "Wordwise and Content Rich" by Fisher and Frey it is defined as 5 big ideas:
1. Make it intentional
2.  Make it transparent
3.  Make it usable
4.  Make it personal
5.  Make it a priority

Your level of familiarity with the word:

I am somewhat familiar with this word and would like to get more familiar with it so that I can choose academic vocabulary that is important for my students to know.

Reflective commentary:

I think that this is an important phrase to know and understand.  I understand about tier 1 words-everyday words, tier3 words-technical words specific to content words and I understand the concept of tier 2 words-words that appear often in reading yet are not always known to students and appear across content areas.  I would like to get to know about this model better.



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3:1 Voracious

3:1  Voracious

When and where:  I found this word when I was reading a book called "Cafe Book" by Gail Bousher and Joane Moser.  The book is about intentionally teaching reading strategies to students.  They use the word to describe a type of reading that students should be doing, "Voracious reading." I just really like the word and how it is associated with reading.

Definition: 

"Exceedingly eager or avid"from dictionary.com

Level of Familiarity: 

 I was familiar with this word before I read it and had heard the phrase voracious reader but it triggered something in me as I read it and as I thought about my students reading voraciously.

Reflective Commentary:  One of the reasons I wanted to be a teacher was to pass on my love of reading.  I am a book nerd and love to read and often have gotten so caught up in a book that I stop everything that I am supposed to be doing to complete a novel that I have started.  So I feel that I may be a voracious reader and want everyone to be one too!  Unfortunately many people have not had the wonderful experiences that I have had through reading.  I have also had bad experiences with reading non-fiction such as text books so I can understand not wanting to read those types of materials and I can imagine that if I did not have the reading skills that I have, I probably would not want to read if I had not been successful at it.  Math was difficult for me and abstract thinking in the past was difficult.  So as a result I avoided it as much as possible.