MATSOL

=MATSOL=

In the spring of 2009, I presented at the Massachusetts Teachers Association for Speakers of Other Languages (MATSOL)Conference on vocabulary and comprehension specifically with English language learners in mind. Here are some resources developed for these two presentations.

See ReciprocalTeaching Wiki Page (See this page for resoruces for summarizing and clarigying) See Comprehension Wiki Page (See this page for more comprehension resources)

**Self-Regulating**
[|A Great Description of the Role of Metacognition]

Inferring
[|Great Site with Student Videos and Lessons] [|List of Websites for Inferring] [|Great Summary of Key Ideas for Inferring] [|Several Great Activities for Inferring]

Graphic Organizers
[|Download Lots of Graphic Organizers] [|More Graphic Organizers] [|Frames for Writing in Response to Text]

**Websites for Word Play with Students**
[|Fun Vocabulary Games] [|Vocabulary University] (Full of puzzles and activities based on Greek and Latin roots) [|Explore English Words from Greek-Latin Origins] [|Mindfun Word Games and Puzzles] [|Interactive Wordplays] [|ESL Resources and Activities]

Websites for Word Roots and Word Lists for Teachers
[|List of Latin and Greek Roots] [|List of Latin and Greek Roots] [|Comprehensive List]

Websites to Make Your Own Word Games
[|Create your own Word Jumbles and Puzzles] [|FunBrain Word Turtle] [|Discovery School's Word Search Puzzlemaker]

Electronic Dictionaires and References for Teachers and Students
[|The Big List] (Explains over 400 familiar words and phrases) [|Allwords.com] (Has an online dictionary that does a multilingual search that children who are learn English as a second language will find very useful. "Links for Word Lovers" will take you to all kinds of resources for information and word play.) [|Little Explorers English Picture Dictionary] (Each of the 2,472 words has a picture and definition. The site has picture dictionaries in multiple languages) [|Thesaurus.com] (This site has a thesaurus, a dictionary, an encyclopedia, and a word of the day in English and Spanish.) [|Visual Thesaurus] (Very Cool! Creates a web with related words when give a word.) [|Learn the Origins of Common Idioms] [|Free Talking Picture Dictionary]

Websites to Read More for Teachers
[|Focus on Vocabulary.pdf] [|Vocabulary Acquisition: Sythesis of the Research] [|Text Project] (Hierbert's website full of presentations and articles to read about vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.) [|Great Overview of Vocabulary Instruction] [|A Little Latin and...a Lot of English] [|Research on Teaching Vocabulary] [|Dr. Robin Scarcella's Website]

Work by Dr. Kate Kinsella
Dr. Kinsella has done some fabulous work on developing academic vocabulary and language. She structures dicussion in partners by giving students scaffolds for their responses. By scaffolding their responses, she is modeling academic language and vocabulary usage.

[|Read About Strategies for Developing Academic Vocabulary]
[|View Many of Dr. Kinsella's Handouts] [|Watch Video of Model Lessons] [|Webinar By Kinsella on Teaching Vocabulary]

Activity Ideas for Vocabulary
[|Bingo Lingo (For Roots)] [|Flip A Chip Activity to Teach Roots] [|Description of Rivet] [|Several Vocabulary Strategies Explained] [|Folding Books] (Use all of these different ways to fold books to create places where students collect words.) [|Round the Clock Vocabulary] (Great article that describes how vocabulary permeates the day.) [|Semantic Gradients Tutorial] [|Lexile Power Vocabulary Website] (Assists teachers in grades 2-12 develop their students' vocabulary skills for specific books.)

[|Nifty Fifty List.pdf]
[|Nifty Thrifty Fifty monthly plan.pdf]

**More Lists of Words**
[|Latin Prefixes at a Glance.pdf] [|Useful Latin Bases Defined.pdf] [|List of Common Roots] [|Academic Word List] (The Brockton Public Schools has compiled a complete list of academic word from the Academic Word List.) [|Academic Word List Including Excercises for Students] [|Lists of All Sorts Including Academic Word List with Possible Derivatives] [|Word Zones 5586 List.pdf] [|1,000 Most Frequent Words in Text from Gr 3 to 9.pdf]