This wiki contains resources to help the classroom teacher follow the six steps described below.

Note: Steps 1 - 3 should be done every time, but steps 4 - 6 only need to be done periodically.

Click on the links below or on the sidebar to the right to go to a page with resources for the individual steps or vocabulary activities.

Step 1    Step 2     Step 3    Step 4    Step 5    Step 6    Vocabulary Activities Page   

Six Steps to Teaching Academic Vocabulary based on Robert J. Marzano's work:

1. The teacher provides a description of the term.

2. The student restates the description of the term in their own words.

3. The student creates a nonlinguistic representation of the term.

4. Periodically have the students do activities that help them add to their knowledge of the term.

5. Periodically have the students discuss the terms with one another.

6. Periodically involve the students in games that allow them to play with the term(s).