Vocabulary Instructional Sequence After a Read Aloud
Title of Read Aloud:
Vocabulary Words:
Contextualize the
word.
Say the word
together.
Tell how it was used
in the story, reread
Put the word in the
child’s phonological
processor.
the sentence.
Give a student
friendly
definition.
Define in own words;
pair with an example.
Use in other
contexts.
Give examples in
contexts other than
the one used in the
story.
Use all the words together. Relate the words in the same context or format.
Engage students.
Students interact
with target words.
(See Bringing Words
to Life)
Say the word
together.
Repeat the word
again to reinforce
the phonological
processor.
Vocabulary Instructional Sequence After a Read Aloud
Title of Read Aloud: The Living Desert
Vocabulary Words: protect, hatches, behavior
Contextualize the
word.
Say the word
together.
Tell how it was used
in the story, reread
Put the word in the
child’s phonological
processor.
the sentence.
Give a student
friendly
definition.
Define in own words;
pair with an example.
Use in other
contexts.
Give examples in
contexts other than
the one used in the
story.
A big brother may
protect his little
sister from a bully.
While the beetle
feeds, the spines
protect it from
birds and rodents.
protect
Protect means to
keep something safe
from harm or
getting hurt.
The larva hatches
from its cocoon as an
adult moth.
hatches
When something
breaks out of a shell,
it hatches.
A chick hatches
from an egg.
An animal’s behavior
helps it beat the
heat, too.
behavior
The way something
acts is considered to
be its behavior.
The way you act at
school or at home is
your behavior. It’s
some- times called
conduct.
Use all the words together. Relate the words in the same context or format.
Typical bird behavior is to protect the baby bird when it hatches.
Engage students.
Students interact
with target words.
(See Bringing Words
to Life)
Say protect if this means
protect: -pushing someone
down
-keeping a pet turtle in a
box.
-leaving your bicycle in
the street.
Would you say a puppy
hatches from
an egg?
Would you say a snake
hatches from an egg?
Would you say an apple
hatches from a
tree?
If a cat meows and hisses,
what can you tell from its
behavior?
What kind of behavior is
it when a child screams
and yells at his mother?
Say the word
together.
Repeat the word
again to reinforce
the phonological
processor.
protect
hatches
behavior