Academic Vocabulary Six-Step Process
Step 1 – Develop a student-friendly explanation/description of the academic
vocabulary term with multiple examples, both visual and verbal.
Academic Vocabulary Term __________alphabet_____________________________________
Subject _____Language Arts___________________
Grade __________Kindergarten_____
Dictionary/glossary definition:
The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs
which form the elements of written language.
Synonyms:
Letters, signs, characters
Antonyms:
Numbers
Category:
Intellectual
Product
Semantic features:
Process- to use with a language; Purpose- to use as a form of
communication.
Real life associations:
Movie/TV/Music/Literary associations:
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
You need to know your ABC’s in order to by Bill Martin Jr.
communicate.
ABC Song on YouTube.com:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XEN4vtH4Ic
Quotes:
“ABC, it’s easy as 1,2,3.”
“My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It's the letter I use to spell yuzz-a-matuzz. You'll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond 'Z' and start
poking around!” Dr. Seuss
Illustrations/Pictures/Graphics/Symbols:
Student-friendly description/explanation:
You have to know your letters and the sounds that they make, in order to communicate
effectively and write words. To communicate through sign language, this alphabet must
be learned as well. For help while on a boat, you must know the nautical alphabet to
communicate to other boats.
Analogies:
Alphabet: Communicating :: Numbers: Math