Vocabulary knowledge includes learning new words, especially those that are academically oriented, and eventually learning the function of those words in terms of grammar and syntax.
Receptive vs. Expressive Vocabulary
-receptive vocabulary refers to words one can understand
-expressive vocabulary refers to words one can generate and use successfully
Associated Assessment: "Third-Grade Fall Vocabulary Assessment" (Handout)-- this assessment is very effective as it requires the student to use the word in a sentence, define the word, or draw a picture. The way to show that they know it is very open-ended.
New Standards Primary Literacy Committee (2004). Reading and writing grade by grade: Primary literacy standards for kindergarten through third grade. Washington, DC: National Center for Education and the Economy.
Paynter, D.E., Bodrova, E. and Doty, J.K. (2005). For the Love of Words: Vocabulary
Instruction that Works. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
