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 * Three Tier Vocabulary Words **(Beck & McKeown, 1985)


 * ===**Tier I Words:**Common, everyday words===
 * ====Most basic words====
 * ====Rarely require direct instruction====
 * ====Rarely have multiple meanings====
 * ====8,000 word families in English are included in tier I words====
 * ====Examples: sight words, nouns, verbs, adjectives, early reading words, book, girl, sad, orange, run, dog, etc.====
 * ====**Tier 2 Words:**High frequency words that strongly influence speaking and reading====
 * ====Most important words for direct instruction====
 * ====Good indicators of a student's progress in school====
 * ====7,000 word families in English (or 700 per year) in tier 2====
 * ====//Examples:// masterpiece, fortunate, industrious, measure, benevolent====
 * ====**Tier 3 Words:**Content-specific words that are used by specialists====
 * ====Low-frequency words====
 * ====Specific to domains that include subjects in school, hobbies, occupations, technology, weather, etc.====
 * ====Words are learned when a specific need arises such as learning amino acid during a chemistry lesson====
 * ====Examples: asphalt, crepe, isotope bucolic====

Word Lists
 * Links to Word Lists From Others: **
 * **Arizona Vocabulary List by Subject Area:**
 * [[file:AZ Math.pdf|AZ Math.pdf]] ~ [[file:AZ Reading Vocabulary.pdf|AZ Reading Vocabulary.pdf]] ~ [[file:AZ Science Vocabulary.pdf|AZ Science Vocabulary.pdf]] ~ [[file:AZ Social Studies Vocabulary.pdf|AZ Social Studies Vocabulary.pdf]] ~ [[file:AZ Writing Vocabulary.pdf|AZ Writing Vocabulary.pdf]]
 * **Common Core Math Vocabulary:**[[file:Common Core Math Vocabulary.pdf|Common Core Math Vocabulary.pdf]]
 * **Word Count: Most frequently used English Words**www.wordcount.org/main.php
 * **Vocab list for preschoolers:**@http://www.paec.org/itrk3/files/pdfs/readingPdfs/coreVoc.pdf
 * **Vocabulary lists: K-12 by content**@http://www.vocabulary.com/lists/
 * **K-12- Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement--K-12 subject area word lists by Marzano** ISBN 0-87120-972-1
 * **Academic Word List excluding first 2000 words:**@http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/wordlists.htm
 * **The Academic Word List by Word Families (Coxhead 2000):** Words identified and sorted by word family
 * **Tennessee Academic Vocabulary Project,** (Study Overview & Word Lists by Grade): [[file:Tennessee Academic Vocabulary Study.pdf|Tennessee Academic Vocabulary Study.pdf]]
 * **Words most commonly used in multiple contexts in introductory college texts**@http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist/sublists.aspx
 * **State standards, MAP, NeSA- R, NeSA- M, texts**
 * **U-46 Word Lists:**@http://www.u-46.org/curriculum/dyncat.cfm?catid=1023


 * Whole School Vocabulary Activity: **
 * SAT Vocabulary
 * ACT/SAT Vocab Practice Resources
 * Verbalearn ACT Vocab
 * Online Vocab Tests and Drills
 * Vocab Practice: analogy, sentence completion and more
 * Top 1000 Academic Words
 * Vocabulary Practice
 * Test Prep Practice Vocab

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