Vocabulary
Reading Eggspress English Skills Vocabulary for Years 1 to 6
Students increase vocabulary knowledge and close reading skills which also improves writing and thinking, speaking and listening, and reading comprehension skills
Studies have shown a strong positive correlation between vocabulary size and reading comprehension – a larger vocabulary equals better comprehension skills.
The research on the effectiveness of direct vocabulary instruction is strong. Direct instruction about a targeted set of vocabulary terms helps students learn new words and gain the vocabulary knowledge they need for success in school (Marzano and Simms, 2013).
The Reading Eggspress Vocabulary program focuses on the critical Tier 2 and academic vocabulary terms that students need to understand to be able access the increasingly difficult texts they encounter. The lessons are organized in a systematic and easy to follow format with technology that adapts to student responses. Lessons use a combination of teaching videos, engaging online activities and games with printable worksheets and assessment tests. The program includes a variety of instructional strategies including: word building, word sorts, word mapping, morphemic analysis, context reading, word consciousness and deep understanding and close reading of text.
- Explicit and systematic teaching videos explore meanings, usage and connections using morphology, word building, and etymology.
- Sequential lessons cover a core of year-level words essential for reading, writing, comprehension success
- Meaningful assessment using children’s literature and informational texts to assess student’s understanding of words in context. Two-part assessment questions require students to find evidence in the text to support their answers
- A research-based program with vocabulary skills that transfer to improved reading comprehension.
- Supports students of all abilities through differentiated activities and motivational online activities and games
- Comprehensive student and class reports show student progress over time.
Vocabulary Program Components
- 168 lessons across year 1 – 6, with 28 lessons per year.
- 336 student worksheets with 2 per lesson.
- Adaptive lessons allow students to progress through three levels of difficulty
Overview of focus for each lesson
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opposites | Compound words | Homophones | Opposites |
| Plurals | Word building | Verbs - happening now | Shades of meaning |
| Action verbs | Positional language | Saying verbs | Verbs |
| Adjectives - people | Adjectives - personality | Animals | Adjectives - feels like |
| Context in fiction | Context in fiction | Context in fiction | Context in fiction |
| Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction |
| Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary |
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compound words | Homophones | Compound words | Homophones |
| Plurals | Synonyms | Word building | Antonyms |
| Suffixes | Prefixes | Suffixes | Prefixes |
| Adjectives | Describing setting | Adjectives | Shades of meaning |
| Context in fiction | Context in fiction | Context in fiction | Context in fiction |
| Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction |
| Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary |
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compound words | Shades of meaning | Compound words | Shades of meaning |
| Word building | Word building | Word building | Borrowed words |
| Suffixes | Prefixes | Adverbs | Prefix re- |
| Adjectives | Homophones | Certainty & uncertainty | Synonyms |
| Context in fiction | Context in fiction | Context in fiction | Context in fiction |
| Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction |
| Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary |
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compound words | Proverbs and Idioms | Shades of meaning | Verbs |
| Word building | Word building | Word building | Word building |
| Number word bases | Suffixes meaning ‘can be’ | Prefixes | Greek and Latin stems |
| Antonyms | Homophones | Certainty & uncertainty | Synonyms |
| Context in fiction | Context in fiction | Context in fiction | Context in fiction |
| Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction |
| Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary |
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compound words | Idioms | Shades of meaning | Adjectives |
| Word building | The ‘graph’ and ‘scrib’ roots | The ‘man’ and ‘ped’ roots | Word building |
| Prefixes en- and em- | Suffixes –ology and -an | Prefixes micro- and mini- | Suffixes -ive, ative |
| Antonyms | Homophones | Connectives | Synonyms |
| Context in fiction | Context in fiction | Context in fiction | Context in fiction |
| Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction |
| Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary |
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shades of meaning | Adjectives | Shades of meaning | Similar sounding words |
| Building words ‘port’ | Building words ‘spec’ and ‘vac’ | Word building ‘bene’ and ‘chron’ | Word building ‘hydro’, ‘hydra’ and ‘therm’ |
| Prefix ‘inter-‘ | Suffixes –ent and -ant | Prefixes uni- and super- | Suffix -ous |
| Antonyms | Homophones | Homographs | Synonyms |
| Context in fiction | Context in fiction | Context in fiction | Context in fiction |
| Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction | Context in nonfiction |
| Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | Academic vocabulary |