NY Next Generation ELA KL6

ELAKindergartenVocabulary Acquisition and Use

The Standard

Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to.

New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use words and phrases learned through conversations, shared reading, read-alouds, and responses. They carry new vocabulary into play, discussion, drawing, dictation, and emergent writing.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student uses a recently learned word accurately in a new but related situation. The student can show or explain the meaning rather than only repeat the word from the original source.
Common Misconceptions: Students may echo a new word without understanding it or use it only in one memorized sentence. They may avoid useful new vocabulary and rely on general words such as thing or nice.
How to Assess It: Choose two recently taught words from a read-aloud or conversation. Ask the student to use each accurately in play, speech, drawing, or dictated sentences.

Lesson moves

Add new words from a read-aloud to prop and picture cards, then use them during related dramatic play.
Ask, ‘Which new word helps you explain your response, and how could you show its meaning?’
Play Vocabulary Pass by using a learned word accurately before passing its card to a classmate.
Use new words while completing a classroom job, then draw or dictate what the words helped describe.

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