content Vocabulary

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purchasing this resource!
My heart in designing this Content Vocabulary Visual
Dictionary is that each learner in your classroom would have
ACCESS to and ENGAGEMENT in your awesome instruction!
All students are learners of academic language. Having
an introduction to the key terms for your unit/lesson will
prepare them to comprehend as well as produce the
language of your content.
I hope your students enjoy building background
knowledge through this activity! Reach out if there is any
way I can support you!
Courtney Morgan
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 How to Use This Resource
1. Open in Google Slides
When you open the resource, it will ask you to make your own copy.
Once you create your copy, you will be able to do the following within
Google Slides: Add, delete, and duplicate slides; Insert features within
slides; Select text boxes to add text; Choose your own font formatting
in text boxes; and edit Sharing settings so that your resource can be
assigned to students. “How to” tutorials on these topics are abundant
and searchable on YouTube.
CLICK HERE TO MAKE YOUR COPY OF THE SLIDES!
2. Before Assigning to Students
You will make one slide for each term or phrase you wish students to
have an introduction to as you build background for your lesson. How
many words you choose to introduce depends on the age of your
students and the complexity/length of your lesson or unit. For younger
students and diverse learners, it is recommended to introduce 4-6
words at a time. This is completely up to you, however. You may
choose to make this a “working tool,” which may be added to
throughout a unit of study. The slides can be printed to make mini
posters for your classroom, too!
There are 6 editable sections ready for you to pop text or images into:
In this text box, add the content vocabulary
term for the slide. You can also add audio of
the pronunciation by selecting “Insert” and
uploading your voice recording. Do a quick
internet search for “How to insert audio in
Google Slides” for more on how to do this. (I
use the site Vocaroo.com for recording audio,
but there are several good options.)
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How to Use This Resource
In this “Definition” text box, insert the definition as
you wish it to read. You might choose to include
part of speech, a certain translation, cognate,
your own color coding, etc.

Here you will insert an image that represents the

key word by selecting “Insert—Image” and
choose find where you have the saved image, or
search on the internet for one that you like. You
can insert a GIF saved from giphy.com, as well!

The sentence you type here will show your

students how the word is used in context. You may
wish to share more than one sentence. You can
highlight the word to make it stand out. Creating a
sentence that accompanies the chosen image
may aid student understanding.

To get students thinking critically and

actively making meaning, offer a
question that requires them to consider
the definition and use of the term, yet is
still open-ended and invites a personal
response. (See example slides.)
This box will be completed by your
students as they respond to the
question prompt, completing slides
independently.
Tip: Pre-typing a sentence starter will provide scaffolding for learners,
to guide them in adding a well-structured response.
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 How to Use This Resource
3. Share with students
There are three ways you can use this resource to build content
vocabulary and background knowledge at the beginning of a lesson or
unit:
• Share the whole group of prepared slides as a Google Slides
presentation. After selecting “Share” and ensuring that “anyone
with the link” can view, assign the slideshow within Google
Classroom, setting the assignment to make a copy for each
student. This will enable each individual to open their own editable
copy of the whole slideshow and work through the slides. You may
wish to have them submit their filled-in slideshow as a completed
assignment. (See YouTube tutorials for more on how students
submit an assignment in Google Classroom.) Note: Students will
need to view the slideshow in EDIT mode, not PRESENT, in order
to enter text in the text boxes.

• Share selected slides within a separate slideshow (such as a

content-based lesson presentation you have created). You can do
this by selecting “Right click—copy” on the slides you wish to
transfer, and pasting them into another slideshow. An alternate
method to copy only selected slides is to go to “File—Make a
Copy”, and select either “Entire presentation” or “Selected slides.”

• Use as part of a teacher-led presentation, without sharing the

actual slideshow with students. As part of your live or recorded
instruction, you may wish to pull up slides (with any degree of
completion) and complete the slides’ text together with/for your
students.
H a ppy Ba ckg roun d Bu i l d i ng ! J
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