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CHAPTER 3

Methods for Classifying and Selecting Vocabulary Words

As we discussed previously, many students enter our classrooms with limited vocabulary knowledge. That deficiency motivates teachers to select specific vocabulary to deliberately and routinely teach and assess within lessons. While the task of teaching vocabulary is important, it can sometimes feel daunting. So many words! So little time! How do you choose? In this chapter, we’ll break down this task into something less overwhelming and more manageable. Because selecting words for study is a crucial initial step in designing effective instruction, we’ll begin this chapter with a discussion of the tiered vocabulary structure and its pertinent implications. Then, we’ll share several different categories for classifying vocabulary words that will help teachers navigate their options and choose words based on their lesson objectives.

Understanding Tiered Vocabulary

Tiered vocabulary is an organizational structure for categorizing words into three levels and has implications for identifying the academic vocabulary that might be most useful for your students. Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, and Linda Kucan (2013) developed the structure and published it in their seminal work Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction.