1. ¡BIENVENIDOS! Please pick up a marker and add a few cognate pairs to our Graffiti Wall!

2. Capitalizing on Cognates Kathy Davin, Reading Specialist Micaela Mejia Pond, 5th Grade English Teacher Francis Scott Key Elementary School Arlington, Virginia

3. How We Got Here Student population at our school is shifting from first generation to second generation “heritage” language speakers NCLB

4. Key Elementary School Enrollment -- 612 Hispanic – 282 White – 269 Black – 31 Asian – 19 Unspecified – 11 An affluent suburb immediately across the Potomac River from Washington DC, a community that takes pride in its diverse population.

5. Our Purpose capitalize on the empowerment of knowing two languages, “right from the start” build meta-cognition value the home language DORMIR (SP) DORM DORMANT (ENG)

6. Our Journey University of Virginia and Words Their Way County Initiative: Bringing Words to Life “robust vocabulary” program evaluation— weak in vocabulary development

7. Our Conclusions Limited use in lower grades--it’s more a visual than an aural strategy Random check of 5th grade texts showed the value of making students aware of cognates HORIZONTAL

8. Consolation Prize for Lower Grades Beginning Sound Sort (in your folder)

9. 5 th Grade Science Text Chapter 3 célula, membrana celular, núcleo, citoplasma, difusión, ósmosis, órgano, sistema cell, cellular membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, diffusion, osmosis, organ, system

11. Words Their Way-- What Is Word Study? Spelling and vocabulary instruction based on classifying words-- sound, pattern, meaning Teacher sort, student sort, written reflection

12. Bringing Words to Life-- What Is Robust Vocabulary? Tier 1 -- most basic words: clock, baby, happy, walk, etc. Tier 3 -- low frequency, limited to specific domains: isotope, lathe, peninsula, refinery

13. Tiers of Vocabulary *Tier 2 -- high frequency for mature language learners and found across a variety of domains: coincidence, absurd, industrious, fortunate --BICS vs CALP --Latin-based vocabulary BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills) vs. CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency)

14. Brief History of English 60% of English is Latin based Norman Invasion and its influence on the language Academic language in English (Tiers 2 & 3) is related to basic, everyday Spanish (Tier 1) dormant, verify, culpable, ultimatum

15. What is a Cognate? Not borrowed words taco, enchilada, margarita Not just a translation nada/nothing Related in origin, certain words in related languages descended from the same root

16. GAME TIME Word Hunt – Parts of Speech Memory/Concentration 1,2,3 Game – Dragon to the Finish Latin Roots – Jigsaw, Tree False Cognates – Charades http://eslbears.homestead.com/cognates.html

17. *Latin Root Sort (If you use online dictionaries, you can type a word root or stem using an asterisk (*) like this: *corp, corp* or *corp* to find related words.)

18. DOOR PRIZES! www.capitalizingoncognates.wikispaces.com

19. Thanks to the 6 of you left…