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=Building Academic Vocabulary in the Social Studies Classroom =

**Session Objectives:**

 * Explore the foundation for effective implementation of a collaborative social studies classroom through the use of cooperative learning principles.
 * Experience practical procedures for using: cooeprative groups, conceptual structures to guide the planning of cooperative groups, the teacher's role in implementing cooperative structures, and the basic elements that define and make cooperative learning groups successful in a social studies classroom.

(Marzano and Pickering, 2005)

 * 1) Provide a description, explanation, or example of the new term
 * 2) Ask students to restate the description, explanation, or example in their own words.
 * 3) Ask students to construct a picture, symbol, or graphic representing the term or phrase.
 * 4) Engage students periodically in activities that help them add to their knowledge of the terms in their notebooks or journals.
 * 5) Periodically ask students to discuss the terms with one another.
 * 6) Involve students periodically in games that allow them to play with the terms.