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This solution describes and discusses the procedure for five techniques of vocabulary instruction e.g. Content-Word Board, Big Word of the Day, Morphemes, Sample Suffix Activity and Common Root Words.

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In a paragraph for each, describe the procedure for five of your favorite techniques of vocabulary instruction that are presented. Elaborate your description of each to demonstrate your understanding.

My understanding is that you have chosen the following five examples to elaborate on, so let's look at an example of each to help you with this assignment:

1. Content-Word Board

E.G. The teacher helps the students create a content-word board in which student's think of big words for THE WORD take. That is, the child thinks up words AND adds them to the word-board. The teacher might do this for several words. This activity focuses on word study for vocabulary development.

Source: http://www.tpri.org/Training/Basal/default.asp?info=Reading_Mastery_G2_BOY

2. Big Word of the Day

This activity has variations in presentation, but basically it is about taking a big word and dividing it into components (base word, prefix, root, and prefixes, etc.), that helps in decoding and understanding word formation and fluency. Let's look at one example:
Example 1: Divide the big word into smaller components and underline each part with different colored pencils; or replace a difficult (which are difficult ...

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