What Vocabulary Program would be complete without teaching students how to use context clues to find a words meaning? I've created a cute poster that you can use to help your students remember to use context clues. The poster encourages students to look for words that have the same or opposite meaning of the unfamiliar word and things or ideas related to the word. They can also ask themselves "Is the word a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb?" Then after they have thought of all of the clues surrounding the word they then need to prediction the meaning of the word and ask themselves does the sentence now make sense.
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I've got a new page on my website called Dictionary Games and Activities and to celebrate this new page I'm giving a brand new game away free until Monday. Dictionary Detective To play this game you give students a series of clues and have them search the dictionary to find words that that match all of those clues. They will enjoy trying to find more than one word that matches all of the clues. The file below has 64 different game cards. You can get these worksheets now on the new websites shop. A challenging word is given and students must race to find out the definition of the word. This can be played as a whole class activity or you can prepare pre-made word lists for groups to play with. You can divide the class into teams and have them race around on a tract. With this approach it might take several games to have someone reach the end. This might also be an exciting way to introduce vocabulary words to a class. There are many other vocabulary games to play in your classroom on my vocabulary games page.
This is an idea by Brown, Phillips, and Stephens (1993), in which, students have bookmark that they can write down unfamiliar words that they come across. This is a great way for students to monitor their own understanding of what they are reading. This activity also allows students to make their own vocabulary word lists so the words that they are learning are individualized.
Brown, J. E., Phillips, L., & Stephens, L. (1993). Toward Literacy; Theory and applications for teaching writing in the content areas. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishers, ITP.
Here is a fun activity to get students to stop using boring words and expand their vocabulary. This synonym activity has students write a "boring word" onto an ice cream cone and then synonyms are written on the ice cream scoops. Why not have each student be responsible for a different word and then put them on a wall for a great wall display. Below is a template for the ice cream cones. Just print them on colored paper or have your students color them. If you would like more ideas for vocabulary activities visit my vocabulary activities page.
Having students keep vocabulary journals is a great way for students to organize, learn, and review vocabulary words. The templates that I've created let students record there understanding of the word, mark their favorite words, define the vocabulary term in their own words, draw a picture, find synonyms and antonyms and finally write a sentence for the word. These will be available as a free download for today only so get yours quickly. Afterwards they will be available for purchase from this site. Get your free copy by clicking on one of the pictures below or the download link. I have free give-aways of my new products to reward those who subscribe to my blog or who like me on Facebook. You can do both on the sidebar to the right.
The free give away is over. You can get these worksheets now on the new websites shop. Last week I blogged about a fun vocabulary game called Flyswatter Vocabulary and since then I've been working on a resource pack to go along with this game. In this package there will be 8 weeks worth of vocabulary words, along with word cards, worksheets and graphic organizers.
I'm almost finished with it, but to get everyone excited for its release I'm going to Post the first weeks of activities today. So you can click on the picture below or the file below the picture to start your download. I hope everyone enjoys it. The free giveaway is over you can now purchase the complete Flyswatter Vocabulary from this site. Having kids use foldables is a great way for students to remember new information. It helps engage students in their learning, provide kinesthetic feedback for students, and helps students learn to take notes. I got the idea for this vocabulary foldable from A teacher's treasure blog. I put my own twist on the idea and have created a printable that you can use for the foldable. To make the foldable cut out the pieces on the Vocabulary Foldable printable and then use the above picture as a model when putting the foldable together. For more ideas on teaching vocabulary visit my Vocabulary Games and Vocabulary Activities pages.
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