Vocabulary+Activities


 * For my vocabulary activities, I pulled ones that I used in my Text Set. However, these could all be used for my standard as well, the students could just choose books relative to the topic, or use books from my Wiki Text Set.**

I would give the students a Think-Pair-Share handout, or have them use a composition notebook that is specifically used to record vocabulary words. The students would individually think about each word and write down what they think it means. Then, they would read a sentence provided to them on another page that contained the word in context to either change their definition or support it. Then, the students would pair up with each other and share what they think the word means and why. After sharing, each pair of students would get a dictionary and look up the meaning of the word to see if they were correct. They would record the correct definition, as well as their predictions, on the handout or in their journals.
 * 1.** This activity would be liked to a read aloud from a teacher-selected book. Before doing the read-aloud activity, students would complete the following vocabulary lesson:

Students would use a text-set book to create a dictionary for the vocabulary on that element or within that book.
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 * 3.** Students could create a folded paper study guide of vocabulary words. This is done by folding a piece of printer paper in half long ways and cutting the top half into square sections. Words or illustrations go on top, and definitions go on the inside.