Vocabulary instruction

Trying to find a meaningful vocabulary teaching approach? Find fresh, powerful, and inspiring ideas to revolutionize the way you teach words!

Are you looking for engaging vocabulary activities? These 10 Fun Vocabulary Activities are sure to be a hit in your classroom.

“Hey kids, it’s time to practice our new vocabulary words.” Can you hear the moans and groans?Practicing vocabulary is boring (according to kids) but when you add in dice, it becomes a game! I call it Roll a Word! It’s easy peasy to implement! For each vocabulary students roll a die. The number they […]

Over the last few months I've discovered interactive notebooks and folding resources - and I've fallen hard for them! I love the ways you can combine folding, colouring, words and ideas to create an interactive resource which helps students to explore and engage with the topic they are learning.&

Learn How to Launch a Vocabulary Routine for your classroom this fall, and stay in the groove all year long.

If you have been trying to find some new teacher tips and tricks on building vocabulary, you have come to the right place. I am sharing my 5 teacher tips for building vocabulary activities. These vocabulary activities for elementary are easy to implement during literacy small group, morning work, and literacy centers. All you need to do is build word walls in the classroom or anchor chart display wall, early elementary read alouds, rich conversations, and more!

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As teachers we know that vocabulary is pivotal in students’ success. When I was growing up, our vocabulary activities consisted of looking up definitions in the dictionary and copying them down on notebook paper. Do you think I truly understood those vocabulary words? Not. One. Bit. In order to truly understand vocabulary words and what […]

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Vocabulary instruction is so critical in today’s classroom! A vast vocabulary will help students to become better readers and writers. Vocabulary is also essential to their performance on standardized tests. Helping kids to develop their vocabulary is time that is well spent in a busy classroom. I have developed a routine to teach new vocabulary

Make vocabulary instruction and practice fun for students with these 10 Teaching Vocabulary Activities Ideas!

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Hurray - vocabulary activities that aren't boring! These whole class vocabulary activities are great for elementary learners through fifth grade and beyond. #vocabulary #thirdgrade #fourthgrade #fifthgrade

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Use these vocabulary activities to enhance your vocabulary instruction to help boost your students' reading skills and comprehension.

Teachers like vocabulary strategies that make learning more meaningful and lasting. Check out these 15 Strategies to Ramp Up Your Vocabulary Instruction

Vocabulary is a huge part of comprehension. It kind of goes without saying that if you don’t understand the words, you won’t make meaning of what you’re reading. Helping kids learn new vocabulary words is a worthwhile activity for this very reason. This summer, I’m going to continue the vocabulary learning with this simple comic ... Read More about Learning New Vocabulary Words with Comic Strips

Find 23 ready to use, effective vocabulary activities your students will love, by The Teacher Next Door!

Last summer I took a grad class all about vocabulary and comprehension instructional strategies. I remember being thrilled to ...

Teach vocabulary with trading cards! Students write the vocabulary word and draw a picture on the front. On the back they write "stats" about the word like its definition or how to use it in a sentence.