Vocabulary foldable

Vocabulary for content areas can be challenging for many students. Using foldable graphic organizers can help students to understand and retain the

I found this great vocabulary foldable on Pinterest which took me to Laura Candler's website. The best thing was that it was free! My students love using it during literacy, but it could also be used in other content areas. There are two versions. One version has all of the boxes labeled so you know what goes where. The second version is for after you have done these awhile and do not need the labels. In either version, you write the word, draw a picture that represents it, use it in a…

Greetings, felicitations, and welcome! We’re back with a bundle of vocabulary resources to help you advance the lexicons of your burgeoning wordophiles! Although some of these pieces were designed to be used in connection with our Jargon Journal program, they can easily be adapted for other vocabulary activities. Self Assessments To quickly assess your students’ ... Read more

This week I tried something new with the vocabulary in the story. I got the idea at a First Grade Conference in December. The student writes the vocabulary word in the middle of the sheet and then there are four things to do with the word. We completed two of the boxes together as a class and they finished the last two boxes independently. The kiddos sure had a great grasp of the vocabulary after this. When we read the story they had fantastic comprehension.

Greetings, felicitations, and welcome! We’re back with a bundle of vocabulary resources to help you advance the lexicons of your burgeoning wordophiles! Although some of these pieces were designed to be used in connection with our Jargon Journal program, they can easily be adapted for other vocabulary activities. Self Assessments To quickly assess your students’ ... Read more

Those of you who follow me on Pinterest know that I LOVE to pin things to help me with school. I have found many many excellent ideas, projects, resources, fundraisers, and the list could go on for ever. It is almost unhealthy the amount of time I spend on Pinterest but one of the greatest things I have found has been all the resources on Interactive Notebooks. Some of the amazing blogs I follow are listed below and I could not encourage you enough to check out all the ways these teachers…

Are you required to teach a list of vocabulary words each week? This list of vocabulary activities will help teach students to read!

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Having a wide vocabulary is a huge part of what helps students to be successful in both reading comprehension and writing. This is why vocabulary is one of the National Reading Panel’s five core elements

Our guest blogger shares her tips about how to make time for vocabulary instruction and how to make vocabulary instruction engaging for your students!