Y-Youngest Learners
I taught 1st and 3rd grades and I like to start the week off by introducing the vocabulary. We would introduce the words and then have the students "brainstorm" what they thought the words meant. I also like to use new words in context to demonstrate the use of context clues. We would also add these new words to the word wall. Throughout the week we would try to use as many of our vocabulary words as possible. The students would also look in their glossary to get the correct meaning. This also promotes familiarity with dictionary use. Every time a student uses a new word correctly they would recieve a smiley face sticker. Also when a student is reading other books we could brainstorm or try using the context clues to figure out the meaning.
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I like your idea of using your vocabulary words throughout the week. In a learning center you could also have the words and definitions for the students to match. This would be a good hands on activity.
The word wall is a good idea, we don't have room in our library for a word wall but we do have the lower elementary students work on vocabulary words. We like to have a list of words they are working on each week then we choose something to read to them that would reinforce their learning process. As we read through the book we ask the students if any of the words for that week are on each page.
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