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Maniac Monday: Free Vocabulary Card

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:24:00 GMT

So on my off weeks of attempting the Words Their Way spelling program this year I am implementing a vocabulary series of lessons. I decided to use words that related my language arts, math, social studies, and science curriculum. Now I've had to decide what activities I am going to do in the classroom with the vocabulary words. If you look in my prior posts I came up with a Tic Tac Toe board type point system for homework. But how do you help students understand the meaning of each word as an activity in the classroom?

One way is to use this sheet below and have students work in pairs to complete a vocabulary card on one of your words. Students will look up the most common definition, put the word in a sentence, come up with synonyms, and sketch the word in action.

Vocab Word Definition

What are some classroom vocabulary activities you do? What do you find most effective for student understanding of the meaning of words?

This freebie was linked up with Maniac Monday at Classroom Freebies:

Freebie Friday: A Vocabulary Pursuit

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:06:00 GMT

After running away fast and furious from my previous spelling program at the end of last year I have jumped in feet first with Words Their Way this year. I have just survived my first week and I must say, it went pretty well! On the alternating weeks I am focusing on vocab. I have created this type of Vocab Pursuit to match my Words Their Way Spelling Pursuit. You can check that out on my TpT store.

This Vocab Pursuit gives students the chance to choose what activities they would like to complete. As long as they accumulate 30 points each week they can have the freedom to do what activities fit best into the weekly vocab words.

I plan on pulling words from my curriculum and from our state MCAS test.

This pursuit will be stapled into a notebook each week so that activities are contained rather than scrap papers being attached. I also created a mapping and illustration page to use with this for the illustration and mapping activity. (These were featured in a former blog post).

How are you tackling vocabulary this year? And how often? I am not sure if every other week is a great plan.I'm always willing to try!
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Have a great weekend everyone.

Vocab Pursuit
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Maniac Monday FREEBIE Updated

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:25:00 GMT

Today's freebie is something I just created and am going to try this year. I will be implementing the Words Their Way spelling program (more to come on that in future posts) and every other week put in a vocabulary program as well.

Vocab page 1

Vocab page 2

Vocab page 3

Vocab page 4

What's That Word?

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:26:00 GMT

Hi everyone! Wanted to share a fun little freebie I created to help my students {especially ELL}

to practice, review, and build word knowledge.

This organizer helps students see the "big picture"!

It's perfect for differentiated instruction, can be used during guided reading, and/or centers.

click on the image to grab this freebie.

I'm really a big fan of having students illustrate the words since I'm such a visual learner myself, I want to make sure they can create a mental image for the words.

In previous years I used to bind students' sheets together and turn it into a little dictionary for them.

Hope you find this helpful!

Have a great week!

Freebie and My 1st Video!!!

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:06:00 GMT

Here's a new spin on a freebie I posted a while back. Here's a link to the original freebie. Click the pic below to snag the revised freebie. I took away the addition (How Much is it Worth?) part and added a definitions section. Hope you and your students can find this useful!

And my here it is...my first video ever! I'm not as awesome as Charity at The Organized Classroom Blog, but I'm practicing. :)

Vocabulary Game Freebie!

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:43:00 GMT

I love guest blog posts because I always learn something new, and all of my readers also get a different "voice" to hear from as well! I am pleased to welcome Ashleigh from Ashleigh's Education Journey to The Organized Classroom Blog today, who gives us some great vocabulary ideas - and a freebie!!

See you there!

Monthly Holiday Lists

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:35:00 GMT

VocabularySpellingCity has a whole section dedicated to Monthly Holiday Lists. Visit my blog, Teaching...My Calling, for more information on their special Thanksgiving lists.

Free Math Vocabulary Games

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:40:00 GMT

VocabularySpellingCity has a whole section dedicated to math vocabulary. The word lists which are based on Common Core and NCTM standards are divided by grade level and content standards.

Visit Teaching...My Calling to see how I use the word lists in my 4th grade classroom

~Cara

Friday FREEBIE!

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:31:00 GMT

Woohoo! It's the weekend, baby! And it's a 3-day one for me! Here's an activity I created for my kids to review their Social Studies vocab. They really loved it! And it could easily be adapted for any subject area or grade level. Click the picture to snag your own copy. It's in a Word document so you can change the font or vocabulary words to fit your own needs! Enjoy!