Teaching vocabulary



I’m sharing some ideas for teaching vocabulary.

1-Making choices

Students show their understanding of vocabulary by saying the word when it applies, or remaining silent when it doesn’t.

For example: “Say radiant if any of these things would make someone look radiant.”
-Winning a million dollars.
-Earning a gold medal.
-Walking to the post office.
-Cleaning your room.
-Having a picture you painted hung in the school library. 

This is one of the key strategies teachers need in introducing new vocabulary.


2-Word pairs.

Give students words in pairs and have them evaluate if the words are the same, opposite, go together, or are unrelated.

This strategy is terrific for building critical thinking skills along with the vocabulary.


3-Games

Many “real” games work well for vocab play and practice. Games such as Balderdash, Taboo, Scrabble, Blurt, Bananagrams, word bingo, and others are fun.


4-Vocabulary photo Album

Using a simple, inexpensive photo album, students create a visual glossary of key words. I’ve got pictures of examples, details, and more ideas at VocabularyLuau, if you’d like to read more.

 5-Tweet

Have students create a “tweet” that a word would send out or with the word in the tweet in context.

You can use a tool like PrankmeNot or Siminator to make it look real.

This strategy is so fun and so useful! 




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  1. Klea Kraja's blogJune 7, 2021 at 11:16 AM

    Your ideas in order to teach vocabulary are very useful! I enjoy reading your posts a lot!

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