1. Word Drawings- These are vocab words written in a way that helps show what they mean. This is a great activity for your “outside of the box” thinkers.
2. Whole Brain Teaching- In whole brain learning, teachers may play music during instruction or use guided meditation to help build a more relaxed atmosphere, while students are encourage to visualize, draw, and act out what they are learning.
3. Interactive Computer Games- Google search your study unit.
4. Science Vocabulary Folders- My students keep a vocabulary folder record of all of the important terms learned throughout the year.
5. Parade- Thanks to the fabulous picture book Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier. In the book, the main character, Sage, redeems herself after a hilarious vocabulary snafu with an award-winning costume in her school’s vocabulary parade. Teachers and students have been understandably inspired by the book, and as a Google or Pinterest search will prove, vocabulary parades have really caught on!
6. Vocabulary Demos- We discuss and do a demonstration for each idea. Then, each student records a diagram for the term.
7. Concept Map- Thinking about how terms are connected is much deeper than simply defining the terms. You can do this easily by writing some terms on index cards.
8. CLOZE- If you’re unfamiliar with this, it’s a fancy term for “fill in the blank”.
9. Vocabulary Mural- This can be used for terms or concepts.
10. Acrostics- Acrostics stretch kids’ thinking.
11. Key Word BINGO- Pass out a blank bingo card and have the student fill in the blanks using that units vocabulary words. Read the definition and the children have to mark the space.
2. Whole Brain Teaching- In whole brain learning, teachers may play music during instruction or use guided meditation to help build a more relaxed atmosphere, while students are encourage to visualize, draw, and act out what they are learning.
3. Interactive Computer Games- Google search your study unit.
4. Science Vocabulary Folders- My students keep a vocabulary folder record of all of the important terms learned throughout the year.
5. Parade- Thanks to the fabulous picture book Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier. In the book, the main character, Sage, redeems herself after a hilarious vocabulary snafu with an award-winning costume in her school’s vocabulary parade. Teachers and students have been understandably inspired by the book, and as a Google or Pinterest search will prove, vocabulary parades have really caught on!
6. Vocabulary Demos- We discuss and do a demonstration for each idea. Then, each student records a diagram for the term.
7. Concept Map- Thinking about how terms are connected is much deeper than simply defining the terms. You can do this easily by writing some terms on index cards.
8. CLOZE- If you’re unfamiliar with this, it’s a fancy term for “fill in the blank”.
9. Vocabulary Mural- This can be used for terms or concepts.
10. Acrostics- Acrostics stretch kids’ thinking.
11. Key Word BINGO- Pass out a blank bingo card and have the student fill in the blanks using that units vocabulary words. Read the definition and the children have to mark the space.
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