Teaching vocabulary high school

Use these high-impact strategies for teaching vocabulary to make learning active and engaging in your middle school or high school classroom!

“Hey kids, it’s time to practice our new vocabulary words.” Can you hear the moans and groans?Practicing vocabulary is boring (according to kids) but when you add in dice, it becomes a game! I call it Roll a Word! It’s easy peasy to implement! For each vocabulary students roll a die. The number they […]

Posts about Vocabulary written by Melissa Kruse

Looking for a fun vocabulary activity? This extension is perfect for middle and high school to help encourage critical thinking and associations.

Wish teaching vocabulary could be more creative and fulfilling? Try these ten strategies to make studying vocabulary more engaging and the words more memorable.

For many students, learning new words can be one of the greatest joys or greatest dreads alike. For a few of our students, there is nothing more exhilarating

Every English language arts teacher needs a variety of successful, student led discussion strategies that will provide opportunities for student learning.

Are you looking for creative ways to teach vocabulary in creative ways that make it a part of the curriculum you and your students can look forward to? These new ideas will help you add vocabulary into your curriculum in a way that makes it feel like a part of the curriculum rather than an add-on. #highschoolvocabulary #secondaryvocabulary

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It’s been a while since I’ve done a “Teaching Tuesday” post, but I’ve gotten some emails lately asking how I teach vocabulary, so I thought I’d share a little bit about that today. Quick and easy. Here we go… In truth, I’m a total vocab newbie. In the past, I have fallen in the camp...Read More »