Vocabulary activities middle school

Are you looking for fun ways to teach vocabulary? These teaching vocabulary strategies will elevate your vocabulary teaching skills. Learn about exciting strategies and activities for teaching vocabulary your middle school students will enjoy.

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As teachers we know that vocabulary is pivotal in students’ success. When I was growing up, our vocabulary activities consisted of looking up definitions in the dictionary and copying them down on notebook paper. Do you think I truly understood those vocabulary words? Not. One. Bit. In order to truly understand vocabulary words and what […]

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

Whole page with prompts for speaking practice - can be used for either introducing oneself to the whole group or as an interview exercise. This worksheet can be used as a whole class activity: give students some time to prepare their answers. Then can can individually introduce themselves to the whole class. Alternatively, they can make up all the information and use it for a pair work interview. This worksheet comes in both colour and b/w. - ESL worksheets

Vocabulary games are a great addition to your vocabulary activities. Games are a fantastic way to have students practice and review vocabulary in any subject area. Learn some favorite ways to review vocabulary, whether it’s content area words or root and affixes.

Before beginning any writing unit with my middle school students, I always begin with vocabulary but not with boring old dictionary work!

We all know teaching vocabulary is the key to making gains in reading comprehension for Middle School, but how can we make it more interesting? Here's 3 great ideas!