Vocabulary foldable

I found this great vocabulary foldable on Pinterest which took me to Laura Candler's website. The best thing was that it was free! My students love using it during literacy, but it could also be used in other content areas. There are two versions. One version has all of the boxes labeled so you know what goes where. The second version is for after you have done these awhile and do not need the labels. In either version, you write the word, draw a picture that represents it, use it in a…

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Greetings, felicitations, and welcome! We’re back with a bundle of vocabulary resources to help you advance the lexicons of your burgeoning wordophiles! Although some of these pieces were designed to be used in connection with our Jargon Journal program, they can easily be adapted for other vocabulary activities. Self Assessments To quickly assess your students’ ... Read more

Aloha friends! It is the final week of first quarter and I am wrapping up some items in my classroom. The last few weeks we finished up with life cycles and ended with frogs. On Friday for art I wanted to do a frog craft, but time got away from me and I just didn't have time to prep it. So I thought it would be fun to do a directed drawing. Kristen from Doodle Bugs Teaching was my inspiration. She always has such cute pictures of her kids drawings. Well I found a great step by step frog…

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This week I tried something new with the vocabulary in the story. I got the idea at a First Grade Conference in December. The student writes the vocabulary word in the middle of the sheet and then there are four things to do with the word. We completed two of the boxes together as a class and they finished the last two boxes independently. The kiddos sure had a great grasp of the vocabulary after this. When we read the story they had fantastic comprehension.

Greetings, felicitations, and welcome! We’re back with a bundle of vocabulary resources to help you advance the lexicons of your burgeoning wordophiles! Although some of these pieces were designed to be used in connection with our Jargon Journal program, they can easily be adapted for other vocabulary activities. Self Assessments To quickly assess your students’ ... Read more

Working with words in a variety of ways helps build vocabulary. Grab free vocabulary graphic organizers for grades 3-5 on this post!