Teaching vocabulary activities

Engaging vocabulary review Ideas & activities that can be used with K-5 students! Five fun & collaborative vocabulary instruction ideas.

Vocabulary instruction is so critical in today’s classroom! A vast vocabulary will help students to become better readers and writers. Vocabulary is also essential to their performance on standardized tests. Helping kids to develop their vocabulary is time that is well spent in a busy classroom. I have developed a routine to teach new vocabulary

Looking for fun ways to teach students about vocabulary words? Today, I am sharing 5 engaging strategies for teaching vocabulary words. These vocabulary activities, vocabulary games, and vocabulary strategies will make teaching vocabulary to your elementary students more fun and keep students engaged. I even share a free vocabulary graphic organizer.

Find 23 ready to use, effective vocabulary activities your students will love, by The Teacher Next Door!

A few years ago, we sat in a Professional Development meeting faced with the challenge of bringing robust vocabulary to the forefront of our primary classroom. It seemed such a BIG task for such little brains, but one that we agreed was imperative to teaching today’s learners. We spent over a year planning, creating, testing, […]

Be sure to try out these ESL Vocabulary Activities and games if you want your students to have some fun learning new words.

Use these vocabulary activities to enhance your vocabulary instruction to help boost your students' reading skills and comprehension.

Every year I am shocked by my students' underdeveloped vocabulary. They struggle with reading comprehension because of their limited understanding of words. Their writing can be very drab because of their limited word choice. And when it comes time for standardized testing they often struggle with understanding what is being asked of them because of

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 […]

Learn How to Launch a Vocabulary Routine for your classroom this fall, and stay in the groove all year long.