Teaching vocabulary activities

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

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

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

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 […]

Are you looking for engaging vocabulary activities? These 10 Fun Vocabulary Activities are sure to be a hit in your classroom.

If you have been trying to find some new teacher tips and tricks on building vocabulary, you have come to the right place. I am sharing my 5 teacher tips for building vocabulary activities. These vocabulary activities for elementary are easy to implement during literacy small group, morning work, and literacy centers. All you need to do is build word walls in the classroom or anchor chart display wall, early elementary read alouds, rich conversations, and more!

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

Where do you start with vocabulary intervention? These 7 vocabulary strategies are great vocabulary building tools to help struggling readers find...

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, […]

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

Building our kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students' vocabulary is important, so I wanted to write a post that explains what vocabulary strategies I use in my classroom! Many of my activities for vocabulary are covered during my guided reading groups, but I'm also sharing other fun ideas, resources, and even some of my favorite books to use!

Hurray - vocabulary activities that aren't boring! These whole class vocabulary activities are great for elementary learners through fifth grade and beyond. #vocabulary #thirdgrade #fourthgrade #fifthgrade

Make your upper elementary students' vocabulary practice less stressful with these 7 no prep ideas to use with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Review vocabulary words with these fun and engaging activities - most of which don't even require you to make copies! Lesson planning just got easier!

Over the last few months I've discovered interactive notebooks and folding resources - and I've fallen hard for them! I love the ways you can combine folding, colouring, words and ideas to create an interactive resource which helps students to explore and engage with the topic they are learning.&

Planning vocabulary activities that are meaningful and engaging can be challenging. Here are some ideas with a freebie to get started!

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

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.

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