By rolling the Vocabulary Question Cube or ball students can start reviewing vocabulary words. They can use this activity at school or home, with a partner, or in a group, to learn more about their vocabulary words.
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Adjectives – Order Matters
When we use more than one adjective to describe a noun, the adjectives are normally in a certain order. Adjectives that describe opinions or attitudes, (e.g., incredible) come first followed by adjectives used in the following order:
Creating a word learning environment for vulnerable word learners
Getting vocabulary teaching right in the classroom will support all students however for those with additional learning needs small adaptations made in the classroom will impact every day. Vocabulary interfaces with learning for all students and is a crucial teaching skill.
The word learning environment of the classroom has the potential to overwhelm vulnerable word learners. There are simply too many words that these students do not know and left unsupported this will impact on their learning and engagement. Slight changes, when done regularly as part of standard teaching, will go a long way to supporting vulnerable word learners.
Word Grid
Students are often able to remember words and what they mean, but they still have challenges when they try to use the words in a sentence. This activity highlights the challenge and helps to move students’ knowledge of the word on to beyond what the word means.
Word Finder
Do your students overuse ‘common’ words? When we start to use language, we usually start with a really basic set of words. As we evolve with our language, sometimes we continue using them over and over again. This can make our speech or written language boring. This resource identifies those overused words and provides alternatives to make language richer. Learners can to add to this list themselves and can highlight a word in the list every time they use one for the first time.
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‘Possible Sentences’…encouraging strategic thinking before, during and after reading
Students benefit from learning the most common prefixes (Graves, 2004).
The four most common prefixes used in over 95% of prefixed words are: