A massive collection of ENGAGING, EFFECTIVE, AND FRESH vocabulary activities to take the focus OFF of a vocabulary program and put it on purpose-driven vocabulary instruction!
Looking for ways to make teaching vocabulary more meaningful? I know how disheartening it can be to teach students about new words, only to discover they memorized them instead of truly learning them. As a middle and high school English teacher for over eleven years and a junior high instructional coach, I love learning. That’s what we educators do!
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My blog (you’re here!) is the place I share my learning with others. Here, I’ve written a number of posts about effective vocabulary instruction. You can find a whole list of them in what I like to call my creative manual. If you’d like to receive weekly emails from me with notifications of…
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(Subscribers also have exclusive access to a free and growing library of resources on my blog. Currently, it contains seventeen activities, including four for vocabulary. One is a year-long pacing guide broken down by quarters!)
RESOURCES
I also write curriculum for middle and high school ELA teachers. When I create resources, I prioritize standards alignment, student engagement, and best practice instructional approaches. People often ask me about the vocabulary resources in my store, and you can find a quick overview below.
These activities are for you if you want…
- vocabulary to be fun and engaging
- learning new words to inspire students
- word study to be an integral part of your course
- vocabulary words and activities to be relevant to students
- students to recognize vocabulary words in books and use them in writing
Vocabulary Skills
Writing and Vocabulary
Differentiated Activities for Any List
- Brain-based vocabulary activities
- task cards
- games
- doodles
- picture associations
- graphic organizers
- worksheets
- Digital vocabulary
- Free practice assignment
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