Teaching vocabulary strategies

To develop students’ vocabulary skills, I have compiled a list of engaging strategies for teaching vocabulary, including both direct and indirect instruction.

Let's dive into some new options to teach vocabulary, for those who have the time and energy to pursue them. In this post and podcast, I'm sharing ten ideas for making the study of vocabulary something students might even look forward to.

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

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Teaching vocabulary is important in every classroom with every subject, even in middle school. The most effective way to teach vocabulary in the middle school classroom is...

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

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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.&

“Hey kids, it’s time to practice our new vocabulary words.” Can you hear the moans and groans?Practicing vocabulary is boring (according to kids) but when you add in dice, it becomes a game! I call it Roll a Word! It’s easy peasy to implement! For each vocabulary students roll a die. The number they […]

Teachers like vocabulary strategies that make learning more meaningful and lasting. Check out these 15 Strategies to Ramp Up Your Vocabulary Instruction