Tips, Titles and Tools for Teachers
Instructional Strategies and Resources for Vocabulary
Happy Reading,
Shelly
What Words Should I Teach?
Professional Books for Vocabulary Instruction
Great Books for Vocabulary Instruction
Instructional Games and Resources
Ideas for Word Walls
Five Steps to Rockin' Word Walls
Many teachers including our content specialists use word walls. This is a great post about 5 ways to improve your word walls. Great images and instructional ideas!
Great Games for Vocabulary
11 Games to Make the Learning Stick
These games would be easy to make and could be used with any words! My favorite is Oranges to Oranges (which is like Apples to Apples) with words from your recent unit and Vocab-Categories (which is like the game Scattegories!) You will need to sign up for the free download, but it's worth it!
Great Booklist Organized into Categories for Teaching Vocabulary
http://www.txla.org/sites/tla/files/conference/handouts/466teachteks.pdf
I found this booklist online that includes mentor texts for teaching prefixes, suffixes, homonyms, synonyms, initial consonants and more! It is an extensive booklist with books organized into categories and labeled A (all students), Y (younger learners), and O (older students). The categories align with our curriculum and/or the Common Core. I highly recommend checking it out! I have some of the books listed in this collection and I'm sure our school libraries will have some of the titles, as well. Enjoy!
Fun Vocabulary Games on PBS
http://pbskids.org/games/vocabulary/
This link includes tons of online games that would be great for young learners!
Great Series for Teaching Vocabulary & Conventions ~ If You Were A....
More Fun Mentor Texts
Shelly Moody
Atwood Primary School
Williams Elementary School
Email: smoody@rsu18.org
Twitter: @shelmoody