BE VOCABULOUS
ELIKINS VOCABULARY PROGRAM FOR 2016-2017
WORDS OF THE WEEK
We will have 6 words to learn over a 2 week period. Every teacher will hang the word for their grade level in their room.
and/or whatever else you can come up with
Each grade level will be responsible for 1 of the 6 words.
For Example: Kinder has the word ENGAGE
The first week in class, they will hang the word in their room and discuss the definition, use it in a sentences, and work to understand it completely.
During the week, the students can come up with creative ways to teach the rest of the school their word.
These Examples would be:
- Use an iPad to make a video (Link a QR Code to Video)
- Make posters promoting your word
- Talk about the word on the announcements
- Send students around to each class to talk about the word
- Hang up sentences using the word
- Take photos of the word in action
- Write a short story using the word
- Learn how to spell the word
and/or whatever else you can come up with
During the second week is when whatever your class has created gets shown to the rest of the grade levels. This is where your teaching the rest of the school your word.
Hang your posters, email your videos or post qr codes around the school, send students around to classes to teach the word, do the announcements, or whatever it is you've created, get it out to the rest of the school during the second week.
Hang your posters, email your videos or post qr codes around the school, send students around to classes to teach the word, do the announcements, or whatever it is you've created, get it out to the rest of the school during the second week.
WORDS AROUND THE SCHOOL
In addition to what your classes will be putting around the school. All the vocab words are being hung up in front of all the bathrooms.
In the hallways you will find all the words and some chart paper. On the chart paper students can write their own definitions of the words that are above the chart paper.
In the hallways you will find all the words and some chart paper. On the chart paper students can write their own definitions of the words that are above the chart paper.
WORD UP LEVELS!
All students will start as rookies and all students will have a chance to move up as many levels as they would like. Spirit Tags (that PTA is selling) will be used for levels 2 thru 5 and when a student reaches level 2 thru 5 they will receive a spirit tag for that level from the principal.
Teachers will nominate students to move up through the levels.
A poster will be available that shows what constitutes a student moving up through the levels. When you notice the student using the word, whether in writing and/or in speaking, you can have the student move up to the next level.
EOY VOCABULARY PARADE
Students and Teachers can dress up as their favorite vocabulary word. Everyone that's dressed up will parade around the school with all everyone else out in the halls watching.