At the January Educator Academy, we had the opportunity to spend the afternoon on Vocabulary and the importance of focusing on Tier 2 and Tier 3 words. (See Bringing Words to Life for more information) It was truly an awesome afternoon and such powerful information was shared amongst the educators. Two educators decided to use what we talked about in the academy and really implement these vocabulary activities in their classrooms. Melissa Warren and Kelly Fischetti from Lakeside invited me to come to their 5th grade classes to see their own take on vocabulary review. Needless to say, it was quite impressive!
First, the learners and educator brainstormed words that the learners had a hard time remembering the meaning.
Then each learner was either assigned a word or they chose one that they were going to be the expert. They had to create a name tag with that word on the front and on the back they had to put the definition and other important information.
They had to go find 10 people who had words that they were unsure of and learn from those experts.
Here is the data sheet that they used to record their words. (Go here for sheet)
The math conversations amongst the learners were very rich and impressive!
Kindergarten heard about 5th grade's vocabulary activity and they completed their own set of words. They came and shared their words and definitions with the 5th graders and the 5th graders had to share their words with the kindergarteners trying to make a relationship to one of their words.
It was so cool to see the 5th graders and kindergarteners working together to learn their vocabulary words! Melissa and Kelly did an awesome job!!
If you would like more information on vocabulary instruction, please visit the Educator Academy website! https://sites.google.com/a/g.coppellisd.com/educator-academies/vocabulary
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