Middle School Café - Empowering Secondary ELA Teachers
Are you an ELA teacher striving to help your middle and high school students become confident, capable readers and writers? Middle School Cafe is your go-to podcast for practical strategies, proven methods, and inspiration to close the reading gap and unlock every student's potential.
In each episode, I will share real-world insights and actionable tips drawn from years of classroom experience to help you meet students where they are and guide them toward growth. From implementing the workshop model to fostering student ownership of learning, you'll discover ideas and strategies that make a real impact.
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Middle School Café - Empowering Secondary ELA Teachers
3 Creative Vocabulary Review Activities for Your Classroom
We know that vocabulary instruction is essential to helping students comprehend more complex texts, but it doesn’t have to be boring. In this episode, I share ways to get creative with vocabulary review. I share how you can include students in determining which vocabulary words are necessary for a unit or lesson.
Students don't always enjoy learning, but by introducing activities that blend fun and academics in purposeful ways, education can become an engaging experience. Encourage your students to take creative approaches with their vocabulary lessons – whether it's a game or some other activity! With the balance of entertainment and educational content around which these ideas revolve, you'll soon find even middle schoolers taking pleasure from being educated.
In this episode on vocabulary instruction, I share:
- How you can have students help determine vocabulary words to study
- Games you can play to review and reinforce vocabulary
- Vocabulary skits or Tableaus to include movement in class
Resources mentioned in the episode:
Related blog posts:
Get Creative with Vocabulary Review
Vocabulary Instruction: The Key to Comprehension
Vocabulary instruction that works
5 Ways to Gamify your Vocabulary Instruction
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