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Vocab...
By LindaR

I am using HM, too...

I usually do some thing different with each story, and like you, having a visual is definitely a part of what the kids do. One activity that seems to be effective with my students is for me to
supply the them with about 6 words printed out on small slips of paper, along with the page(s) number where the word is used in a sentence. I have the definitions printed out on a piece of paper.

The students work in pairs to read the sentence in the story and place the slips of paper next the definition they think is the meaning. They must use context clues. I walk around the

room to monitor their discussions and choices, as well as ask them to prove their word/definition matches.

Sometimes I have them first draw a visual of the sentence that has the vocabulary word, which seems to help them better understand the meaning of the word.

If there's time, we'll have a whole class discussion with students taking turns giving and proving their definitions.
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One other activity is to have the words printed on cards. The students may work in pairs to sort the words and to write a prediction paragraph of the story, using the vocabulary words.

When we finish the story, the students write a summary of what they've read, using the same vocabulary words.

LindaR:s)