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Make learning vocabulary a game
By Anne M.
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Try making practicing vocabulary words a game. Here are a few things that have worked for me. (I've used these with my sp ed classes, while teaching computer lab and during 5th grade reading) 1. Make a cube from two milk carton bottoms and cover with contact paper. Each week, write the vocabulary words on masking tape and stick one to each side of the cube. Have the kids toss the cube around the room (set some ground rules first)and read/define the word that comes up on top when they catch it. They could also use it in a sentence etc. My kids enjoy this one because they get to throw something.
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Play mystery word. Write the words on cards. Split the class into teams. Show one team a word. Don't let the other team see it. Members of the first team must give clues, definitions, example sentences with the word left out, act out the word, draw a picture- anything to get the other team to guess the word. I usually run this like a game of charades or pictionary. Give small prizes, points or whatever system works for you. The kids like this one because they can be creative with the words. I like it because they do all the work!My vocabulary tests are from the reading series and is just multiple choice, match word and definition. I find that if the kids know we are going to play the next day, they go home and practice the words. Hope this helps.
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