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Vocabulary A-Z
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5-Day Vocabulary Teaching Plan

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Reinforce important reading skills with a set of vocabulary lesson plans. Middle schoolers complete sentences, play word games, finish analogies, and build their growing vocabulary with a packet of helpful and applicable graphic organizers.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

Vocabulary, context clues, synonyms, antonyms, cloze reading, parts of speech, affixes

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Include different vocabulary worksheets in a homework packet
  • Add to a reading assessment
  • Laminate the vocabulary cards for future use or for a literacy center activity
  • Incorporate the listed word into weekly vocabulary lists

Classroom Considerations

  • Doesn't provide a complete list of the vocabulary words

Pros

  • Provides a well-organized and concise lesson plan on the first page of the packet
  • Includes a variety of activities to address multiple skills
  • Encourages learners to use strategies such as context clues, multiple meanings, and parts of speech to define unfamiliar words

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.5.4 L.5.4.a RL.6.4 RL.7.4 RL.8.4 L.6.4.a L.7.4.a L.8.4.a

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Organizer

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