Vocabulary Strategies

Vocabulary Strategies: Sort Words  Ask yourself:  Have I seen this word?  Have I heard it?  Can I use this word?  Decide:  I don’t know.  I have seen or heard this word.  I know the meaning.

Vocabulary Strategies: Sort Words  Online in Trek 1  Don’t Know It  Have Seen or Heard It  Know It  With a Graphic Organizer

Vocabulary Strategies: Take Notes Why take notes? to help you learn the meanings to connect to what you know to connect to new words as you read

Vocabulary Strategies: Take Notes Yes, do! put the definition in your own words write a new sentence using the word make and explain a connection

Vocabulary Strategies: Take Notes Yes, do! think of categories for the word describe what you would draw to remember the meaning describe when, why, and how you would use the word

Vocabulary Strategies: Take Notes No, don’t! copy from the word card make a connection without explaining the connection say you would use the word but not when, why, or how

Being devoted is being really attached to something. Note Taking That Works Write a definition in your own words.

I want to minimize the number of books I take home from school. Note Taking That Works Write a new sentence with the word.

I know a football team can only score touchdowns when they are on the offensive. Note Taking That Works Make a connection.

Things that are oval: -picture frames -face shapes -racetracks -eggs Note Taking That Works Think of categories for the word.

drawing of a referee blowing a whistle because some player broke the rules and is getting a penalty Note Taking That Works Tell what you would draw to remember the word.

I use “rectangular” in math class to describe shapes. I might use “rectangular” to describe a cell phone. Note Taking That Works Tell when, how, and why you would use the word.