VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS OR MEANINGS OF WORDS LINK TO CSUN GO TO NEXT PAGE

TEACHER FACILITATED DICTIONARY GAMES ADDITIONAL IDEAS FUN WITH VOCABULARY ANSWER BOARD

TEACHER FACILITATED 100 Students are encouraged to listen and speak with a teacher and one another RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD CLASS DISCUSSIONS

TEACHER FACILITATED 200 Students decode (break words into parts) and sound out the word RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE

TEACHER FACILITATED 300 Students and teachers write to each other in a student’s private notebook RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD JOURNAL DIALOGUES

TEACHER FACILITATED 400 Students post words that they learned on a board in the classroom for spelling reference RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD WORD WALL

DICTIONARY 100 Draw a picture of a word. (I.E. student is given the word “ball” and draws a picture of a ball) RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD PICTURE DICTIONARY

DICTIONARY 200 Students write words in their own notebooks for reference Write words they aren’t familiar with by writing definition or drawing a picture RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD PERSONAL WORD DICTIONARY

DICTIONARY 300 Students write words and draw pictures for each letter of the alphabet RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD ALPHABET DICTIONARY

DICTIONARY 400 Students label pictures of animals for each letter of the alphabet (I.E. Y is “Yak”) RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD ANIMAL DICTIONARY

GAMES 100 Teacher defines a word Children Find a word on their Bingo card RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD BINGO

GAMES 200 Students use a newspaper to cut and paste a word from the teacher’s list RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD SCAVENGER HUNT

GAMES 300 Students take turns turning over matching words RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD MEMORY GAME

GAMES 400 Students match vocabulary words to pictures RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD MIX & MATCH

ADDITIONAL IDES 100 Students use sight words in sentences such as “of” or “the” and get a sticker every time it is used correctly RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD SIGHT WORDS

ADDITIONAL IDEAS 200 Students have to write the correct missing word in the sentence the teacher provides RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD CLOZE SENTENCES

ADDITIONAL IDEA 300 Students write word with opposite meanings such as “big” and “small” RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD ANTONYMS

ADDITIONAL IDEAS 400 Students write words with the same meaning such as “huge” and “giant” RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD SYNONYMS

FUN WITH VOCABULARY 100 Music Motivates Students Singing Daily in the Classroom RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD SONGS

FUN WITH VOCABULARY 200 Poems and Rhymes Patterns and Repeated Phrases Students Read and Write Poems RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD RHYMES

FUN WITH VOCABULARY 300 Students locate words with long e sound from a newspaper (I.E. the word “seed”) and paste the words in a picture of a pot. RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD MAGIC “E” WORDS

FUN WITH VOCABULARY 400 Students read along with books on tape at their own pace with earphones. RETURN TO ANSWER BOARD LISTENING CENTER