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- Vocabulary in the Media Center -
Powerpoint
- Click on Slide Show at bottom right of first Powerpoint page for full
screen viewing. Click to change slides.
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- Lists of Vocabulary Words
- These words can be used for vocabulary activities
after reading books aloud, etc.
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- Vocabulary words from this
year's Sunshine State Books,
gr. 3-5,
from DOE site.
- Words from Newbery Books, (Words mostly
from Teaching With Favorite Newbery Books by Lori Licciardo-Musso.)
- Vocabulary from Some
Caldecott books
- Vocabulary on tons of other books, plus enrichment
activities, (Put book title in box, click on search, click on book name then
choose "word wall"), from EdHelper.com site -
http://www.edhelper.com/books/literature_units.htm
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -
http://www.vocabulary.com/VUcthpotter.html
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Glossary
of Wizarding Words from Harry Potter Books - Click on letter at top to
see words starting with that letter, (by Web English Teacher).
- Kira-Kira - (from ABCteach site)
- http://www.abcteach.com/free/b/book_newbery2005_kirakira_vocabscram.pdf
- Vocabulary from Lemony
Snicket, Books One and Two -
lemony_snicket.htm
- Library Vocabulary Words -
http://sje.ccps.k12.fl.us/staff/chehakr/Vocabulary%20Words
- Essential words for FCAT testing - Every child
should know these - summarize, trace, infer,
compare, contrast, analyze, evaluate, formulate, predict, describe,
explain, support
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- Free Vocabulary game generators -
from Teacherly.com,
from edhelper.com,
from discoveryschool, from
educationpress.org,
crosswordpuzzlegames.com, and
awesomeclipartforkids.com.
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- Best Practices
- Best Practices for Teaching Vocabulary,
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/vocab.html
- links provided by Web
English Teacher
- Promoting Vocabulary Development -
www.tea.state.tx.us/reading/products/redbk5.pdf
- by the Texas Reading Initiative
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- Websites for Wordplay
- Between the Lions, Wordplay
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http://pbskids.org/lions/games/wordplay.html
- Hink Pinks Vocabulary Riddles -
http://www.gamequarium.com/hinkpinks.html
- Homonyms and Homophones -
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/humanities/language_use/homonyms_and_homophones.html
- The Idiom Connection -
http://www.idiomconnection.com/
- Pun-liners -
http://www.punliners.com/
- Quia-Game, Homographs -
http://www.quia.com/cb/828 5.html
- Word Origins -
http://www.wordorigins.org/
- Words and Word Play -
http://thinks.com/words/
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- Some Specific Strategies -
- Strategies From "Just Read Now" site -
http://www.justreadnow.com/strategies/vocabulary.htm
- Easy strategies for Media Specialists,
handout
- Etymology Graphic Organizer -
organizer in pdf form
- Positive Word List to Use With Students -
word list (pdf) - If both the media
specialist and the aide try to use a variety of positive words, student's
vocabularies will increase as a result.
- Concept Definition Map -
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4503
- Unfamiliar Words Bookmark -
bookmark in pdf form - Have student write unfamiliar or
interesting words on this bookmark when they are reading so that they can
look them up later.
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