Vocabulary Activities

During my search for different ways to approach vocabulary, I found a web page that pretty much sums up a lot of information. The Vocabulary Activities web page outlines:

• What research says about vocabulary
• How words are learned
• How words are taught
• Different graphic organizers to use while teaching vocabulary
• Word Wall guidelines and examples

I really enjoyed looking at the examples that are pictured and downloading the graphic organizers that were provided from this page. I also found that some of the strategies named I had not heard of before and will need to research further. The two books listed as references on the page I have not read yet; however, from the outline that was provided here, I think I have found some more summer reading material.