Vocabulary Building Activity: Semantic Map for Grades K-2
In this activity, students create semantic maps to connect prior knowledge and vocabulary.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Semantic Map for Grades 3-12
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A semantic map visually connects prior knowledge to new vocabulary, using webbing to link concepts. It supports learning, activates knowledge, and serves as a formative assessment, completed individually or collaboratively.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Letter to Future Self
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Collage for Future Self
Students create collages reflecting learned concepts for their future selves, reviewed later to activate prior knowledge.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Jumpstart Journal
In this activity, students use Jumpstart Journals to activate prior knowledge, prepare for learning, and support formative assessment.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Comic Strips
In this activity, students create 3- to 5-panel comic strips illustrating targeted Tier 3 vocabulary words in real-life scenarios.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Possible Sentences
In this activity, students predict, evaluate, and revise meanings of Tier 3 vocabulary words using text and discussion.
