Vocabulary+Activities

1. This site provides an example, a short story, to teach students how to use the wordmap template. Once students master how the template works, they can use it when they come across a science term that they do not understand.
 * http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson307/wordmap.pdf**
 * http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/internalization-vocabulary-through-word-307.html?tab=4#tabs**

**Rubric** for wordmap:
 * http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson307/rubric.pdf**

2. This activity provides multiple means of acquiring new vocabulary, which will be very helpful when participating in science.
 * http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/supporting-vocabulary-development-with-993.html?tab=4#tabs**


 * 5 senses template - similes/metaphors**
 * http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson993/5Senses.pdf**

**Example:**
 * www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson993/5Senses.pdf**

// summarize learning to develop concepts and comprehension //
 * 3. Interview a word: **
 * // “Interview-a-Word” //**(Bromley, 2002, 2009) //A strategy that requires students to review & //

• Identify key words from reading • Group students (3-5 per group) • One word (secret) & interview ?s to each group • Group “becomes” word & writes answers to ?s • Group is interviewed & reads answers • Class guesses word

4. __**Websites for other strategies with examples:**__ http://learningtasks.weebly.com/vocabulary-strategies.html