Ideas for Teaching Collective Nouns and a List

There are many fun ways to teach collective nouns. Teaching collective nouns will expand on student’s vocabulary and communication skills. Ultimately, everything is tied to reading comprehension and writing skills. These are often part of state language standards often. Collective nouns are listed under the Common Core Standards for second grade. I am going to include […]

Deepening Reading Comprehension with Vocabulary Strategies

Understanding the meaning behind words is an important part of reading comprehension. Vocabulary strategies are the tools to help students crack open unknown words. When teaching vocabulary strategies, it is important to break things down into simple steps that students can apply. While it is important to also teach vocabulary words, vocabulary strategies are more […]

Five Fun Compound Word Activities

Here are five fun compound word activities to liven up your lesson. These activities fit in nicely as a center activity. Activity #1 Logic Sentences Logic sentences are a fun way for students to form compound words and gain some depth in understanding the words. Examples of Logic Sentences: Shells in the sea are _______________. […]

Five Ways to Teach Multiple Meaning Words

Today, I want to share five ways to teach multiple meaning words. Multiple meaning words are words that sound alike but mean different things. These can include homonyms, but it also can include words that have a noun and verb meaning too. Students will need to depend on the context to understand the intended meaning of […]

Activities for Teaching Context Clues in the Primary Grades

Let’s dive into activities for teaching context clues in the primary grades. I also have a post that breaks down how to teach vocabulary strategies that you can find here. Activity #1 Picture Journal for Vocabulary Many young learners are very concrete and visual. You can let students keep a picture journal to illustrate unknown […]

Ideas for Teaching Prefixes in 2nd Grade to Strengthen Vocabulary Skills

Students need opportunity to work with words and manipulate the parts of them. In primary grades like 2nd grade, students can start to dive into prefixes to strengthen their vocabulary skills. There are many ways for students to work with prefixes, and you will find a few ideas for teaching prefixes below. Idea #1 Sorting […]

Tips for Increasing Vocabulary and a Free Sample

Hi everyone! Today, I am going to share some tips on how to increase vocabulary during reading. Vocabulary is so important for deepening reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. It is an essential ingredient for improving student literacy.  Once students know how to decode those words phonetically, it is so very important to be able […]