Building Your Vocabulary

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Grade Level

• Elementary School

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Subject

• Language

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Length of Time

• 1 Hour

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Description

• Students will read a book and write down any words that they do not understand. They will also look up the words in a dictionary and write down the definition and a sentence for each word. This lesson plan is for grades four through five.

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Goals

• Students will learn:
  
  * To learn new words
  
  * To look up words in a dictionary
  
  * To write out the definitions
  
  * To write sentences for each word
  

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Materials Needed

• * Book to read
  
  * Notecards or notebook paper to write down words
  
  * Spiral notebook
  
  * Pencils or Pens and whiteouts
  
  * Dictionary

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Procedure

• First, you will have the students choose a book to read.
  
  Then, you will have them take notecards or notebook paper and write down any words they do not know.
  
  After that, you will have them look up the words in a dictionary and write out the definition of each word.
  
  Finally, you will have the students write a sentence for each word.

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Grading

• You can grade the students on their definitions and their sentences. You can also grade them on spelling, punctuation, and writing correct sentences.

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