Building Your Vocabulary

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Grade Level

Elementary School

Subject

Language

Length of Time

1 hour

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.

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

Materials Needed

Book to read

Notecards or notebook paper to write down words

Spiral notebook

Pencils or Pens and whiteouts

Dictionary

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.

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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