vocabulary

When reading, we taught students strategies such as reading ahead, rereading, looking at illustrations, pictures, graphs, using the glossary, etc. to determine the meaning of unknown vocabulary. We start by modeling each strategy and then use the gradual release of responsibility to foster independence. Students fill in this organizer to show their thinking and to hold them accountable for their own learning. This activity is then used in our vocabulary center, which is what is pictured here.