Word of the day activities

Introducing students to challenging words through Word of the Week can help increase their confidence in reading, writing, & speaking.

Are you looking for ways to improve your upper elementary word study or spelling routine this year? You've hit the jackpot! See how I organize and schedule my word study block and routine, differentiate for all levels of spellers, what word study activities have proved successful with students, and

If you're looking to refresh your vocabulary routine, read this post! Word of the Day or Words of the Week is a fun way to incorporate new vocabulary into your daily classroom routine without much extra time. Better yet, your students will love the challenge of building and using their vocabulary! Here, you'll learn how to use this Building Vocabulary resource to enrich word study in your classroom. You'll find more great teaching ideas at ShelleyGrayTeaching.com

Want an intentional way to increase your students' morphological skills AND vocabulary? Try a morphology word of the day routine!

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I am loving how much everyone is interested in the Word of the Day process I use. My kids love it too! I have received some e-mails asking to see how I actually incorporate these into my daily activities. I truly would love to show you! Now, keep in mind, I teach 5th grade, so I will begin with how I use it in my classroom. But...from there I will show you examples I created for each grade level. We do Word of the Day EVERY DAY! lol. Kids cannot get enough exposure to vocabulary in my…

Long vocabulary lists can appear daunting and unlearnable at first glance, but they don’t have to be perceived in such a way. Here we have engaging and entertaining activities, games, and strategies to help your students master their vocab lists with ease. Learning is made fun with the right tools, tips, and tricks, like these listed below! Check out 17 activities, games, and strategies to teach vocabulary!

I have been using "Word of the Day" for several years and love its results in my classroom! I was originally inspired by Madeline Noonan in this fantastic video on Teaching Channel: I have loved having both the definition and the word on the board under our "Word of the Day" sign, available as a freebie HERE. One of the ways I wanted to strengthen the use of these words throughout the year was to try and have the kids keep a record of each word and have its meaning, a sentence, and more in…

I am feeling really lucky this year. I have the kind of class that tries everything you throw at them, and does it with gusto. Like when one of my students who visits our ESL teacher came back to class with a little notebook and explained that he was trying to find awesome and interesting […]

WORD OF THE DAY BundleI created this resource after finding a need to expose my students to more words throughout the year. This has been a fun way to incorporate new tier 2 and 3 vocabulary words daily in a way that does not take up a lot of time.This resource will help to expose your students to as many vocabulary words throughout the year as possible. I use this resource during my morning meeting to introduce students to the word and then challenge them throughout the day and week to use…