3rd Grade Word of the Week: Vocabulary Activities to Boost Academic Language
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Description
Limited vocabulary, especially academic language, can be a huge barrier to student success in middle school. Effectively build your 3rd graders’ academic vocabulary skills in 10 minutes per day with this Word of the Week resource that focuses on building a strong foundation of word knowledge.
Available no-prep Word of the Week printables, these simple, targeted academic vocabulary activities focus on critical Tier 2 vocabulary to help transition students from word recognition to application using the framework derived from Marzano's study of vocabulary acquisition.
YOUR 3RD GRADE WORD OF THE WEEK DOWNLOAD INCLUDES:
• Instructional guide with implementation suggestions
• Word list
• Word cards for word walls or personal dictionaries
• 36 weeks of daily vocabulary warm-ups
• 4 Quarterly review quizzes to monitor retention
• Answer keys for review quizzes
In this Third Grade Academic Vocabulary Resource you'll:
✔️FIND QUICK, EFFECTIVE DAILY PRACTICE TO BUILD ACADEMIC LANGUAGE
When used as a daily warm-up, this word of the week resource gives your students a chance to discuss and utilize academic language through the research-based format identified by Marzano and colleagues.
✔️DIG DEEP INTO COMMONLY USED (& TESTED) ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
This bundle includes 36 purposefully selected vocabulary words commonly seen on third-grade assessments and academic tasks, and daily practice scaffolds from identification to application and analysis as students build a deeper understanding.
Perfect for classroom use, intervention groups, or tutoring.
WORDS INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:
✔accurate
✔additional
✔anticipate
✔arrange
✔alter
✔assist
✔classify
✔critical
✔constant
✔construct
✔defend
✔develop
✔disagree
✔exclude
✔identify
✔illustrate
✔impact
✔investigate
✔irrigate
✔justify
✔mend
✔minimum
✔occur
✔peer
✔persaude
✔prior
✔purpose
✔recall
✔recognize
✔repair
✔response
✔request
✔ridiculous
✔scatter
✔similar
✔specific
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Here's how this Word of the Week Academic Vocabulary Bundle Works:
❏ Monday: Introduction to the word of the week, including part of speech
❏ Tuesday: Define the word & create a non-linguistic representation (visualize)
❏ Wednesday: Identify synonyms & antonyms for the vocabulary word
❏ Thursday: Apply student knowledge through paragraph writing
❏ Friday: Assess student understanding & provide application opportunities
Here's why teachers love these novel units...
♥ Thanks so much for this detailed thorough product and for making vocabulary instruction easy! The one word a week format with many opportunities to use and understand the word will definitely benefit my class of ELLs.
♥ I have been looking for a way to help my students have a better understanding of academic vocabulary and this is the perfect resource for that!
♥ Loved using this with my reading tutorial/resource class. It helped break material down to students' instructional level in order for them to understand the basic concept, and from there we were able to increase the rigor!
♥ I LOVE these pages and used these for our "word of the week" students enjoyed completing each daily task as a warm up. I even purchased the same resource when I moved on to teach fifth grade because I found it so valuable to build student's academic vocabulary.
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This product is also available for the following grade levels:
- 2nd Grade Word of the Week: Vocabulary Activities for Academic Language
- 4th Grade Word of the Week: Vocabulary Activities for Academic Language
- 5th Grade Word of the Week: Vocabulary Activities for Academic Language
- 6th Grade Word of the Week: Vocabulary Activities for Academic Language
- Middle School Word of the Week for 7th Graders & 8th Graders
Other Vocabulary Activities Your Students May Enjoy:
- Math Vocabulary Activities for Word Work or Stations
- Science Vocabulary Activities for Word Work or Stations
- Social Studies Vocabulary Activities for Word Work or Stations
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