C. Utilize new vocabulary encountered in reading

Beach Ball Vocabulary
This lesson allows students to use kinesthetic skills while reviewing vocabulary encountered in reading or learning new vocabulary.

Acquiring New Vocabulary Through Book Discussion Groups
This lesson presents a whole-language approach to a social studies topic (i.e., the Civil War) using the trade book Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco. The approach combines reading comprehension with vocabulary development.

Daily Book Boosts:
Each day at the end of their "official" reading time, students give "Book Boosts," one-minute raves about books they've read.
 

Reading Workshop: Comprehension 3-5:  Activities and online materials to help students use new vocabulary.

Dolch Kit:  This website contains a "Dolch Kit" with many practice activities for students to use as they learn the Dolch, 220 high frequency words.

Quia.com: The War with Grandpa:  Here are four interactive games to help study vocabulary words from The War With Grandpa.

Funbrain.com: Mad Libs:  Make a Wacky story using your own vocabulary words.

Stay Afloat:  This online game is similar to hangman.

Scramble Saurus:  Practice spelling and review definitions with this online game.

Letter Rip:  Create as many words as you can before time runs out.

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) 

E/B: Create pictures, lists, charts, and graphic organizers to illustrate characteristics of fictional short stories.
E/B: Demonstrate the sequence of events from an illustratively supported short story and express nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one or two word responses.
E/B: Respond to orally presented, simple, factual questions about an illustratively supported short story and express nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one-to-two-word responses, simple spoken or written sentences.
E/B, D: Respond to simple factual questions about simple literature and express with simple spoken or written sentences.
E/B: Identify key characters in a short illustrated story nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one or two word responses, or simple spoken or written sentences; D: Identify key characters in simple literature with simple spoken and written sentences.
E/B: Distinguish between fantasies, legends, and fairy tales when read aloud by using simple spoken sentences; D: Read different and simple literature (fantasies, fables, myths, legends, fairy tales) and orally identify each genre and its basic qualities with simple spoken and written sentences; E: Describe most characteristics of fantasies, fables, myths, legends, and fairy tales.
E: Identify the main events of a plot and the impact of each event on the plot.
E: Identify actions of characters in fiction and relate to the plot or theme.
E: Identify and generally define figurative language, including similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification.
 

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