Vocabulary V.017 Word Analysis Transportation Key Sort Objective The student will sort words by categories. Materials Transportation category cards (Activity Master V.017.AM1) Copy on card stock, laminate, hole punch, and cut. Word keys (Activity Master V.017.AM2a - V.017.AM2d) Copy on card stock, laminate, hole punch, and cut. Key rings or book rings Activity Students sort transportation words into categories and group on key rings. 1. Place the transportation category cards face up in a row and the key rings at the center. Place the word keys face down in a stack. 2. Taking turns, the students select and read the category cards, and place each on a separate key ring. 3. Select a word key, read the word, and place it on the key ring with the corresponding category card (e.g., places the glider key card on the key ring with the air category card). 4. Continue until all word keys are sorted. 5. Peer evaluation Air glider blimp airplane Extensions and Adaptations Use word keys without category cards and complete an open sort. Use other category cards (Activity Master V.017.AM3) and word keys (Activity Master V.017.AM4).
Vocabulary Transportation Key Sort V.017.AM1 Air Land Water transportation category cards
V.017.AM2a Vocabulary Transportation Key Sort helicopter hot air balloon space shuttle airplane blimp glider word keys
Vocabulary Transportation Key Sort V.017.AM2b car bus horse ambulance bicycle camper word keys
V.017.AM2c Vocabulary Transportation Key Sort motorcycle truck canoe taxi train ship word keys
Vocabulary Transportation Key Sort V.017.AM2d raft motorboat tugboat sailboat jet ski submarine word keys
V.017.AM3 Vocabulary Transportation Key Sort blank category cards
Vocabulary Transportation Key Sort V.017.AM4 blank word keys
Vocabulary V.018 Word Analysis Cube Word Sort Objective The student will sort words by categories. Materials Pocket chart Category cards (Activity Master V.018.AM1) Category cube (Activity Master V.018.AM2) Copy on card stock, laminate, cut, and assemble. Category word cards (Activity Master V.018.AM3a - V.018.AM3g) Activity Students sort words while playing a category cube game. 1. Place category cards across the top row of the pocket chart. Place the category word cards face up in rows and the category cube at the center. 2. Taking turns, student one reads the words on the top row of the pocket chart. Student two rolls the category cube, reads the word, selects a word card which belongs in that category, and places it under the corresponding word on the pocket chart (e.g., student two rolls and says the word food, then selects the steak word card, and places it in the column under food on the pocket chart). 3. Continue until all the word cards are sorted. 4. Peer evaluation Food Clothing Pets Days Months Feelings broccoli belt snake Saturday September scared steak Extensions and Adaptations Choose a category, draw, and label a picture of each item. Use food category cards (Activity Master V.018.AM4), category spinner (Activity Master V.018.AM5), and category word cards (Activity Master V.018.AM6a - V.018.AM6c) to complete another sort.
Vocabulary Cube Word Sort V.018.AM1 Food Clothing Pets Days Months Feelings category cards
V.018.AM2 Vocabulary Cube Word Sort Clothing Food Days Pets Months glue Feelings glue glue category cube
Vocabulary Cube Word Sort V.018.AM3a bread steak peas corn potato lettuce peaches broccoli category word cards
V.018.AM3b Vocabulary Cube Word Sort hat shoes pants shirt socks belt dress coat category word cards
Vocabulary Cube Word Sort V.018.AM3c cat dog bird hamster fish gerbil horse snake category word cards
V.018.AM3d Vocabulary Cube Word Sort Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday category word cards
Vocabulary Cube Word Sort V.018.AM3e January February March April May June July August category word cards
V.018.AM3f Vocabulary Cube Word Sort September October November December category word cards
Vocabulary Cube Word Sort V.018.AM3g happy sad angry scared excited proud shy delighted category word cards
V.018.AM4 Vocabulary Cube Word Sort Fruits Vegetables Meat and Beans Grains Oils Milk category cards
Vocabulary Cube Word Sort V.018.AM5 Fruits Vegetables Milk Meat and Beans Oils Grains category spinner
V.018.AM6a Vocabulary Cube Word Sort sunflower oil yogurt cheese ice cream soy beans strawberries beef cottonseed oil category word cards
Vocabulary Cube Word Sort V.018.AM6b fish chocolate milk bread lima beans broccoli carrots potatoes spinach category word cards
V.018.AM6c Vocabulary Cube Word Sort cabbage oatmeal apples bananas brown rice grapes category word cards
Vocabulary Word Analysis Categor-Ring Objective The student will identify and sort words by categories. V.019 Materials Picture dictionary Letter or legal size envelopes Choose categories and label three of the envelopes to use as a model (e.g., shapes, animals, toys). Punch holes in one corner of the remaining envelopes. Index cards Book ring Pencil Activity Students sort words found in the dictionary into categories. 1. Place picture dictionary and model envelopes at the center. Provide the student with three plain envelopes, index cards, and a book ring. 2. The student reads and copies each of the words from the model envelopes onto each of his three plain envelopes (e.g., shapes, animals, toys). 3. Uses the picture dictionary to find words for each category (e.g., square, cat, ball). Writes the selected words on index cards. 4. Continues until there are at least five cards for each category. 5. Sorts each card into the corresponding category envelope. Puts the envelopes on a book ring. 6. Teacher evaluation shapes toys animals Extensions and Adaptations Use index cards in an open sort. Draw pictures to use as cues on each card. Use magazines and catalogs to find words for categories. Share with a partner and add new words to the envelopes.
Vocabulary V.020 Word Analysis Word Connections Objective The student will identify similarities and differences between the meanings of words. Materials Word strips (Activity Master V.020.AM1) Copy, laminate, and cut into strips. Student sheet (Activity Master V.020.SS) Pencil Activity Students compare similar words, distinguish features, and record shared attributes. 1. Place word strips in a stack face down at the center. Provide the student with a student sheet. 2. The student selects a strip and reads the three words (e.g., ballet, soccer, football ). 3. Determines which two words are similar and why (e.g., soccer and football are both played using a ball ). 4. Writes the two similar words in the boxes on the student sheet (e.g., soccer/football) and writes the shared attribute beside the words (e.g., ball or games played with a ball.). 5. Continues until student sheet is complete. 6. Teacher evaluation Name Word Connections V.020.SS soccer football games played with a ball ballet soccer football Extensions and Adaptations Write the word that is different on the back of the student sheet along with a word that shares a similar attribute.
Vocabulary Word Connections ballet car house lion apple blouse pot tree lamp chair soccer bike yard dog broccoli shirt bowl bush flashlight couch V.020.AM1 football boat building cat peach shoes plate sidewalk sun table word strips
Name V.020.SS Word Connections
Name Same and Different V.021.SS Vocabulary Word Analysis Same and Different V.021 Objective The student will identify similarities and differences between the meanings of words. Materials Information books about a content topic Vocabulary word cards (Activity Master V.021.AM1) Choose a target word pair or use vocabulary from a content topic. Student sheet (Activity Master V.021.SS) Pencil Activity Students compare and contrast words using a Venn Diagram. 1. Place vocabulary word cards and books at the center. Provide the student with a student sheet. 2. The student reads the words and writes them in each of the boxes on the student sheet. 3. Writes attributes that are shared by both words in the overlapping area of the circles on the Venn Diagram. Writes attributes which are unique to just one of the topics in the corresponding circle. Uses books if necessary. 4. Continues until there are at least three attributes in each of the three sections of the Venn Diagram. 5. Teacher evaluation Topics: alligator shark Extensions and Adaptations Use other target word cards to compare and contrast. Compare and contrast attributes of classroom objects.
Vocabulary V.021.AM1 Same and Different alligator shark frog toad insect spider city farm home school car bike vocabulary word cards
Name Same and Different V.021.SS Topics:
Name Semantic Feature Analysis V.022.SS1 Vocabulary V.022 Word Analysis Semantic Feature Analysis Objective The student will identify similarities and differences between the meanings of words. Materials Information books about a content topic Student sheet (Activity Master V.022.SS1) Pencil Activity Students identify the features that distinguish one word from another by completing a semantic feature analysis grid. 1. Place books at the center. Provide the student with a student sheet. 2. The student says the name of the first picture in the left column (i.e., cat ) and reads the words across the top row (attributes). Places a check in each attribute box that applies to the word (i.e., cat: fur, tail eyes). Use books if necessary. 3. Continues down the grid until all categories and attributes are compared and student sheet is complete. 4. Teacher evaluation scales feathers gills fur tail eyes shell Extensions and Adaptations Make a large floor graph using masking tape as lines to compare distinguishing features (attributes) of objects (e.g., mittens, shoes, buttons, or toys). Make and use a semantic feature analysis grid for other words (Activity Master V.022.SS2).
Name Semantic Feature Analysis V.022.SS1 scales feathers gills fur tail eyes shell
Name V.022.SS2 Semantic Feature Analysis