Help first graders expand their vocabulary by exposing them to different books and stories, teaching them new words that are similar or opposite in meaning, using clues from the text to figure out unknown words, exploring how words are connected, and learning important words they encounter often.
Goals for Increase Word Knowledge:
Learn new words by exploring a variety of texts and genres.
Develop an understanding of synonyms and antonyms to expand vocabulary options.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Explore word relationships, such as categories, parts of speech, and word families.
Build a repertoire of high-frequency words for fluent reading and writing.
Read Aloud Book List:
"The Word Collector" by Peter H. Reynolds
"Fancy Nancy" by Jane O'Connor
"Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster" by Debra Frasier
"The Boy Who Loved Words" by Roni Schotter
"A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns" by Ruth Heller
"The Great Dictionary Caper" by Judy Sierra
"Words Are CATegorical" series by Brian P. Cleary
"The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus" by Jen Bryant
"My Amazing Words Book" by Richard Scarry
"The Whisper" by Pamela Zagarenski
"The Boy Who Invented Words" by Jadgish Chandra Bose
"Words" by Lora Rozler
"The Word Wizard" by Cathryn Falwell
"The Vocabulary Book" by Michael F. Opitz
"A World of Words" by Angela McAllister
"The Word Collector's Handbook" by Dawn Sirett
"Words, Wit, and Wonder: Writing Your Own Poem" by Nancy Loewen
"The Word Burglar" by Michael Sampson
"Wordy Birdy" by Tammi Sauer
"The Right Word: Peter Mark Roget and His Thesaurus" by Jen Bryant