Vocabulary

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If the student did poorly on a cloze assessment, then you should use the Word Fill-In activity to practice with words in context.

For this activity, students will choose words to complete sentences by:

• • First, placing sentence strips face down in a stack and index cards face up in rows on a flat surface.

  • Second, taking turns, student one selects a sentence, and reads it saying “blank” for the missing word.

  • After that, student two reads the index cards, finds the missing word, places it over the blank, and reads the sentence.

  • Next, reversing roles and continuing until all the words are correctly matched to sentences.

  • Lastly, students will complete a peer evaluation

If the student did poorly on the informal word analysis inventory, then you should use the Word Connections activity to practice with word analysis.

For this activity, students will compare similar words, distinguish features, and record shared attributes by

• • First, placing word strips in a stack face down at the center. Provide the student with a student sheet.

  • Then, the student selects a strip and reads the three words (e.g., “ballet, soccer, football”).

  • Next, the student determines which two words are similar and why (e.g., “soccer and football are both played using a ball”).

  • Next, the student 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.).

  • Then, the student continues until the student sheet is complete.

  • Finally, there will be a teacher evaluation