Peppering your every day conversations with students with a wide variety of vocabulary is an excellent way to help grow their vocabulary. Having conversations about topics you enjoy with your students is an easy way to teach them a number of synonyms and words that they typically would not hear or use. It’s amazing when you hear them start to use the same words correctly. I’ve always done this with my own 2 children (now 11 & 13). They have grown to be good readers and have a pretty good vocabulary compared to many of their peers.
I’ve explicitly done some of this work in my ELA and Social Studies classes by teach Greek and Latin roots to try and show students how they can gain a better understanding of what they are hearing or reading simply by dissecting what they are exposed to. Seemed to help many students.
I’ve explicitly done some of this work in my ELA and Social Studies classes by teach Greek and Latin roots to try and show students how they can gain a better understanding of what they are hearing or reading simply by dissecting what they are exposed to. Seemed to help many students.