Using New Vocabulary
Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, being read to, and responding to texts in own speech and writing
What a learner can do afterwards
- Incorporate new vocabulary from read-alouds into conversations
- Attempt to use interesting or topic-specific words in own writing
- Use newly learned words appropriately in different contexts
The lesson
You just learned a new word. Now try it out. Say it in a sentence. Write it in a story.
Try it together
Sam heard 'enormous' in a read-aloud. At recess he said, 'That slide is enormous!' He used his new word.
Good to know
Try a new word in more than one place. Say it at home. Write it at school too.
Hear it, try it, then use it again in new places.
Watch it
Where it sits
Learn first
This opens up
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
Then practise
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.