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
1 · Read
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.
2 · Watch
Take it off screen
Print a worksheetA4 with an answer key page for grown-ups. No screen, no internet.
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.