Vocabulary review games

Test prep season is upon us, and with it comes the dreaded question, how do teachers prepare their students? Working in a classroom during test prep can be stressful for both the teacher and the students. The classroom can feel tense and nervous, which can make it difficult for student to retain in

Vocabulary games are a great addition to your vocabulary activities. Games are a fantastic way to have students practice and review vocabulary in any subject area. Learn some favorite ways to review vocabulary, whether it’s content area words or root and affixes.

Here's a quick and easy way to review vocabulary in Middle School!

Heads Up style vocabulary review game, students circulate around the room describing words to each other, grades 3+ but could probably be adapted for younger

Two printable vocabulary games for high school students that you will want to add to your teaching toolkit! Download Vocab-Zee and You're On a Roll vocabulary games now.

Finding a review game that works can be challenging.If you're lucky they can be effective, but others, though engaging, may not be a strong review of the material.I needed something driven by content that was highly engaging for my students to help review for our vocabulary assessments.So I came up with SNAKE!Using music and collaboration, I have been able to effectively engage students in their own reviews of material! Here's how it works: Students are seated like a giant snake, in an S…

In the Collaborative Model, struggling students are never left out or left behind.

A fun and easy vocabulary game to play with your students!

As the old adage goes, if you teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime. It turns out the same can be said about a student’s vocabulary: Teach her what a word means, and she’ll become a stronger reader. Even better, say researchers, teach your students what eight to 10 words mean, over the course of 37 to 50 weeks, and even your lowest readers could experience a 30 percent increase in word knowledge… And the more words your students know, the more likely they are to comprehend what they…

We all have our word walls. Some use content word walls and others, like me, smack them all up there together. Do you use your word wall throughout the year though?