Objective - Students will make their own flip chart with vocabulary definitions found in a story.

Summary - This lesson may be used with classroom libraries, basal readers, or poetry.  Teacher gives students a list of vocabulary (usually 5-8 words) found in the story or poem.  After reading the story, the student will go back over it, locating the vocabulary words.  Next, the student will take a blank sheet of paper, fold it in half lengthwise (hot dog fold).  The student will then make equally spaced cuts in paper from one outside edge to center fold.  If there are 6 vocab words, student should make 5 equally spaced cuts (about 1 1/4 inches apart).  Keeping the paper folded closed, student should write one vocab word on each strip.  Then fold open each strip, and write the definition on the inside of the strip.  When paper is closed, student should see a list of the vocabulary.  When paper is folded open, student should see a list of definitions.  This flip paper is very helpful with studying vocab and quizzing classmates.

Implementation - The children love this lesson.  It sure beats just writing a plain list of vocab definitions on looseleaf or in a notebook. They use it to study words on their own or with a partner.  They keep the flip charts in a reading folder for future reference.

Objective - Students will identify adverbs or adjectives in a story.

Summary - Teacher may choose to have students locate either adverbs or adjectives found in a story.  Student will read a story from the classroom library that has a lot of action (for adverbs).  After reading, student should make a list of all adverbs they can find.  Next, students should take a blank sheet of paper and fold it like a fan.  Make the first fold about 1 1/2 inches, then continue to fold paper back and forth to complete fan.  Unfold the paper and write one adverb at the top of each 1 1/2 inch section.  Then student should write the adverb in a sentence (different from one in the story).

Implementation - We did this lesson with verbs. This lesson makes finding sentence parts much more interesting. When completed, they were able to fold up the fan and keep it in their grammar book as a bookmark for the verbs section.  We will probably do the same for adverbs.

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Objective - Students will combine their vocabulary and reading lessons by looking for their Vocabulary Workshop words in the books and other material they read

Summary - Students will cover a new vocabulary lesson and list of 20 words approximately every two weeks.  For extra credit, they will note whenever they find one of these words in a book, magazine or newspaper they are reading.  In order to get credit, the student will complete a slip (available from the teacher) for each word found, noting the source and how it was used.

Implementation - Students are always excited to have an opportunity for extra credit, and this has been no different.  They have seemed genuinely surprised and pleased at how often they find words from their vocabulary lists in books and real-world situations, like a newspaper.

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