Develop Academic Vocabulary
What is academic vocabulary? Think: All of those words students may encounter on assessments. I typically consider academic vocabulary to be verbs, like infer, analyze, compare, summarize, and so on. I went to a professional development one time with an amazing speaker who said something that I will never forget. She said: "Vocabulary should be a hurdle for students, not a roadblock." Ever since then, I've tried to be extra intentional about providing my students with daily exposure to such terms so that they can become familiar with using them in daily conversations. Although this seemed to help, I felt that my students needed a tangible resource to practice with - especially for those visual and kinesthetic learners. So, I made puzzles! What's not to love? There are three types of puzzles: common academic verbs RELA nouns math nouns Let's help our students master high-level academic language so that they can truly show ...