Word of the Week is a project to build an understanding of essential vocabulary in students. One vocabulary word will be presented each week.
- The “Word of the Week” will be announced daily
- Students are challenged to use the word as many times as they can during the day, at lunch or at recess throughout the week.
- Parents can be challenged to try to guess the word of the day on Monday night by noticing overuse of the word by the student.
- Teacher will use multiple resources to encourage integrated use of the words
- Students are encouraged to use of the words in their writing
- Parents could ask students about the words
- Teacher will put the "Word of the Week" in our newsletter and/or on our website: https://classroomdictionary.blogspot.com/
EXAMPLE:
WORD:
AWESOME
DEFINITION:
If something is really good you can say it's awesome. Awesome means it's great.
TRANSLATION:
genial
SENTENCE
"Did you enjoy that book?" "Yes, it's awesome!"
ILLUSTRATION:
HERE YOU HAVE A LIST OF LINKS TO GET INSPIRED:
- Lots of great videos for you to watch and learn new words. Watch videos showing children in the UK using the new words in conversation: https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/es/word-week
- Powerpoints exploring the Word of the Week: https://www.uhs.org.uk/page/?title=Word+of+the+Week&pid=82
