Archive for October 17, 2011

Last night's discussion was hosted by Aliza from @Flocabulary about how we teach vocabulary. We had seven questions that we pondered and I'm going to list them below (copied straight from Aliza's tweets!). Check out the link to the full chat archive to see how we answered them. (SPOILER: There were some pretty amazingly creative ideas bounced around as answers to question 5 that are worth checking out!)

You can also see the pre-chat blog post shared on Flocabulary's blog.

Check out Flocabulary's website for the great resources they offer to engage your students in vocabulary, reading and writing, literature, current events, history, science, and math.

1. How do you *directly* teach vocabulary? (Or do you *directly* teach it?)
2. How do you *indirectly* teach vocabulary?
3. For those who do direct vocab instruction, what words do you teach? How do you choose? Where do you find them?
4. How can non-English teachers help students with vocabulary?
5. What are your most unconventional ideas for teaching vocabulary?
6. What are your favorite vocab games?
7. What's your favorite word??