How To Target Vocabulary For School-Aged Kids

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1.  Pre and post teach vocabulary words from an upcoming lesson.

2.  Have teachers provide you with vocabulary words from a subject the child is struggling with.

3.  Teach word attach strategies from new words.

  • Decoding
  • Looking for pre-fixes, suffixes and roots
  • Using context
  • Using references

4.  Teach strategies for learning and remembering new words.

  • Word webs
  • Defining characteristics of word
    -Category
    -Word Type
    -Synonyms/Antonyms
    -Definitions
  • Use word in sentences
  • Use imagery to imagine funny sentences using the word