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Jordan’s Parent Newsletter

Happening this week in class….
We are learning about
Vocabulary!
Vocabulary refers to all of the
words of our language. One must
know words to communicate
effectively. Vocabulary is
important to reading Email:
comprehension because readers garzaj14@jacks.sfasu.
cannot understand what they are edu
reading without knowing what
most of the words mean.
Vocabulary development refers
to stored information about the
meanings and pronunciation of
words necessary for
communication. Four types of https://www.teachthought.com/literacy/21-digital-
vocabulary include listening, tools-build-vocabulary/
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Koprowski-
speaking, reading and writing. RecylingVocabulary.html

Activities you can enjoy to practice vocabulary both online and hands on…
• Bingo: You can write 10 words on a piece of paper. The child chooses 5 of the words
from the paper and writes them down. You will then randomly select a word and say
the definition and synonym until the child has bingo.
• Outburst: Have two teams, one team you will give them a topic such as farm,
sports,etc.and they will draw what they think relates to that topic. Then the other
team will have 2 minutes to list words that they think the other team drew for that
topic.
• Lingro: this online website allows children to click on words and several definitions
are displayed in many languages.
• Word Hippo: this website defines words, provides meaning, a word that is opposite,
pronounces the word, provides rhyming words, puts it in different contexts and
translates the word.