10 Fast and Furious Tips to Tackle Vocabulary Instruction

I can’t believe this is the podcast’s 40th episode! I always love to celebrate the podcast milestones so I want to say thank you to all my listeners for tuning in each week! To supplement last week’s episode on word walls, I’m going to continue the conversation on vocabulary. More specifically, I will be sharing ten tips for teaching vocabulary in upper elementary.

It is so important to focus on vocabulary in the upper grades as student’s reading skills continue to develop. What I have found, though, is that providing students with a vocabulary list each week is not the most effective way to teach new words. These tips I provide you will result in your students learning and most importantly using the new vocabulary words you’ve exposed them to.

In this episode I share:

• Reasons to say goodbye to weekly vocabulary quizzes

• 10 tips for teaching vocabulary in upper elementary

• Ways you can use genres to increase vocabulary

• 3 goals to focus on when teaching vocabulary

• How to assess student growth without using tests

Resources Mentioned:

• Vocabulary Routines and Activities Bundle

• Greek and Latin Roots Bundle

• Reading Word Wall Bundle

• Prefixes and Suffixes Posters, Word Wall, and Activities Bundle

• Freebie Greek and Latin Roots Student Reference Sheets

• Episode 39: Why All Upper Elementary Classrooms Should Have Word Walls

• How to Teach Greek and Latin Roots in Upper Elementary

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Welcome to the Stellar Teacher Podcast! We believe teaching literacy is a skill. It takes a lot of time, practice, and effort to be good at it. This podcast will show you how to level up your literacy instruction and make a massive impact with your students, all while having a little fun!

Your host, Sara Marye, is a literacy specialist passionate about helping elementary teachers around the world pass on their love of reading to their students. She has over a decade of experience working as a classroom teacher and school administrator. Sara has made it her mission to create high quality no-fluff resources and lesson ideas that are both meaningful and engaging for young readers.

Each week, Sara and her guests will share their knowledge, tips, and tricks so that you can feel confident in your ability to transform your students into life-long readers.

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