Fifth Grade Vocabulary Builders Unit 4

This unit includes everything that you need to teach, practice, and assess vocabulary in your classroom!

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What’s Included:

• weekly plan for teaching vocabulary that includes detailed directions for each day of the week
• 40 Tier 2 vocabulary words
• a weekly teacher guide that has the 5 weekly words, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, sentences, and parts of speech
• a student vocabulary list for each week that includes the student friendly definitions of the 5 weekly words
• a weekly wow word that focuses on prefixes and suffixes, roots and their meanings
• vocabulary word cards for each week that can be used as a flash card, in a pocket chart, or for vocabulary socials (directions included) and games
• every other week assessment that covers 10 words
• assessment answer keys
• students data tracking form to keep a record of student growth and intervention needs
• a special week 9 lesson plan to help students review the 40 words they have had during the previous 8 weeks
• summative assessment to be given at the end of 9 weeks
• game board with directions
• 8 vocabulary task cards that can be used for extra practice in centers or as a fast finisher activity
• directions for assembling the vocabulary journal
• cover, dividers, and graphic organizers to be used in the student journals

Direct vocabulary instruction helps students to become better readers, writers, and thinkers. I carefully chose tier 2 words that students are likely to see in text and on standardized testing.

Please check out the preview to get a look at the resources included.

Commonly Asked Questions:

Q: Where do you find the words?

A: The words are high frequency words from grade level texts and tests.

Q: What are tier 2 words?

A: Tier 2 words are words that students will see often, but need to be taught. They are not content specific such a math and science vocabulary. Instead, they are words that students will see over and over in their books and on standardized tests.

Q: What do you do with the words from the reading curriculum?

A: Honestly, I used those words for practice with context clues rather than memorization. I found that they were not words that students were regularly seeing in their books anyway. If you do need to add in your basal words, they could easily be added to the vocabulary journal. They just would not appear in the premade assessments.

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If you are looking for more information about how I teach vocabulary in my classroom, check out this post:

Teaching Meaningful Vocabulary Lessons