It is important for middle school students to plunge into the world of discovering more vocabulary words. The years that students spend in middle school are crucial to their education because they are preparing to enter high school. In high school, students are presented with a wider variety of words and ideas that they will be hearing for the first time. The more information and vocabulary students are taught in middle school will help them with their reading comprehension, word variety, and knowledge capacity once in high school. Therefore, it is the middle school teacher's responsibility to offer resources to students that assist them in increasing their vocabulary usage.
This link is an example of a high-quality resource that is useful for both teachers and students:
http://vocabtest.com/middle_school/
This site offers a lot a different activities and tests that will challenge middle school students on their vocabulary. They have the option of being tested in the 6th, 7th, or 8th grade level and from there they can choose from multiple options. This is a great tool for students and teachers to use because it has a good variety of words, there are different methods to choose from, and it is a credible source.
I agree that vocab is is important to teach in middle school, but it is important to teach it the right way. If the vocab doesn't connect to the curriculem, then students won't get anything out of it. The site offers a variety of experiences, so that's good.
ReplyDeleteThe variety of topics and methods are very essential for quality vocabulary instruction. It's important to target various students' needs. From the teacher's perspective it could also be very helpful in that it can help them with assessing where their student's are at and how to properly cater to their needs.
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