https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu Include: (1) the name of the strategy, (2) a short description of the strategy, (3) in what contexts this strategy could be used, and (4) when or with which groups you would NOT use this strategy. en-us 2023-07-24 22:27:07 UTC 2023-08-01 15:31:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu/wish/2651040110 Description: 
Create a jeopardy board with as many rows (categories/units of study) and columns (vocabulary words that correlate with unit of study) as you would like. Cover or hide the cells with vocabulary words in them and label them with a point amount. Divide your class into teams and have each team take a turn selecting the category and point amount they want. Uncover the cell and read the vocabulary word. Give the students time to create a definition for the vocabulary word and have them state it as a question. If the question demonstrates that the students have an adequate understanding of the vocabulary word, then award them the points. If the team does not give an adequate definition, the next team can steal this question and receive the points. Continue to do this until all of the cells are uncovered. Whatever teams received the most points wins. 
Context to use strategy:
Use this strategy when the students are already familiar with terms in each cell. This strategy provides students with a good review of each term's definition. 
When NOT to use strategy: 
Do not use this strategy when the students have not received previous direct instruction of the vocabulary terms. This is not a strategy to use to teach vocabulary words but rather review vocabulary words. ]]> 2023-07-25 19:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu/wish/2651040110 https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu/wish/2651044941 Description:
As students are reading, have them write down unknown, confusing, and interesting words in their notebook. Have students copy the exact sentence the word is in from the reading. Have the students examine the text definition and the dictionary definition to create their own definitions written with their own words. In addition to this you could have students create synonyms, antonyms, pictures, and symbols to represent the word. 
Context to use strategy:
Use this strategy when you want students to explore new words on their own or in small groups.
Context to NOT use strategy: 
Do not use this strategy when you have ELL students who struggle with understanding the language.]]> 2023-07-25 19:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu/wish/2651044941 https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu/wish/2652178880 A teacher would split the class into groups where one student would be designated as the artist for that one round so they are the only ones to see the words. After each round, a new set of words and a new artist in the group is picked. The goal of the game is for the group to guess the vocab word based on the artist's drawing. This strategy would best be used at the end of a unit when reviewing vocab words so that the students already know the vocab words and this is a review game for them.  You would not use this strategy when first introducing the words to the students. The students must have a good understanding of what the words are and the goal of the game would not be met if it was used to introduce the vocab words to the students.]]> 2023-07-27 15:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu/wish/2652178880 https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu/wish/2652182166 In this game, a teacher can split the class into teams and the students will work together to get the most questions right and earn the most points. Just like the game Jeopardy, there will be topics and a list of questions underneath with varying amounts of points. Each team will pick a topic and then what question they want to answer and the whole class will try to be the first to answer to get those points. This game can be used as a vocab review as well as a whole unit review before a test or it can be a fun game to do randomly in the school year. Just like the pictionary game, jeopardy is not a game to be used at the beginning of a unit when students do not know all the information. ]]> 2023-07-27 15:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu/wish/2652182166 https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu/wish/2652741264 With the pyramid game, a triangle is divided up into 6 sections. With each section worth a certain number of points. Students should be broken up into pairs. One student is supposed to guess the categories, the other is supposed to give clues about what the category is through commonalities in the clues. This can also be played in a larger group, with students acting as teams to "win." This strategy would be best used as a study tool, or reinforcement of terms/concepts the students have already learned. In my opinion, it should not be used with new terms because students may not be able to guess categories/terms they know nothing about. Or, it could give some students an unfair advantage over others. ]]> 2023-07-28 18:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu/wish/2652741264 https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu/wish/2652742674 Students should be broken into small groups or pairs. They will be given a set of words. Their job is to sort these words into categories. The categories will either be closed or open. If the category is closed, that means there are predetermined categories the words must fit into. If they are open, the students can create their own categories they think the words would best fit into. categories can include commonalities, story elements, what they know versus don't know, etc. The strategy would be best used before instruction. It's purpose is to activate prior knowledge. The strategy would not be as helpful after the content is taught. ]]> 2023-07-28 18:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/klipuma0/9xbyoru8oj06gfdu/wish/2652742674