PR-6216IRE Reading For Success - Book 1

Vocabulary
True/False
Teaching vocabulary – 6
True/False is an excellent game to play with pupils in order to review vocabulary. Think of several
statements about a vocabulary word you want to review. Some of the statements should be true and some
should be false. Read the statements to the children, one at a time. Pupils must determine if the statement
is true or false. For example, the following statements could be made for the vocabulary word wellies.
I wore my wellies to school when it rained.
Mum made wellies for dinner.
Her wellies kept her feet dry.
Tim keeps his wellies near his raincoat.
We grew wellies in the garden.
(True)
(False)
(True)
(True)
(False)
Determine a movement pupils can perform if a statement is true and another movement if the statement is
false. For example, if the statement is true, pupils can show ‘thumbs up’. If the statement is false, pupils
can show ‘thumbs down’. True/False can also be turned into a game by dividing pupils into teams and
having them compete against each other. Keep score to determine a winning team.
Five senses
Help pupils develop a fuller understanding of a word by using their five senses. Bring an object to school
which is related to a vocabulary word. Obviously, this activity will need to be modified if an object cannot
be tasted. Create a chart on which to record pupil observations. A column for each sense that will be used
should be included. Label each column with one of the five senses. Allow pupils to observe the object.
Record their findings on the chart.
Coconut
See Touch Hear Smell Taste
round hard liquid sweet sweet
brown
Viewing sample
hairy
fuzzy
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