Smart words: 3rd to 5th reading & writing
Academic (Tier 2) words and shades of meaning. A free 3rd to 5th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: academic (Tier 2) words and shades of meaning.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: what do you already know about smart words?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: smart words.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Play: Word meanings (https://peabody.kids/practice/vocab)
- Play: Smart words (https://peabody.kids/words/c4-tier2)
- Play: Shades of meaning (https://peabody.kids/words/c3-shades-of-meaning)
- Play: Vocabulary games (https://peabody.kids/learning-games/vocabulary-games)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about smart words, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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