Vocabulary Activities in Grade 3

Recently my Grade 3 EAL students began to learn about waterways and were exposed to many new words. In order to help my students to construct their own understanding of the different parts of the river I decided to prepare cards with the words and their definitions and engage my students in small group discussions. Each group of three or four students discussed the words and then had to match the word cards with their definitions. Each group chose a reporter who had to share the group thinking and findings with the rest of the class. During this part of the session my students received guidance and corrected their mistakes. Finally all the students continued to work in groups and collaboratively created posters with words and drawings and successfully presented them to the rest of the class.

Thomas, Yubin and Sofia discussing the words, sharing the tasks and creating the poster.

Thomas, Sofia and Yubin are proud presenters and Minato is being a bit shy.

Jade, Dyna and Jan were creative, confident and a great team. Their presentation showed their deep understanding.