CLAMDIGGERS’ SUMMER GAMES: Vocabulary Study for Grade Levels 3 ~ 6 -

How about learning a new vocabulary word or two every day this Summer?!?

CLAMDiggers'Summer Vocabulary Games

CLAMDIGGER’S Summer Games: Vocabulary Study for Grade Levels 3-6 is here to help you do just that…

AND have fun while doing it!!!

A WORD Can Be Many WORDS

A Word can be named as a Part of Speech and/or several Parts of Speech:

nouns & pronouns
verbs
adverbs & adjectives
articles
prepositions & conjunctions
and, Oh ! ~interjections

It can, also, be:

a Synonym and/or an Antonym
a Contraction or a Compound Word
a Homophone
a Homonym
a Heteronym

You can, also, add letters to the beginning and/or ending of a Word to change its meaning. These are known as Prefixes and Suffixes.

Need a fun way to introduce some of these Vocabulary Elements? An engaging, colorful book sprinkled with humor is perfect.

BLB’s Library has a Resource for you:

Vocabulary Study Book Lists for Engaging Grade Levels 3 ~ 6

If you are willing to increase your Vocabulary ~ as you should ~ you are going to enjoy quite a few benefits.

New Vocabulary Is Brain Food

Adding new words to your Vocabulary has quite a few perks.

It improves your communication skills:

LISTENING ~ Language Acquisition
SPEAKING ~ Idea Development
READING ~ Comprehension & Word Recognition
WRITING ~ Expression & Grammatical Accuracy

It helps you to think and learn about the world.

It allows you greater access to new information.

AND ~~~~ it increases your intelligence!

Yes~ YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY!!!

Here’s more information on that mind-bending subject:

https://vocabularyzone.com/undeniable-link-vocabulary-iq/

The wonderful website Reading Rockets has a LOT of information and resources regarding the Value and Teaching of Vocabulary. Click to read:

https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-topics/vocabulary

You Can Help Your Child Increase Their Vocabulary

There are quite a few websites LOADED with fun & easy ideas for helping your child learn New Vocabulary.

https://www.theschoolrun.com/how-to-build-childs-vocabulary

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/vocabulary-instruction-teaching-tips-rebecca-alber

https://www.giftedguru.com/21_ideas_for_teaching_vocabulary/

https://imaginationsoup.net/teaching-kids-new-vocabulary-at-home/

https://bedrocklearning.org/blog/21-fun-ways-to-improve-your-childs-vocabulary/

And I have created several interactive, hands-on Games and Activities for learning the Vocabulary Words your child will be seeing, hearing, reading, and writing according to his/her current Grade Level.

CLAMDIGGER’S Summer Games for Boosting Vocabulary

Each of these Summer-themed Games contains Grade-Level Specific Vocabulary Word Lists collected from frequently cited reading texts ~ fictional and informational as well as academic terms used in the classroom on a daily basis.

The 7 games included follow Bloom’s Taxonomy sequence for increasing Critical Thinking Skills:

The Vocabulary Guide presents a review of grammatical terms used to identify the components of Words ~ KNOWLEDGE.
Specific Game Sorts allows the learner to understand how each word follows certain rules ~ COMPREHENSION by organizing, summarizing, translating & describing the wide range of categories Vocabulary Words can share.
Specific Word Activities provides opportunities for the learner to take what s/he knows & use it ~ APPLICATION of learned content to produce solutions in a variety of problems.
Word Part Specific Charts, Lists & Tables enables the learner to use Critical Thinking Skills for ~ ANALYSIS of learned Vocabulary Words into components by recognizing the relationships of their different and/or similar elements.
Additional Vocabulary List gives the learner connections for making unknown words known ~SYNTHESIS of these diverse elements for building and strengthening Vocabulary acquisition.
And prepares the learner for ~ EVALUATION, then, provides opportunities for making judgements on newer, unknown Words by using the Skills attained from following the above sequence.

A Grade-Level Specific Literature List ~ see above BLB Resource Library link~ along with a general Lesson Plan are included.

A variety of Word categories are explored with each Vocabulary Word groups.