Word of the Week - Vocabulary and Sentence-Building Activity

WORD OF THE WEEK

• A great activity to develop vocabulary and sentence-building!
• Just choose a word you want to focus on (e.g. tractor).
• Divide the children into pairs and ask them to find specific vocabulary related to the word (the words have to begin with the letters in the word). For an additional challenge, each word can be put into a sentence.
• E.g. the word tractor has 7 letters so the children have to find 7 words associated with tractor…
  T = Tyres
  Sentence: Tractors have large tyres with thick treads.
  R = Robustness
  A = Agriculture
  C = Cultivate
  T = Trailer
  O = Outdoors
  R = Ruggedness
• You can help each group by giving them a dictionary, thesaurus and iPad to use.
• Volunteers can share their words and sentences at the end of the activity.
• Words and sentences could be displayed on a ‘WORD OF THE WEEK’ wall.
• 9 templates attached (3-letter word, 4-letter word, 5-letter word, 6-letter word, 7-letter word, 8-letter word, 9-letter word and 10-letter word).
• Fully editable.