S.E.E.C Vocabulary Bundle

The S.E.E.C. process is a valuable tool to explicitly teach vocabulary to students.

Select – teacher or student, as appropriate, will select a word.

Explain – the word is explained and defined.

Explore – explore the word through a variety of activities.

Consolidate – contextualise and consolidate knowledge of this new word.

In this bundle of worksheets and activities, teachers will have the resources available to explicitly teach vocabulary to their students.

Select: Selects words that will be useful vocabulary for your students. Useful vocabulary will help them understand texts, build knowledge, and may be encountered frequently outside the context they are found in. They may come from a book that you are reading as a class, a word related to your Science or History unit, or personal interest.

Explain: During the explain process, students need to define and learn the word. The EXPLAIN worksheet has been developed to enable this process for two words. Through completion of the worksheet, students will:

• Learn the correct pronunciation of the word (which they can then write phonetically).

• Spell the word.

• Define the word so that it makes sense to them.

• Write an example sentence of the word in correct context.

• Clarify additional definitions of the word

Explore: A variety of activities, including graphic organisers and games, will allow students to explore the word in further detail. These are:

• Frayer model

• Word cline (degrees of meaning)

• Picture dictionary

• Word map

• Roll the die

• Word explore

Consolidate: Consolidate understanding by clarifying meanings and providing further examples. The CONSOLIDATE card is provided for this step, which students may like to use to create a ‘vocabulary word wall’ in the classroom as a means of consolidation and ongoing revision.