Simple Vocabulary Journal • Panda Speech LLC

→ This vocabulary journal is a great way to help students gain and retain new vocabulary from session to session. This is a great resource if you do book units with your students. After we read a new book, I have the students find new vocabulary words to put in their journals. I have found that using this journal really helps the student understand the meaning of the word and gives them practice using it. I also review their journals each week to see if they are retaining the vocabulary from week to week. I included homework slips for the students to take home for carry over.

→Other uses: Obtain grade level vocabulary lists from teachers (or other resources) and pick age/grade appropriate words to add to the journals each week. I recommend using Tier 2 or 3 vocabulary with this resource. I included sample tier 2 vocabulary lists by grade to use with this journal. Tier 2 vocabulary words are considered academic words that a student will encounter in all subject areas. They are words that are important for comprehension skills.

→ I usually send the journals home after every grading period for the student to keep.

I note how many words they learned and retained for that period.

→I included the data reporting log that I keep. My school uses 6 weeks reporting periods so that is how my form is formatted. At the end of the 6 weeks I take the data log out of the journal to keep for my records and to assist when I am writing progress notes for vocabulary objectives.

→ I started using this method in graduate school (2008) after a mentor introduced book units to me. I hope you find it useful for your students! This resource would also be great for teachers!

To use: Print out as many of the journal pages as you need. Keep the data log in the front of the journal. Print out the take home notes so they are handy to send home with students.

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