Our vocabulary Charts For Kids will help them enrich their English Vocabulary and provide them with the most used English words. We also provide pictures that will help kids learn in an interesting and interactive way.
Your child’s vocabulary- what’s the big deal? Why is it important? It’s kind of amazing really as the research shows that when it comes to vocabulary, size does matter! Vocabulary means knowing and using words. It’s your child’s store of words. It provides the building blocks to language development. And vocabulary knowledge drives the development of grammar.
There’s strong evidence to connect vocabulary with your child’s later language and cognitive development. Having a large vocabulary at 24 months, has been linked to stronger performance on measures of maths, reading, and behaviour at age 5. Your child’s vocabulary growth is considered to be directly related to their overall success at school. The size of your child’s vocabulary predicts her ability to learn to read.
It gives your child the ability to say what he or she means. By having several words at their disposal for describing an event or emotion, they can be explicit when sharing their ideas and opinions.
It helps your child understand what other people are saying and what she/he is reading. Vocabulary is the foundation for comprehension. Unfamiliar words become holes in the text, preventing your child from completely understanding what he or she has just read.
It bolsters their ability to grasp ideas and think more logically. The greater number of words your child has, the more he or she can interpret ideas from others, and express their own ideas.
It boosts your child’s power of persuasion. Having a rich vocabulary will help your child communicate in a more engaging way. Relying on one or two words to describe an idea will be repetitive and not as persuasive, as relying on a vocabulary of 10-15 similarly descriptive terms.
It helps your child make a good impression on others. How articulate your child is constitutes a big part of the impression she or he makes on others.
Without a sufficient understanding of words students cannot understand others or express their own ideas.
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Vocabulary is important across the curriculum from language arts and social studies to mathematics and science. It is intimately connected to both effective reading and writing skills, and these skills in turn are necessary for doing well in school.
Samples From the Charts
Research studies have shown that in most cases students have to see, read and interact with words 5-7 times before they are admitted to long-term memory. Words are more easily learned if your child is active – drawing a picture of the word, writing her own definition of it, and thinking of an example sentence to use it in. This is better than simply writing the word over and over again.
Since comprehension is the ultimate goal of reading, the importance of vocabulary development cannot be overestimated. A robust vocabulary improves all areas of communication — listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Building a larger vocabulary can be tricky work for young readers. It often takes consistent repetition and practice to learn new words and internalize their meaning. As kids develop their vocabularies, they learn many new words on a routine basis. Without knowing the definition of a word, kids might look for clues to identify the meaning. They’ll look for visual cues, examine context, and ask questions to discover the meaning of a new word. But this discovery can be a bit of a guessing game.
With the power of the internet at our fingertips, it’s easy to look up a definition, but what about retaining the knowledge? Recording previous encounters with the new word can help with memorization of the word in other contexts.
Parents and guardians can help kids navigate the confusing work of learning new words through consistent practice. Creating a DIY word chart is a fun way to get kids involved in documenting and practicing new words to grow their vocabulary. The next time you read together with your child, try keeping track of new vocabulary words in a chart. Adding to the chart routinely will build a good habit of looking up unfamiliar words while enticing kids’ imaginations about their meaning.
The Reading Partners curriculum utilizes a word chart template to record new vocabulary for students. Emerging readers get “Word Nets” to capture new words while beginner and advancing readers get a “Wondrous Word Journal” to record new vocabulary words, as well as its definition, context, and pictures.
How to create your own word chart
Feeling inspired to make your own word chart to help your kids learn new words? Here’s what you will need for this project:
Materials needed:
- Construction paper or colored cardstock
- Printouts of our word chart template
- Stapler (or hole-punch if using binder)
- Various supplies for decorations of your choice (markers, washi tape, glitter glue, stickers, etc.) – Optional
- Binder – Optional
Instructions:
1. Print out around five copies of our word chart template. If you’re interested in creating your own word chart, draw a 3×6 grid on an 8.5×11 piece of paper. For each square in the top row, write “Word,” “Definition,” and “Example.”
2. Hole punch your charts if using a binder.
3. Don’t forget the cover page! On a piece of construction paper or colored cardstock, write out “ _____’s Dictionary”. Have your child decorate with washi tape, glitter glue, or stickers.
4. If using the binder, slide the cover page in the front and fill the binder with the hole-punched word charts. If you aren’t using a binder, staple the cover page together with the word chart printouts.
5. When all charts are filled up, add more word chart sheets.
How to use your word chart to learn new words
When your child comes across a word they don’t know, first ask what they think the word means within the context of the narrative. Then, work together to find the word in a dictionary and read the definition.
Have your child write the words in their chart, along with the definition and an example or picture. They can also add a sentence containing the word or quote the passage it came from.
High five and celebrate learning a new word!
When the word comes up in another text, reference the word chart to recall how it was used in the previous context. If your child isn’t able to recall the definition, add it to the chart again with the new sentence.
When your child is able to recall the definition without help, then color the box in to show that they understand the definition of the word.
Feel free to get as creative as you’d like with your word chart, and don’t forget to have fun reading!
Hello,
lovelies! I am super excited to share this new set of vocabulary charts with you all. Using vocabulary charts within your classroom has so many great
benefits, and they can be used in so many different ways!
Picture-based vocabulary charts
and word walls provide visual support for students which is essential when reading skills are still being developed. If they
are struggling with spelling or if they need a new word, they can head over to the vocabulary wall for assistance. Also, by immersing
our little learners in new vocabulary, we are strengthening their ability
to expand both their writing and speaking skills.
I’m excited to share a whole bunch of different methods about how you can integrate these charts into your classroom.
Ways
to Use Vocabulary Charts
These vocabulary charts come in both a full page and half page size option so that you can use them in multiple ways. There are over 75 different themed charts included which makes it perfect for picking and choosing to fit your needs! Below, I have shared a
few helpful ways to use vocabulary charts in your classrooms.
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Word or Writing Wall
You can use these vocabulary charts to create a word wall, writing wall or other themed wall. Having a visual word wall provides a reference point for students. When they need a new word or are stuck on spelling a word, they can head over to the word wall and note it down. I used to keep a bunch of mini whiteboards near the word wall, so that students could simply write down the word they needed and head back to their desks.
Also, when putting up vocabulary charts on your bulletin board, a handy tip is to use velcro so that you can easily change out the different cards as needed!
You might even like to use the charts to play games like charades. The possibilities are endless!
Writing
Inspiration
When writing, it can become difficult for students to find a topic for inspiration, especially during a writing unit where students are consistently asked to come up with various topics to write about. You
can use these vocabulary charts as a way to encourage and inspire creative writing ideas. Try
keeping a stack of them in a little basket near a writing center; that way, you
can easily pull out a card to assist with narratives,
personal narratives, or recount writing. Sometimes, all students need is a
little inspiration to help them get going. And, it is great for encouraging them to
construct a themed story based on the provided vocabulary. I cannot wait to see
all the fun writing pieces your kiddos come up with.
Sentence
Writing Center
With
this resource, I have also included a sentence writing worksheet for students
to practice using vocabulary from the charts. Having access to a wider range of vocabulary helps our students with words they wouldn’t
typically use in their writing. This activity would be perfect for Kindergarteners and First Graders.
EAL/D
Support
Themed vocabulary charts also play a crucial role in supporting your ESL students by exposing them to a wider range of words. Aiding your students in learning new vocabulary is critical for English language development. The visual nature of the charts help bridge the relationship between oral and written language. When you provide the pictures and the words, it can also assist in clarifying the meaning of unknown words.
Vocabulary charts can be used in so many different ways, and they can also aid our students in a ton of various capacities. Our goal is to help your little learners become strong writers by explicitly teaching the necessary skills and strategies they need as they continue through school. This bundle can be used with various grade levels and can definitely be differentiated for your classroom needs. These vocabulary charts are no-prep. Just print and go! I can’t wait to hear how these worked in your classrooms, be sure to share your favorite ways with me!
Click on the link below to check them out 
Here is a selection of charts and organizers that you and your students will find helpful for many language activities. Many of them are used in the ESL Voices lesson plans.
KWL Charts
The KWL chart is the easiest way to help students organize their thoughts about a new topic. It is useful for pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading activities. It may also be used with the other skills.
Example K-W-L chart from Instructional Strategies
Advanced K-W-L chart-MSU
Pre-Reading Organizer Charts
Pre-reading Organizer By Scholastic
Pre-reading Organizer By McGraw-Hill Company.
Vocabulary Word Charts
These are great for teaching students new vocabulary, and the parts of speech.
Vocabulary word chart by Freeology
Color Vocabulary Map by Enchanted Learning
Debate Charts
Use these for student debates, or for organizing a topic.
Pros and Cons Scale Chart by TemplateLAB
WH-Organizers
WH-chart from Enchanted Learning.
Main Idea/Supporting Facts
Topic, concept or theme By Write Design.
Brainstorming Charts
Sample Brainstorming chart by UIE.
Brainstorming chart by Very Novel.com
MSU: Advanced KWL Chart
Education Oasis: Pair-Think and Share-The 5Ws and How-Cluster Web
Enchanted Learning: Color Vocabulary Chart-Star Chart
TemplateLAB -Pros and Cons Chart
UIE: Brainstorming Chart
Very Novel.com: Brainstorming Chart
Recently, I used a vocabulary chart as a writing aid for my students to write simple descriptive paragraphs. The chart has a plethora of words that can be used to describe emotions. The reason I used this chart was to help them to explore and use various descriptive words to describe emotions. This chart is very helpful as mediocre students can explore and refer to the chart whenever they need to describe emotions to choose the right words.
The wheel — of — emotions shown above, is the chart that I used for my lesson. Though there are many other wheels in different shapes and sizes, I find this to be helpful to build confidence among mediocre students to write essays. I wanted a chart where the vocabulary isn’t too difficult for mediocre students to handle and this chart perfectly fits into my expectation.
If you are interested to explore more about this chart you can just type ‘wheel — of — emotions on google search bar and you will find a lot of wheels which you can choose from but remember to choose something that your students can handle. If you want to look at some examples you may click here to visit my Facebook page where I have uploaded some ‘wheels of vocabulary’. You may also download the chart here.
How did I use the vocabulary chart in my writing lesson?
I decided to use the chart above for a lesson to condition my students to use different words to describe emotions. Firstly, I gave them an example as shown in the picture below :
Based on the picture above, students were shown, how the paragraph started with the word ‘bad’ and the idea got extended from one word to another. I engaged my students in a short discussion and then gave each of them a copy of the chart to refer.
Students were then asked to construct a short paragraph in simple past tense using the words given in the vocabulary chart. If you notice, the vocabulary chart is colour — coded with the seven most basic emotions such as sad, bad, happy, surprised, angry, fearful and disgusted. Students were asked to pick one basic emotion and use the words that are associated with that emotion in the same colour to construct their paragraphs. They were not allowed to pick words from other groups. For example, if they were to choose the word ‘happy’ which is in yellow, their paragraph must only consists of words that are associated with the word happy which is colour — coded in yellow. However, if you are working with weaker students, you may change and make amendments to the rules.
To help the weaker students, I had also created simple writing prompts to get them started. The prompts shown below are a few examples that we can share with our students to help them. (We do not need to give this to the mediocre and good students)
The writing prompt can be used as a guide only if students want to use them. However, If they decide to construct their own ideas, we can just let to them try. Students were given 20 minutes for the in — class activity. When all of them had completed the task, they were to leave their products on their tables, walk around while maintaining ‘social distancing’ and read their friends’ work . They were assigned the ‘ Two Stars and a Wish’ activity. They were to write the stars and wishes on a note pad and put them on their friends essays. The following pictures show some examples of stars and wishes given by students to each other.
After completing the in — class task, I gave feedback and students were required to pick two other emotions and write short paragraphs as their homework. They were also given a self — assessment checklist for them to assess their own work before they hand in their work to me. The picture below shows the self — assessment checklist used for this lesson.
The video below shows examples of students work done in the classroom.
That is all for now and happy teaching!!