How to Teach Vocabulary in Grades K-2 | Vocabulary Activities for Kids

Teaching vocabulary in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade can often be overlooked. In this video, I share how to teach vocabulary to your primary students, and also I shared a few of my favorite vocabulary activities for kids!
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[@SusanJonesTeaching]

I hope you enjoyed this video on teaching vocabulary to K-2 students! I shared more ideas in the video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXXCgWRqa7yFb5I

[@whatdidyousay2734]

2:02 - choose words purposefully 4:45 - develop semantic networks 6:00 - Leave (1) out activity 8:20 - Word gradient activity 10:16 - multiple meaning triangle mashup

[@lisabrown4904]

I would love more vocab ideas!

[@skyhorse101]

Please elaborate with more videos like these! This information was wonderful and I can really see the different ways I can grow my kids comprehension alongside their vocabulary. We are a multilingual home so I’m always looking for good videos on ways to implant and grow their vocabulary and comprehension!!! 🥰

[@carmenkloppers6334]

I am so happy to have found your site, my son has a syndrome and struggles with reading, so I am going to be implementing your tips on teaching phonics and phonemes

[@careygirolami3796]

I would love to see more vocabulary activities! Thank you!

[@liwest901]

Great ideas shared at a great pace for adult educators! (If you're a K-3 teacher, most of what she shared is likely prior knowledge.) Would love to see more vocab activities! Wish I had some of these when I first started teaching!! Thank you!

[@deedeeheberling5699]

These are great ideas! I have really wanted to incorporate more vocabulary instruction for my K-1 students. I will be using these for the remainder of this year! I’m moving to sixth grade next year and I already see ways to use these strategies with bigger kids too! Thank you for your amazing tips!

[@mayatoma5202]

I teach ELLs, and what you provide is a meaningful strategy to use in my classroom. I love listening to you, because you are pointing clearly at the pits and pieces of the daily struggle.

[@mariannesouvannasimmonses6192]

More vocabulary would be fantastic - this is where I see students struggle the most!

[@ericajames4527]

Great ideas. I would love to see another video with other activities.

[@raizyzwiebel7021]

I know this video was done 6 months ago! ! I would love to see more ! Thank you I am learning so much!

[@hawalena9]

Yes, please make other videos about vocabulary. Thank you so much.

[@teguhrinaldi5543]

Thanks, this is so helpful to teach a private lesson. The kid really needs to build his vocabulary. Thanks a lot!

[@sherinekishk3139]

Your explanation is so user-friendly. Thank you! I would love more videos on how to teach vocabulary!

[@magaroo4637]

Yes please, would like to see more of this. Xx

[@NicoleJenkinson]

These are awesome activities that I look forward to sharing with my English Language Learners as well. Thank you for sharing. Cheers!

[@nicolewillheimer3646]

Yes, please make more K-2 vocabulary videos. These ideas were great. Can you do a video where you model the use of one of the semantic games? Also, How many words would you recommend teaching to a kindergartener at one time? How often should the word be reviewed over the course of a week etc?

[@liuziyin1]

Just purchased it for homeschool and thank you for sharing! I would love more vocabulary activities!

[@meloniewilliams7777]

Please do more videos i enjoyed these activities will definitely be using them.

[@annaodle6388]

Very helpful ideas, would love to see more!

[@brendaalexander760]

Yes, I love vocabulary and I would like to see other ways of teaching it.

[@brithegoddess]

I appreciate this so much as a homeschooler! ✨💐💐💐✨

[@kellyshelton327]

These are great! I would LOVE some more vocab ideas. This is the one area I research the most for new ideas.

[@stacycunningham1766]

This is a great video! I’ve been thinking a lot about how to amp up vocabulary instruction in my 1st grade classroom and this helps a lot. I would love to see more videos on vocab. Thank you!!

[@michelepfeifle570]

Yes, I would love more videos about vocabulary activities. Thank you!!

[@ariellalima7229]

I would love to see another video on the subject!

[@deirdrelambre7329]

Loved the video. Wish you could do some more. Thanks for all you do.

[@othiliekatjatenja2046]

This is a great idea would like to see some more videos.

[@barbarahoon9321]

Fantastic. Thank you. I would love more videos on vocabulary for lower and higher grades.

[@mercedeswagner1887]

Ye, please do more vocabulary activities

[@juliadriver7985]

Thanks for the great ideas! I would love to see more Vocabulary videos like this one. I teach small group Reading Intervention and comprehension is a big part of that.

[@marianngalford1771]

Yes! I would love to see more ideas with Vocabulary

[@Karol-hv4dc]

Yes. More vocabulary activities and videos please!

[@JustWonderingMg]

This activity was excellent. I will be watching your videos for the summer lol Please do some more of these!! Loved the semantic mapping!!

[@hi5english696]

I love your ideas. I am definetely going to implement some of them in my class.

[@tiffanywest9317]

Yes I would like more info and activities for vocabulary

[@carolreams3960]

Would love more vocabulary activities. Thanks!

[@antoinettelaprince1840]

This was great! I really would love more vocabulary words so that I could practice with my daughter

[@kimberlydickison8890]

I would love to see more vocabulary videos! Great activities!

[@deucyandme]

Excellent!

[@janetamato9210]

Thanks for these wonderful ideas. I would love more tips and activities on teaching vocabulary, especially for my English Learners.

[@bethannymast5496]

YES PLEASE ADD MORE VOCAB ACTIVITIES FOR K-1 VOCAB

[@patsyna9612]

That is really helpful sister. Thanks very much for the video and waiting for the next one

[@robinrapsilber1798]

Would love to see different words for the triangle puzzles!

[@lauriekeith6069]

Great video!! I would love to see more vocabulary activities. I help K/1 English language students, Thank you!

[@maryamshoaib5203]

Love to see more vocabulary videos

[@elizabethjimenez9340]

Good ideas ! I would like to see more videos on vocabulary. This video was very helpful!👍🏻😊 thank you

[@teriennis8052]

Thank you so much. I would love to see more. I really enjoyed all of your info.

[@Beep9317]

I use the frayer model to preteach vocabulary words but I find it’s time consuming to have them glue the template onto their notebooks when we review them together prior to reading. Any advice? Is it okay to skip the notebook and just discuss them?

[@Marusya514]

Thank you Susan.

[@pamsehgal99]

What theory of reading do these examples follow. Have an assignment and need to know how the 6 elements are taught in top-down, Bottom up, transactional theory and critical theory.

[@marymabry7378]

Yes another on vocabulary would help.

[@ShrutiSingh-nd7xz]

Yes, of course. This video was so helpful. Thanks!

[@uniqueharmony7]

yes, more videos

[@SarvagnyatutoringSt]

I also am looking for spelling words for grade 2 and how to teach those words. I was a member of your literacy club and math club but unfortunately I was not able to renew them due to some payment failure and I lost the membership. Trying to rejoin ever since but unable to join as it says I will be notified when there is an opening. I would appreciate if you can look into this also so that I can rejoin. THanks a lot for your service.

[@anitahoffmann6423]

Love this. It would be great to learn more.

[@workfromhometeachenglishon5842]

Do you make and sell copies of your multiple-meaning triangle matchups? That sounds like something some of us wouldn't make but would love to buy from you

[@badandbookiee9081]

Yes!! More ideas! Love this!!

[@Homeschool.afterschool]

Great ideas please share more. Love your videos.

[@nilambursafari]

Great

[@victoriaLL345]

Super insightful.

[@joanhowze1069]

Excellent thank you

[@oliviawhitney7022]

Great ideas! I would love to buy your materials in TPT!

[@SarvagnyatutoringSt]

hi mam I am a big follower of your videos and of course get lots of tips. I am wondering how to pick words to teach vocabulary to a 2nd grader? Do I have to make the student read a passage and pick a word from that particular passage or should I follow any grade specific premade list of vocabulary words? Please help me in this regard. ALso if there is any grade specific words that I should follow to teach vocabulary please advice me on the words which I have to use. Thanks.

[@xochitlbecerra4270]

Do you have content-specific Vocabulary?

[@ntambi2624]

This was amazing.🥂

[@maryjanekitong7189]

More videos mam

[@addil.1348]

When you said car, train, and plane I thought train and plane went together because they rhyme

[@magaroo4637]

Yes please, would like to see more of this. Xx