Thank you for sharing this. Doing so has gotten my creative wheels turning, thinking about how I could adapt your idea for my classroom. I love how you have your students using Keynote for this. Do they each have a copy or is this projected on the board?
Other variations of this I could see might include students doing this independently while small group instruction is happening. Maybe at the end of that block the teacher could review student work for the day and share examples. I could also see this like a weekly "vocab notebook" for the students. A Frayer template for each word may be another useful daily activity. I've also found that having students search for images that represent the meaning of the word to be a powerful learning activity for vocabulary.
My favorite parts of your activity are that it involves no copying and that you can just update the same template each week. I also like how what you created is routine-based, which will promote more on-task behavior as students will be clear on what the expectations are.
Again, thank you for sharing!
Posted on September 14, 2023
Thanks for sharing your Keynote vocab builder. I like the 15 minutes a day approach that builds throughout the week. Good idea!