Vocabulary · B4 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.2.6.2.1 - Develop a rich vocabulary stock through extensive reading of age-appropriate texts

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Read an age-appropriate story text and identify at least five new or unfamiliar words from it.
Write each new word in a vocabulary portfolio with a simple definition and a sentence using the word correctly.
Work in pairs to display new vocabulary on a class word tree, with each word shown in a meaningful sentence.
Use context clues from a passage to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word before checking a dictionary.
Explain why reading many different story books helps them grow their personal vocabulary stock.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Vocabulary (2.6)
Content standard: B4.2.6.2 - Build vocabulary
Indicator: B4.2.6.2.1 - Develop a rich vocabulary stock through extensive reading of age-appropriate texts
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 2 (Week 14 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 24
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Introduce learners to a variety of story books and vocabulary portfolios and stress the need to build and use the new vocabulary in sentences.
- Display some of the vocabulary in class, on your word trees and in sentences. Have learners work in pairs, individually and in groups, to do same.
- Guide learners to make meaning from the context in which words have been used.