About how much time should I spend when introducing vocab.for new story in the student anthology?

Denise, I agaree with you about reading the story twice, I think at our grade levels you could just read the pages or paragraphs in order to review the vocab words, I really liked the way that they reused the vocab words and put them into questions , you could use just those questions into journal prompts!! Great question!!

Greta,
 I think the RIVET activity was a great idea and I plan to use it on Friday's after lunch. I need to come up with a book that will be appropiate for my fifth graders.

I plan on using the rivet activity in music. It's a great way to introduce the "foreign" music terms and providing a visual of the word as we use it throughout the class time.

Denise,

I agree. I would certainly only read a portion of the book the second time. I would probably be inclined to choose my vocab words from the same portion of the book so I wouldn't have to read as much the second time!

Greta, I liked the Read Aloud activity to intro. new words and build background.

Denise,
With 4th graders, we always read our story at least twice and sometimes 3 times!

What is one of the vocabulary activities you've used that we have learned in SEEDS that you thought was the most successful?

Wendy, I think the standards and benchmarks are usefu as a guide and a way to evaluate if you are teaching the concepts that the school expects you to be teaching. I do think the standards and benchmarks should be re-evaluated frequently to make sure they are relevent.

Denise, I think reading the story twice might be much for the upper grades. I had a hard time listening myself the 2nd time.

Rene',
You might try some of the Robust vocab. activities. The kids really enjoy "What word goes with..." and "Applause, applause"!

Greta,
I liked the Rivot activity because it can be a great introduction to vocab before the story and lead to some great predictions before reading the story.

 Melissa, I think you could do either one of those activities with a chapter book. It will vary with the type of vocbaulary presented.

Rene,
I try to use a variety of activities for vocab. like snowball, What if, look up definitions, and do vocab webs.

paula,
The students enjoy snowball and applause applause.They include participation from all students.

Criss. I would spend at least 15 min. daily on vocab. activities.