6th Grade Word of the Week: Vocabulary Activities for Academic Language | Hybrid

Limited vocabulary, especially academic language, can be a huge barrier to student success in middle school. Effectively build your 6th graders’ academic vocabulary skills in 10 minutes per day with this hybrid Word of the Week resource that focuses on building a strong foundation of word knowledge.

Available as Word of the Week Google Slides or printables, these simple, targeted academic vocabulary activities focus on critical Tier 2 vocabulary to help transition students from word recognition to application using the framework derived from Marzano's study of vocabulary acquisition.

YOUR 6TH GRADE WORD OF THE WEEK DOWNLOAD INCLUDES:

• Instructional guide w/ implementation suggestions

• Wordlist with definitions, parts of speech, synonyms & antonyms

• Picture Word Wall Cards - perfect for ELL students

• Student Word Cards - perfect for creating vocabulary rings

• 40 weeks of daily vocabulary warm-ups in both print & digital formats

• 4 Quarterly Review Quizzes to monitor retention in both print & digital formats

• Answer keys for weekly review & quarterly quizzes

In this Sixth Grade Academic Vocabulary Resource you'll:

✔️FIND QUICK, EFFECTIVE DAILY PRACTICE TO BUILD ACADEMIC LANGUAGE

When used as a daily warm-up, this word of the week resource gives your students a chance to discuss and utilize academic language through the research-based format identified by Marzano and colleagues.

✔️DIG DEEP INTO COMMONLY USED (& TESTED ) ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

This bundle includes 40 purposefully selected vocabulary words commonly seen on fifth-grade assessments and academic tasks, and daily practice scaffolds from identification to application and analysis as students build a deeper understanding.

Perfect for face-to-face or digital classroom use, intervention groups, or tutoring. Please note all digital resources are available in Google Forms and Google Slides. This resource is Google Classroom compatible.

WORDS INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:

✔ abandon

✔ beneficial

✔ chronological

✔ liberate

✔ diminish

✔ majority

✔ vacate

✔ cope

✔ mimic

✔ elaborate

✔ abundant

✔ minute

✔ immense

✔ knack

✔ loathe

✔ terminate

✔ vital

✔ unanimous

✔ plummet

✔ awe

✔ apparel

✔ generate

✔ remorse

✔ superior

✔ deplete

✔ diligent

✔ copious

✔ reluctant

✔ adhere

✔ precise

✔ transform

✔ equivalent

✔ predicament

✔ subsequent

✔ excel

✔ adjacent

✔ manipulate

✔ lofty

✔ declare

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Here's how this Word of the Week Academic Vocabulary Bundle Works:

❏ Monday: Introduction to the word of the week, including part of speech

❏ Tuesday: Define the word & create a non-linguistic representation (visualize)

❏ Wednesday: Identify synonyms & antonyms for the vocabulary word

❏ Thursday: Apply student knowledge through paragraph writing

❏ Friday: Assess student understanding & provide application opportunities

Here's why teachers love these novel units...

♥ I used this resource for the entire year with my 6th grade students. I enjoyed the complexity of the words and found that by the end of the week, students had really gained knowledge on each vocabulary word and could explain its meaning.

♥ This resource is perfect for teaching vocabulary. I love how straightforward it is and how much LESS prep/planning I have to do. Love how the vocabulary word gets taught in many different contexts.

♥ Perfect Morning Work resource. It is nice to be able to give my kids work at their current levels in order to strengthen skills before challenging them. It allowed my students to start a routine and allowed me to get everything I needed together and check in with my kids before actually starting class!

♥ I've been looking for ways to help my students with their vocabulary and this resource definitely helped them to learn definitions, parts of speech, etc.. It gives them consistency and they know what to expect. Thank you.

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This product is also available for the following grade levels:

• 2nd Grade Word of the Week: Vocabulary Activities for Academic Language
• 3rd Grade Word of the Week: Vocabulary Activities for Academic Language
• 4th Grade Word of the Week: Vocabulary Activities for Academic Language
• 5th Grade Word of the Week: Vocabulary Activities for Academic Language
• Middle School Word of the Week for 7th Graders & 8th Graders

Other Vocabulary Activities Your Students May Enjoy:

• Math Vocabulary Activities for Word Work or Stations
• Science Vocabulary Activities for Word Work or Stations
• Social Studies Vocabulary Activities for Word Work or Stations

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