Word Cycles

This learning strategy can be used to help students learn necessary vocabulary terms for upcoming or ongoing units.
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Purpose:
  • To help students  become familiar with the unit vocabulary
  • To activate and extend prior knowledge

Why and How would I use it?

This learning strategy can be used to help students learn necessary vocabulary terms for upcoming or ongoing units. Teachers give students 9 vocabulary terms and ask students to link each term together by explaining how the two relate. This can be done as a class, in pairs, or individually. This is a quick and easy way to activate the class’ learning and get students thinking about the lesson ahead and to introduce them to terms they may be unfamiliar with. This strategy can work in most subject areas including science classes and math. This strategy can also be manipulated to become a evaluating tool rather than an teaching tool.