Grade 4 · Reading · Lesson 7

Create Personal Vocabulary Notebooks

A personal vocabulary notebook is one of the most powerful tools a reader and writer can use. Instead of forgetting new words, you capture them — with their meanings, word class, and a sentence that makes the meaning stick.

What this lesson teaches

1Create a complete vocabulary notebook entry for a new word
2Record a word's definition, word class, and an original example sentence
3Use a vocabulary notebook as an ongoing reading and writing tool

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