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Ready, Set, Vocabulary

This is the explicit per-word routine: each term gets its own card carrying a student-facing definition, an example in context, and a quick check. TeacherHero runs it in the I Do phase and deliberately produces task cards rather than guided notes, because one page of notes collapses the set into a glossary.

Run the same per-word card for every term: definition, synonyms and antonyms, the sentence from the text, and a use-it move.

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Ready, Set, Vocabulary: Four Words for Choices

The I Do phase of a Grade 6 ELA lesson, as TeacherHero generated it. Planned for 9 minutes.

  1. Teaching point

    Use each word’s part of speech, meaning, contrasts, and context to describe Ada’s choice accurately.

  2. Think-aloud

    • I identify resolve as a noun because the word names a firm decision rather than an action. The passage does not use resolve, so I do not add an In the text line. I connect the word to Ada’s continued movement despite fear.
    • I identify obligation as a noun because the word names a responsibility. The source uses the exact word, so I use the complete sentence around it instead of copying only a phrase.
    • I identify falter as a verb because the word describes what someone does under pressure. The source shows Ada refusing to stop when the whistle sounds, so persist works as the contrast.
    • I identify conceal as a verb because the word names an action. The source shows Ada hiding a tremor by gripping the rail, so hide and reveal create a clear contrast.

  3. Checks for understanding

    • After the resolve card, ask students to show one finger for noun and two fingers for verb. Confirm that resolve names a firm decision.
    • After the obligation card, ask partners to explain how a promise can create an obligation. Listen for responsibility rather than determination.
    • After the falter card, ask students to choose hesitate or persist as the contrast. Require a quick reason connected to Ada’s action.
    • After the conceal card, scan every card for accurate verb use. Ask students to correct any sentence that treats conceal as a feeling or object.
Why the coach chose it here — Ready, Set, Vocabulary fits the learning target because students must use four new words accurately when describing a character’s choice. The warm-up previewed basic meanings, so this I Do continues the sequence by modeling part of speech, contrasts, source connections, and sentence use. Retrieval practice asks students to recall meanings instead of rereading definitions, while a worked example reduces cognitive load for novice learners. The routine also begins successive relearning that students can revisit during the final response, which requires two vocabulary words.

Frequently asked questions

Why task cards instead of a vocabulary sheet?

Because one card per word is the routine. Guided notes are the I Do default, and they would fold every term onto a single page, which is a glossary rather than a teaching sequence. The card format is contracted for this strategy specifically, so the shape survives generation.

How does this differ from a vocabulary preview?

A preview is a three-minute warm-up that makes a word recognisable before students meet it in a text. This is the teaching itself: each word gets a definition, an example and a check, in the phase where you are modelling. They are different phases doing different jobs.

Do the words carry through the rest of the lesson?

They do. The lesson's vocabulary reaches every phase's prompt, and a writing-producing phase is checked for putting at least two of the terms into student-facing text. A word taught here and never used again is the failure that check exists to catch.

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