📚 New Topic: ______________________________

WALT: We Are Learning To collect, explain, and connect important vocabulary for a new topic.

Instructions: Add useful words as you learn. Write a student-friendly meaning, use each word in a sentence, and add a quick sketch or symbol.

Success criteria:

☐ I can choose important topic words.
☐ I can explain each word in my own words.
☐ I can use topic words in a sentence.
☐ I can make connections between words.

Vocabulary Word Bank

Word

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Student-friendly meaning

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Example sentence

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Sketch or symbol

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🕸️ Word Web

Put Topic in the centre. Add six key words around it. Show a meaning, connection, example, or drawing for each word.

Topic

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Key word 1
Word: ___________
Connection: _______
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Key word 2
Word: ___________
Connection: _______
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Key word 3
Word: ___________
Connection: _______
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Key word 4
Word: ___________
Connection: _______
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Key word 5
Word: ___________
Connection: _______
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Key word 6
Word: ___________
Connection: _______
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Optional Challenge

Choose three words. Explain how they are connected.

✏️ Reflect and Review

1. The most important word is...

2. A word I want to investigate is...

3. I can use these words when...

Learning choices: You may say your ideas aloud, use a labelled drawing, use a bilingual dictionary, or ask a partner to read a word with you. Highlight, colour-code, or read words with a ruler or reading window if helpful.

Extension: Find a related word, an opposite word, or a word with more than one meaning. Add it to your web and explain your choice.