In an effort to broaden the 7th through 9th grades' vocabulary skills, we have been learning how to pronounce and define the words in our timed writings. We just added "The Letter Game" where students take turns saying any word that they know starts with the randomly chosen letter of the alphabet. Below is the list of words we said today:
B
Boston, barbecue, book, banana, basket, bee, Bosco, backwards, bob, bellow, bark, big, boat, bright, brand, Brooklyn, boot, baboom, brave, burn, because, bad, Barbie, ball, bite, bow, band, boom, brink, billow, bam, BMW, base, byte, breakfast, brunch, beyond, baseball, be, buster, billions, bewitched, buy, bicycle, brown, box, black, boxes, blue, bloated, brat blaze breech.
O
Opinion, octopus, open, oh, option, onomanopoeia, outside, old, opposite, opine, object, off-season, Obama, O’Riley, orange, options, OK, Olivia, orphan, OCD, O’Brien, oscillate, ocean, oldies, Olympus, opulent, opinionated, October, oxygen, omelet, outer-space, organization, orientation, organ, out, Odyssey, outreach, Olympia, oil, Oklahoma, original, Oglethorpe, Oreo.
B
Boston, barbecue, book, banana, basket, bee, Bosco, backwards, bob, bellow, bark, big, boat, bright, brand, Brooklyn, boot, baboom, brave, burn, because, bad, Barbie, ball, bite, bow, band, boom, brink, billow, bam, BMW, base, byte, breakfast, brunch, beyond, baseball, be, buster, billions, bewitched, buy, bicycle, brown, box, black, boxes, blue, bloated, brat blaze breech.
O
Opinion, octopus, open, oh, option, onomanopoeia, outside, old, opposite, opine, object, off-season, Obama, O’Riley, orange, options, OK, Olivia, orphan, OCD, O’Brien, oscillate, ocean, oldies, Olympus, opulent, opinionated, October, oxygen, omelet, outer-space, organization, orientation, organ, out, Odyssey, outreach, Olympia, oil, Oklahoma, original, Oglethorpe, Oreo.