Vocabulary Folder From Catherine Redmayne Speech and language Therapist It is a very good idea to keep a folder for any child who has a problem with language and vocabulary. These pages provide you with a range of vocabulary sheets to start you off. These are just a few of the sort of topics that children cover in Yr R - Yr4. You can easily make extra pages to suit yourself. Choose pages that link into the topics being covered in school. Keep your pages in a pocket display book which will hold 40 sheets. You can then revise earlier topics so information doesn't vanish! 28 pages of vocabulary ideas and resources for use with children with language and vocabulary difficulties.
morning is before noon 1 day + 1 night = 24 hours noon is 12 o'clock Analogue clock big hand goes from 1 to 12 two times every 24 hours. Digital clock goes up to 24:00. 7 days = afternoon is after noon 1 week morning + afternoon 52 weeks = = 1 daytime 1 year
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday We have lots of sequences to learn. It is important to learn the whole sequence BUT ALSO to be able to jump into the middle of it. This can be counting on, or telling which day, month, letter, season etc. comes next. Use a visual prompt to begin with. Later we learn to do it without. yesterday today tomorrow
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Easter Halloween Fireworks Christmas birthday My birthday is spring summer autumn winter
A B C D E F a b c d e f G H I J K L g h i j k l M N O P Q R m n o p q r S T U V W X Y Z s t u v w x y z
1:00 1 o'clock 2:00 2 o'clock 3:00 3 o'clock 4:00 4 o'clock 5:00 5 o'clock 6:00 6 o'clock 7:00 7 o'clock 8:00 8 o'clock 9:00 9 o'clock 10:00 10 o'clock 11:00 11 o'clock 12:00 12 o'clock
Letters and postcards. You write Remember to write the your message. address. Remember the Remember the Post your postcode. stamp. letters and postcards. A postman with a He drives to the The letters go in van gets it. sorting office. postbags. Every postman He rides to the He delivers all the gets a postbag. correct street. letters.
Talk about measuring - we need to measure all sorts of things. scales for people scales for food thermometer measuring jug ruler tape measure stopwatch timer dials (look in your car for some of these!) measuring measuring protractor spoons cups
2D names 3D names names of things circle sphere globe square cube box triangle pyramid pyramid rectangle cuboid bricks
Families. grandparents Daddy's mummy and daddy. parents Mummy's mummy and daddy. have children Some children have brothers. Some children have sisters. Pets can have babies too. The daddy dog and the mummy dog have puppies.
The forces that make music. We can blow (also on grass or comb&tissue); we can use strings (try rubber bands on two nails); we can hit (try tapping milk bottles with water); we can shake (try gravel or dried peas in a tin). Can the children accompany recorded music in time?!
Forces and music Wind makes many musical instruments work. Here are some. You can try and make a noise by blowing grass, or through tissue on a comb. Plucking is like pulling. Some instruments with strings need plucking or pulling. You can put rubber bands round an open box and pluck them too. Try fat and thin bands. Hitting is a bit like a quick hard push. Some instruments have to be hit. You can tap on empty tins, bits of metal pipe, or bottles with some water in, with a stick.
Quiet and loud noises. quiet quiet or loud loud blow bubbles or stroke trumpet digger rattle, maracas whisper or football rattle shout tap drum or scrape bang drum band
Pond dipping net pond jar tadpole minnow bugs mud dragonfly frog spawn gnat mosquito swan bulrushes
Lights in the sky: sun moon stars lightning fireworks Things with flames: candle fire gas lighter Screens with lights: TV computer mobile digital camera Lights to help us see at night: lamp light torch street lights headlights
Lights for special days: Halloween Guy Fawkes fireworks birthday candles Christmas lights Lights for safety: traffic lights Shiny things:
Our coins and notes have the Queen's head. 1p 2p 5p 10p 20p 50p 1 5 10 20 50
I know what things are made out of. The special word for all these sorts of stuff is materials. wood metal glass cloth or wool paper Test me on what material things are made from. To make it more complex, give me two features to think about e.g. Find something that's made of paper and you blow your nose on it.
Plants are living things. Talk about what they come from, and what they need to grow. grow beanstalk beans shoot roots stalk leaf flower seeds water sun
Forces. forces pull push magnet electricity gravity friction
Electricity. battery battery current closed open switch voltage series series parallel parallel circuit
1:15 2:15 3:15 4:15 5:15 6:15 quarter past 1 quarter past 2 quarter past 3 quarter past 4 quarter past 5 quarter past 6
Can you name the items in each category? Can you think of an extra one? If I ask you what is a xxx? can you tell me the category name AND one more thing about it? E.g. a snake is an animal and it has no legs. people vehicles animals vegetables fruit buildings tools containers drinks furniture
Can you count in 10s? Can you tell someone how you could make some of the numbers with different coins? E.g. 20p could be 2x10p 50p could be 2x20p and 1x10p 1 could be 10x10p OR 5x20p OR 2x50p
1:30 half past one 2:30 half past two 3:30 half past three 4:30 half past four 5:30 half past five 6:30 half past six 7:30 half past seven 8:30 half past eight 9:30 half past nine 10:30 half past ten 11:30 half past eleven 12:30 half past twelve
Cooking. cooking recipe ingredients wash apron scales measuring jug measuring spoons mix whisk cooker rack
windy stormy rainy foggy hot cold cloudy sunny shady icy slippery snowy