Curriculum Information

Below you'll find information about the Vocabulary Hive. 

List of Vocabulary Topics

The words in the Vocabulary Hive focus on the following topics:

• Animals
• Apples
• Arctic Animals
• At the Beach
• Bats
• Bears
• Bubble Gum
• Butterflies
• Butterfly Life Cycle
• Camping
• Coral Reef Animals
• Dinosaurs
• Fairy Tales
• Farm Animals
• Field Days
• Five Senses
• Forest Animals
• Frogs
• Fun On Wheels
• Habitats
• Healthy Choices
• Hot Chocolate
• Ice Cream
• Illness and Disease – Types
• Illness and Disease – Words
• Insects
• Kites
• Living and Non-Living Things
• Magnets
• Nocturnal Animals
• Owls
• Penguins
• Pets
• Picnics
• Pirates
• Plants
• Popcorn
• Puddles and Umbrellas
• Pumpkins
• Robots
• Scarecrows
• Science Investigations
• Seasons
• Simple Machines
• Snowmen
• Soil
• Space
• Spiders
• Summer Sports
• Superheroes
• Under the Sea
• Water
• Water Parks
• Weather – Instruments
• Weather – Storms
• Weather – Words
• Zoo Animals

Types of Vocabulary Activities

You’ll find both digital and printable vocabulary activities. The activities include:

• Digital Activities
  • 5 Differentiated Vocabulary Booklets
  • Vocabulary Match Activities
• Printable Activities
  • Assessments
  • 5 Differentiated Vocabulary Booklets
  • Hands-On Activities (Match Activities)
  • Worksheets

Ideas For Using Vocabulary Resources 

You can use the vocabulary activities in your classroom:

• as part of your regular language arts program,
• during your content area classes,
• as a bell ringer activity,
• for homework practice,
• as an activity for early finishers, or
• in a literacy center.

Season and Holiday Vocabulary Activities

There are a number of vocabulary resources that can be used around the following seasons and holidays:

Seasons

• Fall
• Spring
• Summer
• Winter

Holidays

• Back To School
• Christmas
• Earth Day
• Easter
• End of Year
• Halloween
• New Year’s Day
• Patrick’s Day
• Thanksgiving
• Valentine’s Day

Common Core Standards

The activities in the Vocabulary Hive address the following Common Core Standards:

Grade 1 Language Standards

• L.1.4 – Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multi-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

Grade 2 Language Standards

• L.2.4 – Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multi-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

Grade 3 Reading: Foundational Skill Standards

• L.3.4 – Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multi-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

Year Plan Sample (based on 40-week school year)

The sample year plan list one way you could incorporate vocabulary into your language arts lessons using a variety of motivating topics or themes. You could also incorporate your content area topics in Science, Social Studies, and Health into your year plan.

The year plan sample is based on a 40-week school year and could be used in your
Grade 1, 2 or 3 classrooms. This year plan is meant to be an example of how you could structure your vocabulary for the school year. Be sure to create a year plan that meets your planning needs and the needs of your students.