How to Teach Vocabulary Words

About This Quiz & Worksheet

This interactive quiz and corresponding worksheet gauge your understanding of what it takes to effectively teach vocabulary. Topics you'll need to know to pass the quiz include the best practices and methods for teaching vocabulary words.

Quiz & Worksheet Goals

Use these assessment tools to assess your knowledge of:

• The importance of vocabulary instruction
• The different methods for teaching vocabulary words
• The best practices for vocabulary instruction

Skills Practiced

This worksheet and quiz let you practice the following skills:

• Reading comprehension - ensure that you draw the most important information from the related teaching vocabulary words lesson
• Defining key concepts - ensure that you can accurately define main methods of vocabulary instruction, such as word wall and word maps
• Information recall - access the knowledge you've gained regarding the best practices when teaching vocabulary, such as the appropriate number of vocabulary words to teach per week

Additional Learning

To learn more about this topic, review the corresponding lesson on teaching vocabulary words. This lesson covers the following objectives:

• Identifying the importance of vocabulary instruction
• Explaining the best practices for teaching vocabulary words
• Showing one way a word wall may be organized
• Illustrating a type of word map that may be used
• Exploring the use of flashcards
• Describing the use of vocabulary bingo