Resource Blog #4: Flocabulary


Flocabulary

https://www.flocabulary.com/subjects/math/

Flocabulary is an awesome resource for any teacher within any content area. It provides a variety of mini lessons between each of the unit areas shown above. Within each mini lesson, there is a hip-hop video related to the lesson, vocab cards for students to become familiar with key words, a vocab game for students to practice key words in an engaging way, a read and respond section to practice contextualizing information about the subject from a larger piece of reading material, a quiz to evaluate progress, and a lyric lab for students to increase their capacity to be creative with the information they have learned. You can find more info regarding how each lesson works at the following link. https://www.flocabulary.com/how-it-works/  You do have to purchase a subscription, but it is such a popular resource that many schools may already have it or be willing to purchase it. This is a good question to ask in the interview process with a certain school in the future. I like this resource because it provides an engaging way to introduce material, practical practice tools for key terms, and an outlet for students to be creative with the content they are learning. I would recommend this resource for elementary or middle school teachers in any content area.
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  1. Shelby October 8, 2019 at 9:56 AM

    Hey Katie!
    I loved your resource! Especially for Fourth and Fifth grade, I think that that age student would love to interact with this website. I would use this as a preceding assignment to a new math lesson, and allow the students to become familiar with vocab before I dig deep on a topic. The raps that go along with each lesson is such an awesome way for students to remember key ideas and rules while they are taking quizzes. I remember my math teacher making up songs and I would find myself singing them in my head during a test!

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