PROPER VOCABULARY FLASHCARD FORMAT Tahoma Junior High 8 th Grade Science Maple Valley, WA.

PROPER VOCABULARY

FLASHCARD FORMAT

Tahoma Junior High8th Grade ScienceMaple Valley, WA

Science has LOTS of vocabulary.

Sorry, Nature has LOTS of things we need to name.

The easiest way to learn all these words quickly is

using FLASHCARDS.

Here’s how to make them properly…

Flashcard Must Haves: be made on 3” x 5” index cards (consistent size, cheap)

* no spiral bound sets – remove the spiral wire/extra paper

hand-written (pictures can be printed/pasted)

have a “Title Card” with Name, Period, Teacher and Unit

your own rubber band to keep them together

stored in Ziploc bag (or your equipment pouch) to avoid

water damage, but removed when turned in to teacher

-+ =

Ziploc bagcards rubber band Happy Teacher!

How many flashcards should there be ?

1. Title Card (pieces of paper rip/get lost) – make this card FIRST in case they get lost

2. One card for every crossword word in the wordlist

3. One card for each Presentation Topic(most units have group presentations to finish the unit)

* however, you SHOULD add more:major concepts from handouts, sketches/visuals,

anything that will help you remember the parts of the unit !

For sets of flashcards, you will

be getting words in a wordlist on

crossword puzzles.

These WORDS are your required

vocabulary for the unit - and the clues on

the back are the official 8th Science

DEFINITION

* do NOT get definitions from online (they are complicated!) AND… they also will NOT match what we have on tests

atom

molecule

heat

Here is a visual picture of the cards:(ALL 8th grade work MUST be

HANDWRITTEN, so PRINT and be NEAT)

Justin BieberPeriod 3

Mrs. Morceau

Astronomy Unit

Leave room forthe teacherto grade andmake notes!

Don’t add color,or drawings, ordoodling, orwrite too big.

Always use your

FULL LEGAL

NAMES on ANY

school paper !

YOU MUST HAVE A SEPARATE COMPLETE TITLE CARD * keep your graded Title Card until semester report cards – it’s a “receipt”

On the front you put the WORD(s) and a PICTURE

(sketch by hand or printed and cut-out/pasted)

This method is commonly usedfor learning foreign languages as shown at left.

A picture helps add a visual connection to the word which isVERY important !

FRONT OF THE CARD**the blank side **

put the word (or words) from front of crosswordon front of card

ELL students – you need to put your native languageTranslation of the word on the front also

ELL students – you need to put your native languagetranslation of the definition on the back also

BACK OF THE CARD** the lined side **

put the WHOLE definition from the back of the crosswordon the back of the card

Another example with a single word…using a printed picture from internet

glued onto the card

you do not need any “across / down #s” anywhereAND

DON’T PUT THE WORD(s) ON THE BACK TOO (that defeats the purpose of a “FLASHCARD” !)

crossword’s “official 8th Science”definition on back…

In this case, since learning the EXACT definition IS the goal, copying the definition is NOT plagiarism / copying

(when you put your own name on work calling it your own, then there’s trouble)

REMEMBER: you should make more cards than the minimum – any that will help you learn the

unit’s words, ideas, concepts, topics, etc.

Flashcards can be used for many different situations: math formulas, language, geography, etc.

The idea of a FLASHcard, is you “Flash one side” and then have to give the other side FROM MEMORY. Go back and forth, a LOT – have someone else test you after practicing.

Make the cards in small bunches of four/five each night right away! Start practicing with them as the pile grows: at the dinner table, during TV commercials, in the car, etc. (the rubber band and Ziploc bag is to avoid losing any & protect them until you turn them in) – use over and over and over…

word = definition then

definition = word

You’ll be surprised how quickly and well you learn

things when you put a little time in using these cards !

YOUR SET OF CARDS WILL BE GRADED AS A 40 POINT ASSIGNMENT (cannot be turned in Late) and ARE DUE…

WHEN YOU TAKE TEST(if absent, when you do makeup test)

BUT THE REAL PAYOFF WILLCOME DURING CLASS WHENYOU LEARN BETTER - AND ONTHE TESTS WHEN YOU SHOW YOU KNOW WHAT SCIENCE WORDS MEAN AND CAN TALK LIKE A SCIENTIST AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING SAID TO YOU.

Having good vocabulary on-hand (in your brain and not

relying on looking something up) and using it makes very good

impressions on people important to your success.It also exercises your brain

to learn better.

Science just can’t get around lots of vocabulary and we’ll be using it in class, so the sooner you learn it

– the more fun you will have by understanding things better!

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