Renaissance Learning Vocabulary Labels

Vocabulary instruction reigns as my research project this year. Students with reading difficulty need explicit instruction on phonics, prefixes, suffixes and core reading components - - - even in the upper grades! The classroom library is an important resource to increase vocabulary with independent reading. But, how does a teacher ensure that students actually READ the books? Poor readers simply flip through the pages and then take the AR test! The reward seems to be "How many can I guess correctly?"
One idea is to give students vocabulary words to find in the text while they are reading. Then, they can copy the sentence from the book that uses the word. This activity gives independent reading a student-based product. Both handwriting and grammar can be strengthened by requiring an exact, readable copy.

Renaissance Learning offers vocabulary labels for all book quizzes saving the teacher time required to find the chosen words. To order the label, simply find the quiz number, select the book, and order labels. The labels currently costs 10 cents each! As an assessment, students can then take the vocabulary quiz after taking the AR reading quiz!


Here's a graphic for the Checked Label. Just right click to save. Insert the graphic into a page of labels to print. IDEA: A student could be assigned to check the vocabulary sentences. Checker would place a label on the sentence sheet and give to back to reader allowing them to take the test. The reader places the AR score on the sheet. The vocabulary sentence sheet with score could be sent home for parent signature.