Text talks are when you read a book aloud to the class. You pick out 2 or 3 vocabulary words from the text. I start by using the word in the context of the story. I ask students to see if they can determine the meaning of the word based on the context in which it is used. The students turn and tell their partner their ideas. Then I give a kid friendly definition of the word. I use many pictures and youtube videos help the students visualize what the word means. I give many examples of the word. The students then apply what they have learned. I usually have them draw a picture of what the word means and write the definition.
The rest of the week we review the word. I have them make personal connections with the word. I have a word association slide where the students turn and talk about the definitions of the words. I also make them go back to their notebooks where they drew their pictures and wrote their definition and I have them write a sentence, using the word correctly.
By the end of the week they have worked with the word everyday. They have applied the word by writing it, drawing it, writing a definition and using it in a sentence. The students have also made personal connections with the words.
Text talks not only help my ESOL students but they help everyone develop a better vocabulary. Text talks also help children of poverty.
I have done many text talks on 2nd grade read aloud books. I will be working this summer to make text talks on 3rd grade read aloud books.
Here is the link to my TPT store for a free download of my text talk for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Please leave me some feedback and tell me what you think! thanks!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cloudy-With-a-Chance-of-Meatballs-Text-Talk-2536186
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cloudy-With-a-Chance-of-Meatballs-Text-Talk-2536186
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