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Season 2, Episode 7 

In this episode, Mike shares the three Generating Situations, Contexts & Examples games you'll encounter on Day 4 of  K-2 Character Vocabulary: Lights, Camera, Action! Finish That Sentence, and Book Connections.  

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Season 2, Episode 6 

In this episode, Mike walks you through the three Word Association games that you'll encounter on Day 3 of  K-2 Character Vocabulary: Word Connections, Fill in the Blank, and Pure Imagination.

Season 2, Episode 5 

In this episode, Mike talks about where the words from Word Love: Character Vocabulary come from, why the decision was made to select character words and not feelings words, and why the curriculum is called 'Character Vocabulary' instead of character trait vocabulary.'  

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Season 2, Episode 4 

In this episode, Mike describes the different games that played just after introducing words in Word Love: Character Vocabulary for grades K-2. He then explains the five example/ non-example games in more detail: 

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Season 2, Episode 3 Using Folktales, Fairy Tales & Fables from Around the World to Teach Character Vocabulary 

In this episode, Mike describes what texts are used to introduce Character Vocabulary: folktales, fairy tales, and fables from around the world. He explains why those texts are used, and how to best incorporate them into character vocabulary. He offers alternatives to teachers who wish to teach Character Vocabulary using their own preferred read alouds.

Season 2, Episode 2 Introducing Character Vocabulary Words 

In this episode, Mike walks you through how to introduce character vocabulary words by first contextualizing them, then providing a kid-friendly definition, providing a few more examples, and then playing an example-non-example game.

At the start of the second season of the readwritemike podcast, Mike introduces Word Love: Character Vocabulary—how it came to be, what it is, and why.

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In this episode, Mike walks through the steps for starting your own vocabulary curriculum.

In this episode, Mike responds to useful feedback on the Word Love vocabulary curriculum, and addresses critiques.

In this episode, Mike talks about the two kinds of summative assessments offered in Word Love: A Vocabulary Curriculum, as well as other possible options for students to "show what they know" with regard to vocabulary.