The building leadership team has introduced a new word of the day for all classes starting this semester, to help develop students’ vocabulary skills.
Enhancing students’ vocabulary will improve their performance skills for future tests, assignments, and better preparation for the SATs, according to craftingscholars.com.
“Recognizing, understanding, and utilizing vocabulary is a learned skill that helps everyone in their ability to communicate, complete tasks, succeed in a profession, and be a more globally competent citizen,” Steve Lamberti, Humanities Department Chair, said.
While some students enjoy the word of the day, others are not too pleased with the extra work.
“I do like the word of the day. I think it’s a fun little brain break away from class and a fun way to tie random stuff back into class,” Cesar Arciniega, senior, said.
“I am honestly not too fond of the word of the day. I feel like we already have too much work to do in class, and having another thing to do puts more pressure sometimes,” Joseph Santa Cruz, sophomore, said.
Teachers decide what words to use based on what they feel is necessary for students to learn and be better diversified in.
“The words were determined by a covey of educators that believed the selected words were the ones necessary for the academics that would be imbibing the vocabulary,” Brandon Sanders, English teacher, said.
Having a word of the day is an educational practice that has been around for a while, but was optional until this semester.
“It used to be required years ago, which is when I first used it. They stopped the requirement until this year, but I have kept on using it, so I feel fine about them bringing it back,” Leila Lazarski, English teacher, said.
Many may want the word of the day to stay long-term, while others believe it may not last for as long as anticipated.
“Short term, people get lazy and forget stuff like this. Also, students aren’t so interested, so teachers don’t want to do it,” Arciniega said.
“It is being used to help students this semester and beyond. Learning vocabulary is something that students have been doing forever; this is just a structured way to be effective and efficient in the acquisition of vocabulary,” Lamberti said.