Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Kids in Motion: Waddle
This activity connects literacy, creativity and movement. Students act out different animals in the book "Waddle" as the teacher reads aloud. When the animal name and the verb describing how that animal is read, students move like the...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Kids in Motion: Sight Word Spelling
In this instructional activity students explore with movement and creativity to make words come alive! Using sight word flashcards, students use their bodies to spell out simple sight words. This instructional activity primarily focuses...
Starfall
Starfall: Picture Hunt: Y as Long E
Become a better reader with this interactive game. Hunt for pictures words with Y as a long E sound.
Starfall
Starfall: Make a Word: Ug
Interactive word game. Match the initial sound to spell the short vowel picture word. Vocabulary words: mug, hug, rug, bug.
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Starfall: Make a Word: Ot
Create short O words. Drag the initial sound to spell the OT word and match the picture. Vocabulary words: cot, hot, dot, pot.
Starfall
Starfall: Make a Word: Ink
Interactive word game uses picture cues. Make a word by dragging the letter tiles to spell each short vowel word.
Starfall
Starfall: Make a Word: Control R
There are three levels in this interactive word game. Match the initial and final sounds to create a word to name the picture. ER words: herd, fern; IR words: bird, girl; UR words: curl, surf.
Starfall
Starfall: Make a Word: An
Play interactive game building AN words. Also practice identifying initial sounds and matching pictures.
Starfall
Starfall: Make a Word: Two Vowels
Interactive games that allow you to create a word to match the picture cues. Vowel teams: ai, ea, oa. Long vowel words: mail, rain, seal, team, boat, soap.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 19 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the understanding of words associated with jobs, actions, and places.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 18 (High Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the understanding of words associated with jobs, actions, and hours.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 17 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the understanding of words associated with jobs, actions, and time.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 16 (High Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the understanding of words associated with jobs and places.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 3 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess vocabulary words that are adjectives and words associated with map directions.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 2 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess vocabulary words that are adjectives.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 1: Level 3 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of words associated with places and vocabulary words that describe.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Martha Speaks: Games
Sixteen games containing characters from the show Martha Speaks that introduce new vocabulary through play, presenting words in proper context and providing definitions. Parents and teachers can print a list of the vocabulary words used...
Other
Axelson Academy(you Tube:)asking and Answering Questions About Unknown Vocabulary
This video provides teachers an example of how to support critical thinking skills in relation to vocabulary development in kindergarten. [2:45]
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Syllables
With this BBC Skillswise fact sheet, find out about syllables and how they can help you spell.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Words to Watch Out For
A factsheet, a worksheet, a game, and a quiz are provided for teachers and students at this BBC spelling skills tutorial that shows you how to avoid confusing words.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Meaning: Inside Information
A lesson plan in which learners create flip books by defining a word, writing a sentence, and giving examples. Materials are included.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Meaning: Semantic Map
A lesson plan in which students complete a graphic organizer to learn a new word. Materials are included.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Knowledge: Homograph Hitch
A lesson plan in which students match two definitions to each homograph. Materials are included.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Affix Hunt
A lesson plan in which students identify prefixes and suffixes on word cards. Materials are included.