Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Changing "Now" Words to "Then" Words
This interdisciplinary lesson teaches first graders to use the inflectional ending -ed to create past tense verbs from present tense verbs. As children learn to use the -ed pattern, they change familiar root words into longer words to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Some Frequently Confused Words
Some words in English can look and sound similar, but have entirely different meanings. Keep an eye and ear out for them; beware of commonly confused words. [0:40]
Arcademics
Arcademics: Furious Frogs, Antonyms, Synonyms, Homonyms
Pick the game to play: antonyms, synonyms, homonyms and then quickly click the correct word that is the same or opposite.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Balloon Verb Game
Fun game that challenges students to choose which words are verbs. Exercise students' abilities to identify verbs.
Room Recess
Room Recess: Antonym Matcher
Click on boxes and try to match words that have opposite meanings. Good luck!
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Word Game for Kids: The Opposite Game for Kids
In this word game, young writers explore antonyms (and prepositions), then create an original story about them. For ideas they can click the nouns and opposites buttons until they find a topic they want to write about.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Which Word Sentences
Fill in the blank for each sentence by using knowledge of geometric shapes. A score is tallied and displayed after ten sentences have been completed.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: 4 Shades of Verbs [Pdf]
Students learn about the differences among action verbs with similar meanings by placing them in order on a graphic organizer.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Plain Words and Fancy Words [Pdf]
Students learn about the differences between words with similar meanings by placing them in the right column of a graphic organizer.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Extreme Verbs Worksheet [Pdf]
Students learn about the differences among action verbs with similar meanings by placing them in order on a graphic organizer from weakest to strongest.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Sorting Through Horrifying and Size Adjectives [Pdf]
Students learn about the differences among adjectives with similar meanings by placing them in order from least to most on a graphic organizer.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Sorting Through Horrifying and Size Adjectives [Pdf]
Learners learn about the differences among words with similar meanings by cutting them out and pasting them in order from most to least on a graphic organizer.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: 4 Shades of Verbs 2 [Pdf]
Students learn about the differences among verbs with similar meanings by placing them in order from least to most on a graphic organizer.
Other
2ndgradeworksheets.net: Past Tense Verbs [Pdf]
Practice skills with past tense verbs by circling all of the past tense verbs in the ten sentences on this worksheet.
Quia
Quia: Antonym Activity
Students are asked to match antonyms in pairs by clicking on the squares with display the words. Java is required.
Quia
Quia: Synonym Match Up
This is a matching and memory game in which students match synonyms while remembering their location. Java is required.
Quia
Quia: Conjunction Itis Popup
This Homonym activity has students select the correct word form from a drop down menu to fill in the blank in a sentence.
Quia
Quia: Super Synonyms Match Up
These matching games challenge student understanding synonyms and aid in expanding vocabulary.
Other
Adele's Esl Corner: Past Tense Regular Verbs
Change the verbs to past tense in each of the ten sentences in this exercise.
Other
Anglomaniacy: Feelings Dictionary
In this feelings dictionary entry, students click on one of the frogs with an expression on his face; the feeling is stated and a definition is shown. There are also flashcards with the same frog pictures so they can practice learning...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Nouns People Place and Thing
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teachers can use this flipchart to help students make connections between pictures of familiar objects and words which represent these objects within a contextual setting.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Nouns and Adjectives Making Sentences
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students will apply what they have learned about nouns and adjectives to make complete sentences. This is a cloze activity which scaffolds learning by providing students with context...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Tired Word Web
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will brainstorm words to use in place of overused words (ex: like, nice, pretty, bad, etc.) in their writing. May be adapted to use as a team game.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Verbs
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence.