Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Grocery List Spelling [Pdf]
This PDF activity page offers a unique way to study spelling words. Students do one activity (such as make a crossword with their spelling list and definitions) from three of the four grocery store departments: meat, produce, bakery, and...
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Kids Wordsmyth: Free Online Dictionary
This is an interactive dictionary for kids. Students click on one of the 10 topics and find a list of related keywords; click on a keyword for its definition.
Quia
Quia: Synonym Sticks I
Matching, concentration, and flashcard activities for practicing synonym skills. Word search reviews the vocabulary but does not connect to the synonym concept.
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Quia: Synonyms
This site offers a matching squares activity in which students match pairs of synonyms. Java is required.
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Your Dictionary: Commonly Misspelled Words [Pdf]
A printable table of commonly misspelled words for intermediate readers.
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Class Flow: Noah Webster
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a celebration of Dictionary Day, with information about Noah Webster and the dictionary.
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Class Flow: Reference Sources
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews different reference sources including, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses, almanacs, atlases, and periodicals.
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Class Flow: Sight Word Workout
[Free Registration/Login Required] The student demonstrates the ability to read orally with speed, accuracy, and expression. Practice with some Kindergarten sight words.
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Class Flow: Sight Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a vocabulary and recognition lesson.
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Class Flow: Colors
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will write color words and match color words to the correct color picture.
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Class Flow: Comprehension and Vocabulary Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is correlated to Houghton Mifflin Reading, Grade 2 and is a guideline for comprehension and vocabulary for Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night by Cynthia Rylant. Interactive vocabulary...
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Class Flow: Dictionary
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will recognize the functions of dictionaries and the types of information available in dictionaries used in schools. They will learn the differences between dictionaries and thesauruses....
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Class Flow: Dictionary Use
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource introduces students to dictionaries. It covers what a dictionary is used for, what types of information you will find in a dictionary, guide words and their purpose, and how to use a...
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Class Flow: Guide Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will learn how to locate words on the page of a dictionary by using guide words.
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Class Flow: Henkes Literature Study
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson's goal is to increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge using an author study. Students will also focus on classifying and categorizing words into sets and...
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Class Flow: How to Use a Thesaurus
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will review how to use a thesaurus. Uses links to an online web thesaurus to look up various words. Great starting point.
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Class Flow: Library Dictionary
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be used in a library/resource center to illustrate alphabetical order and how books are arranged on the shelves in the library. It also discusses alphabetical order to help teach...
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Reading Keys: Tampa Read's Grade 1 Books Online
This site offers three books written specifically with first grade vocabulary and using progressively more difficult vocabulary from book one to book three. Book one has the vowels printed in color to make the students more aware of...
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Great Schools: Glossary
This is a PDF printable activity for grades 1-3 to teach learners how to use a glossary to answer questions.
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Class Flow: Evaluate Site
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides students with strategies for researching on the internet and how to tell if a resource is reputable. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7
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Your Dictionary: Teaching Spelling in 2nd Grade
This article focuses on teaching spelling to 2nd graders including the Dolch sight words for 2nd grade, the number of spelling words per week, and links to online resources.
ICT Games
Ict Games: Dinosaur's Eggs: High Frequency Words
Choose from a list of high frequency words then listen to the word and choose the correct egg that spells that same word. When finished, receive a certificate with words you know well and others you need to work on. Perfect practice for...
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Education.com: w.k.5 Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to reinforce the skill of listening to questions and suggestions from peers to strengthen writing.
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Education.com: Rf.1.3.g Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to practice spelling irregularly spelled words.