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Interactive
Vocabulary Spelling City

Vocabulary Spelling City: Which Word Sentences 3

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Fill in the blank for each sentence by using context clues. A score is tallied and displayed after ten sentences have been completed.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Lesson Plan: Decoding: Context Activity

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
What does it mean to decode words in a context activity? Explore this lesson plan to find the answer to this question and more.
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Handout
Other

Kids Wordsmyth: Free Online Dictionary

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
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.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Comparing Numbers

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
This is a 15-question exercise/assessment for homonyms; students select the correct word from the homonyms in the box that fits the sentence.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Synonym Sticks I

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
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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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Homographs (Multiple Meaning Words)

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
This site is an interactive game for one or two players. Gives two definitions that fit the same word. Players have to guess and spell the target word for points.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Synonym Match Up

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This is a matching and memory game in which students match synonyms while remembering their location. Java is required.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Synonyms

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
This site offers a matching squares activity in which students match pairs of synonyms. Java is required.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Conjunction Itis Popup

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This Homonym activity has students select the correct word form from a drop down menu to fill in the blank in a sentence.
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Quia

Quia: Context Clues

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Read each sentence and use context clues to choose the meaning of the bolded word in this ten-question quiz.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Context Clues Millionaire Game

For Students 3rd Standards
Read each sentence and use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word in this Rags to Riches style game.
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Handout
Other

Crossroads Education: Context Clues Chart

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
A student's quick-reference guide to using context clues while reading.
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Interactive
Room Recess

Room Recess: Skill: Context Clues

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Play this online learning game by using context clues to click on the work that best completes each sentence.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Simply Synonyms

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Matching, Concentration, and flashcards with synonym practice for primary grades.
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Lesson Plan
Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Magazine Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students find and cut out magazine pictures that show the definition of their vocabulary words and make a collage with them.
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Handout
English Club

English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Topic Vocabulary Reference

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Links to information and lists of English words and phrases by category. Includes information on the difference between a dictionary and thesaurus, synonyms and antonyms, confusing words, figures of speech, eponyms, euphemisms, sayings,...
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Handout
English Club

English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Word of the Day

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Links to an idiom of the day, phrasal verb of the day, slang of the day, and saying of the day along with a sign up to have these sent via email each day.
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Handout
English Club

English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Word of the Day

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Links to seventeen different word lists under the following categories: common words, verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and interjections.
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Interactive
Road to Grammar

Road to Grammar: Describing Weather

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Lean twenty-two words to use when describing the weather by reading short passages and using context clues to define weather related vocabulary words.
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Activity
Vocabulary Spelling City

Vocabulary Spelling City: Match It: Sentence Game: Plural Words

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Practice vocabulary and reading comprehension skills while completing ten sentences by connecting each word with the sentence it completes.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Be a Word Detective: Context Clues (Red)

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
An eleven-part learning module with links to images, videos, texts, and quizzes on using context clues to understand vocabulary words.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Nouns and Adjectives Making Sentences

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[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...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Nouns and Adjectives Making Sentences

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[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 different contextual setting.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Six Traits Word Choice

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Comprehensive flipchart using a number of Activstudio tools to allow students to discover and illustrate words in their writings. Students can paint pictures with their word choice and descriptive words...