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Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Glossary

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students learn to use a glossary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by Robin Johnson and Bobbie Kalman and...

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Pearson Education: The Longman Vocabulary Website: Using Context Clues

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

Discover how to use context clues to improve your reading skills. This resource features exercises for beginners, intermediate and advanced students. L.9-10.4a, L.8.2.B Context/Meaning

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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Figurative Language Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

Numerous activities, games, quizzes, lessons, and PowerPoint presentations are provided for the topic of "figurative language" in writing. Students will have numerous exposures to examples. Students will also be able to practice...

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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Reading Activities and Games for Vocabulary

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards

This article focuses on developing vocabulary through reading activities and games. The more a person reads, the better their vocabulary; this article provides ideas for teachers and parents to promote more reading for fun.

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TESL Journal

Activities for Esl Students/ Homographs F Same Spelling Different Meaning

For Students 1st - 8th Standards

This online activity gives two definitions and asks what word, that begins with "F," fits both. Clicking the box gives the answer. There are twenty-three questions.

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Smart Words: Famous Idioms and Meaning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This is a list of the 50 most commonly used idioms and their meanings.

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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: L.3.5a: Distinguish Literal and Nonliteral Meanings of Words

For Students 3rd Standards

Links to 18 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard L.3.5a: Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).

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Education.com

Education.com: L.3.4.a Worksheets: Sentence Level Context as a Clue to Meaning

For Students 3rd Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 30 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard L.3.4.A: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

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Better Lesson: L.3.4d: Use Glossaries or Dictionaries to Determine Meaning

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards

Links to 2 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard L.3.4d: Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Developing Academic Language: Got Words?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards

This is a research-based article concerning how to best teach academic vocabulary. Research finds that most teachers assign and mention vocabulary, but to be effective, instruction must be direct and meaningful. Recommendations for...

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ICT Games

Ict Games: Pre Loaded Dictionary for Years 1 and 2

For Students K - 1st Standards

A resource that lists vocabulary words for guided writing.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Vocabulary: Words in Context [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards

A lesson plan in which students look for new vocabulary words and context clues to define them while reading an independent reading book. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Words in Context: Looking for Meaning [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards

A lesson plan in which students look for the meanings of unknown words in a text. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Phrases: Fluent Phrasing [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards

A lesson plan in which young scholars work together to read segmented sentences out loud. Printable materials are provided.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Word Way [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards

A lesson plan in which students identify unknown words within a text, identify their parts and syllables, and work to determine the meaning of each word. Materials are included.

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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Activities for Teaching Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This article focuses on the importance of teaching vocabulary and how to teach it effectively. It lists concepts that need to be considered when preparing to teach vocabulary such as prior knowledge, dictionary use, context clues, and...

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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Teaching Confused and Unfamiliar Words

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards

This article provides tips for teaching confused and unfamiliar words to students. These include being familiar with the words, using pictures to visualize the words, and practicing.

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Utah Education Network

Uen: Vocabulary Web

For Teachers 3rd Standards

Third graders learn how to make a vocabulary word web.

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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using Technology in Teaching Reading

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

Elementary students, while working on their basal reader story for the week, will use various forms of technology to increase comprehension and other reading skills. (Other strategies may be substituted if some of the technology...

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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Figurative Language

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

This lesson used a slideshow presentation to explain the difference between similes and metaphors. Young scholars are challenged to identify these figurative elements in literature and then create some themselves.

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South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Using Figurative Language to Shape Meaning and Style

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards

The students will be able to identify different types of figurative language in a story and explain how the author uses figurative language to shape the meaning and style of the story.

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South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Imagine Imagery

For Teachers 3rd Standards

Third graders will dive into the word "imagery," learning what it means and using what they learn to describe a color using all 5 senses.

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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Word Displays

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

This strategy helps students understand vocabulary as the read and refine their language skills in support of writing about texts.

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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Semantic Mapping

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

A strategy for developing students' vocabulary by representing the concepts of words graphically. This helps refine their understanding of vocabulary to meet expectations in reading and language.

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