Road to Grammar
Road to Grammar: Identifying Adjectives
In this interactive, students identify adjective in sentences by clicking on them; these include predicate adjectives.
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences: Facial Expressions
Are facial expressions learned or innate? [2:58]
TES Global
Blendspace: Synonyms and Antonyms
A learning module that includes twelve links to images, videos, charts, and an assessment on synonyms and antonyms.
TES Global
Blendspace: Synonyms and Antonyms
A learning module with nineteen links to videos and websites to use while learning about synonyms and antonyms.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Synonyms and Antonyms
[Free Registration/Login Required] The student will recognize and apply the appropriate usage of homophones, homographs, antonyms, and synonyms.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Adjective Bullseye
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students think of adjectives to describe a given noun.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Analogies
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches about antonyms, synonyms, and homophones and follows up with several pages of opportunities to use Activotes to check for understanding.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Antonym
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses antonyms and provides multiple activities for students to increase their understanding. It also utilizes Activotes for formative assessment.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Conditionals
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches about conditionals (if, then, might, could, would) and their uses in deduction, speculation, and supposition. Students are asked to construct sentences that express possibilities,...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Grammar Diagramming
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a Parts of Speech student exercise. Students must correctly identify parts of speech and label them. Assessment pages evaluate the ability of students to identify a part of speech in...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Guess the Word a Word Association Vocabulary Game
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will use antonyms and synonyms as clues to guide a fellow student to guess the secret word in this Password-style vocabulary game. It is excellent for stretching the mind and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Homophones
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on homophones - words that sound the same but have different meanings. Several activities are brought together to guide students to understanding this language art.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Antonym, Synonym, Homonym Concentration
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will identify pairs of antonyms, synonyms and homonyms in a fun to use review game for 2nd graders.
Ambleside Church of England Primary School
Easily Confused Words Quiz
Homophones can easily be confused. Test your spelling and reading skills with this quiz.
University of Ottawa (Canada)
Univeristy of Ottawa: Parts of Speech Review Exercise
How well can you identify the 8 basic parts of speech? This site can help you find out.
Other
Teaching Ideas: Using a Thesaurus
Use this instructional activity activity to develop your thesaurus research skills.
Other
K12 Reader: Shades of Meaning Card Set [Pdf]
Six sets of three words with similar definitions but varying shades of meaning. Learners cut out the words and place them in order of weakest to strongest.
Other
K12 Reader: Shades of Meaning: Strong vs. Weak [Pdf]
A worksheet to build word choice skills by choosing stronger verbs and adjectives to fill in the blanks on the sentences provided.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Lesson Plans: Using Personal Connections to Understand Emotions
A lesson plan in which younger students draw on prior experiences that made them happy or sad, build two-sided masks, work with Venn diagrams, and connect personally with the emotions conveyed by poems in The Way I Feel by Janan Cain...
SMART Technologies
Smart: Show Don't Tell
This lesson provides students with examples of Show, Don't Tell and connected emotions including an emotions and feelings chart. It gives them an opportunity to practice the concept as well.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Synonyms and Antonyms
In this whiteboard activity by SMART, students will define synonyms and antonyms, use a thesaurus to create lists of synonyms and antonyms for a variety of words, and create synonym poems to reinforce learning.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Adjectives in a Bag!
During this hands-on lesson, pupils learn to describe unknown objects by using adjectives. Students have the opportunity to practice using adjectives by exploring an Internet site.
Expansion Learning
Expansion Learning: Which Adverb Fits Best?
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of deciding which adverb fits best. Immediate feedback is given.