English Club
English Club: Learn English: Grammar: Conjunctions: Coordinating Conjunctions
An explanation of coordinating conjunctions with examples and example sentence. A chart with the FANBOYS acronym for remembering coordinating conjunctions is also provided.
TES Global
Blendspace: Parts of Speech
A nine-part learning module with links to images containing information and graphic organizers about the parts of speech.
TES Global
Blendspace: Be a Word Detective: Context Clues (Red)
An eleven-part learning module with links to images, videos, texts, and quizzes on using context clues to understand vocabulary words.
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...
Can Teach
Can Teach: Abbreviations and Acronyms
Students can find and analyze different abbreviations and acronyms using newspapers. An online abbreviation and acronym dictionary is linked to this lesson plan for 4th grade.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cause and Effect Context Clues
This lesson introduces cause and effect context clues.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Contextual Story Clues
This lesson explains how to use contextual story clues to determine the meaning of unknown vocabulary. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content. RL.11-12.4 Words/Context/Story, L.11-12.4a Words/Context
Diffen
Diffen: Affected vs. Effected
What is the difference between the words affected and effected? Read this quick comparison about the two commonly confused terms.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Technology Studies in Education: Using Cause/effect Transitions: Exercise 1 A
Three sets of sentences that students can combine by using transitions that show the cause and effect relationship between the sentences. Feedback about correct and incorrect combinations is provided after each set.
Other
Namo Interactive Inc.: College, Football, and Dreams
A short fill-in-the-blank exercise on matching subject and verb.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 5th Grade: Reading Terms: Test
This interactive assessment features 7 matching, 7 multiple-choice, and 6 true/false questions over 34 terms relating to reading and their definitions.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 5th Grade: Reading Terms: Match
In this interactive game, students match 34 terms relating to reading with their definitions.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 5th Grade: Reading Terms: Flashcards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on 34 terms relating to reading and their definitions.
Other
Teaching Ideas: Using a Thesaurus
Use this worksheet 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. Students 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.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Context Clues With Vocabulary
This lesson focuses on using context clues within a sentences to determine the meaning of an unknown word. Additional skills of prefixes and root words are included. Answer pages are provided for each practice activity.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: What Is a Vocabulary Context Clues Lesson Plan?
This lesson plan uses Mad Libs to teach vocabulary using context clues to define unknown words.