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Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

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

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students match words according to their base words. Materials are included.
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Website
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Scrabble Word Finder

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article discusses using a Scrabble Word Finder. It focuses on the Your Dictionary Word Finder including explaining ways to use it and what is available through it.
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Lesson Plan
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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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Using Reference Materials to Correctly Spell Words

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Some words may sound like other words, but using the wrong word can lead to confusion and madness. A dictionary would be helpful to make sure you know what you're talking about! [0:40]
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Reference Materials

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
A dictionary is one of the most useful reference books anybody could ever use. Learn how to properly understand a dictionary's formatting and content! [0:46]
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Lesson Plan
South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Non Fiction Text Features

For Teachers 5th Standards
Fifth graders will use non-fiction books to identify and explain how text features help them as individual readers.
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Other

Free Phonics Lessons: Lesson 58: Digraphs: /Ph/ and /Gh/

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Ready-to-print phonics activity on the digraphs "ph" and "gh." Includes information on the digraphs, word lists, sentences using words in context, and opportunities for students to write spelling words and original sentences.
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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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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Root/base Words

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Three activities including a matching game, a concentration game, and a word search puzzle for students to use while learning and practicing the meanings of various root words.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Super Synonyms Match Up

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
These matching games challenge student understanding synonyms and aid in expanding vocabulary.
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Handout
Cyberbee

Cyber Bee: Ready Reference

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This site is a tool to help students hone their reference skills.
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Lesson Plan
Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Magazine Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, young scholars find and cut out magazine pictures that show the definition of their vocabulary words and make a collage with them.
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Lesson Plan
Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Word Seek

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson plan, 3rd through 5th grade students create word searches on grid paper using their spelling words; then they pass their word search to a classmate to solve it.
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Activity
English Club

English Club: Health, Food and Fitness Crossword 7

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This English Club activity provides a crossword that assesses vocabulary words associated content from health class. Students will be able to receive hints, check individual responses, and check their entire completed puzzle.
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Interactive
English Club

English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Science 3

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about how science works. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
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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: Spelling and Vocabulary Challenge

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students drag letters to form spelling words. Students also write sentences on the Activboard using vocabulary words. This is a great literacy center activity.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Using the Dictionary

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was created to teach dictionary skills to second and third grade students. It has a lot of practice opportunities built in and an Activote quiz. It was designed to use over several days.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Compound Words

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains activities to learn and understand how compound words are made and used.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Dictionary

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Dictionary Use

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Guide Words

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: How to Use a Thesaurus

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Library Dictionary

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