Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Four Word [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students match words according to their base words. Materials are included.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Scrabble Word Finder
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.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Using Technology in Teaching Reading
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Using Reference Materials to Correctly Spell Words
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]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Reference Materials
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]
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: Non Fiction Text Features
Fifth graders will use non-fiction books to identify and explain how text features help them as individual readers.
Other
Free Phonics Lessons: Lesson 58: Digraphs: /Ph/ and /Gh/
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.
Other
Kids Wordsmyth: Free Online Dictionary
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.
Quia
Quia: Root/base Words
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.
Quia
Quia: Super Synonyms Match Up
These matching games challenge student understanding synonyms and aid in expanding vocabulary.
Cyberbee
Cyber Bee: Ready Reference
This site is a tool to help students hone their reference skills.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Magazine Hunt
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.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Word Seek
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.
English Club
English Club: Health, Food and Fitness Crossword 7
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.
English Club
English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Science 3
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.
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: Spelling and Vocabulary Challenge
[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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Using the Dictionary
[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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Compound Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains activities to learn and understand how compound words are made and used.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Dictionary
[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....
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Dictionary Use
[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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Guide Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will learn how to locate words on the page of a dictionary by using guide words.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: How to Use a Thesaurus
[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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Library Dictionary
[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...