Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Semantic Mapping
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.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Word O Matic
Students make words, including those with variant correspondences, by using letter cards.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Suffix Ly
A brief tutorial about the use of the "ly" suffix and its effect on a word, followed by questions asking students to choose the appropriate "ly" word to complete sentences and to find the base word in four words with "ly" suffixes....
Other
Pb Works: Great Source: Word Choice: The Right Shade of Meaning [Pdf]
This PDF unit is complete with a variety of worksheets providing students practive with choosing the right shade of meaning of synonyms.
Other
Glossary of Internet Terms
This personal site provides a comprehensive look at commonly used terms on the internet. This glossary covers terms A-Z. It's also very easy to read.
Auburn University
Auburn University: Developing Reading Fluency
Auburn University provides great, simple tips for young readers working to improve their ability to read and speak fluently. There are two methods outlined for improving oral fluency: "The direct approach," and "The indirect approach,"...
TES Global
Blendspace: (La) 8 Parts of Speech
A ten-part learning module including links images, web sites, and texts on the eight parts of speech.
TES Global
Blendspace: Superlatives and Comparatives With "Y"
A six-part learning module with links videos, web sites, and graphic organizers that teach about forming superlative and comparative forms of adjectives ending in the letter "y."
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: Decoding Long Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help students learn how to decode unknown words quickly and accurately. Three strategies are introduced to help in this process and Activotes are utilized for practice.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: 4th Grade Grammar
This article focuses on the grammar of 4th grade including the beginning of more adult conversation, a grammar review from previous grades, more irregular verbs, prepositions and prepositional phrases, and improved sentence structure.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: 6th Grade Grammar
This article focuses on grammar generally taught in 6th grade including more complicated reading material; roots, prefixes, and suffixes; and subjective and objective pronouns.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 5th Grade: Observation vs. Inference: Proficient: Flashcards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on observation and inference. It provides a list of terms with definitions and some examples.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 5th Grade Text Structures: Flashcards
This interactive set of flashcards helps students learn the terms and types of text structures and patterns of organization.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 5th Grade Science Vocabulary Words Flashcards
Practice your science vocabulary with online flashcards over 32 fifth grade vocabulary terms.