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New Words Book Report Form
Support young learners with acquiring new vocabulary from their independent reading books with this book report form. After documenting the book's title, author, and illustrator, children record three new words they encountered in the...
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New Words
In this spelling worksheet, students look up words that were new in the dictionary in 1990 and tell where it came from and spell it again. Students complete this for 8 words and add 5 on their own.
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Alphabet
Students state the letters of the alphabet individually and in new words. In this alphabet lesson plan, students use the alphabet in a variety of ways during reading.
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Herb Gardening: Discover New Words in Herbs
For this herbs worksheet, students discover new words in herbs by creating other words from letters in the herb. Students do this for 4 herbs and name the correct herb for 4 herbs.
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Strange Stories
Students complete activities about new words. In this new words lesson, students complete activities to teach vocabulary and practice new words. Students read a story and add in the new words.
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Learning New Words
Students, working in groups, make as many words as possible in a given time, using flash cards that contain prefixes, words, and definitions. They chose group roles and participate in a numbers of time rounds of this activities.
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School-Home Links: Read Words Quickly
For this reading words worksheet, students learn to read some words quickly without sounding them out. Students read the words on each strip to their child and ask them to practice reading the words aloud.
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School-Home Links: Using New Words
For this vocabulary acquisition worksheet, students write down three new words they learned at school. A family member then writes a sentence for their child using one of the new words and read the sentence aloud.
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School-Home Links: New Vocabulary Words
In this new words worksheet, students learn the word for the week and practice writing the word. Students ask their family to help finish the sentence using the word.
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School-Home Links 78
In this vocabulary acquisition instructional activity, students pick out a book and name its title and author. Students read the book with their family and ask them to help them write down three new words from the story. Students then...
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School-Home Links: Learning New Words
In this new word instructional activity, students learn how to figure out new words using the other words in the sentence or context clues. Students then ask three questions to learn the new words listed. Parents or guardians must sign...
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School-Home Links: Reading for New Words
In this unusual word and parent communication worksheet, students read a newspaper, magazine, or book then make a list of some new, unusual, or interesting words they found while reading. Students write down a way to find the meaning of...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: My World of Words: Building Vocabulary Lists
This lesson has a new approach to vocabulary building where students generate their own vocabulary word lists and research the words' meanings.
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Introduce Vocabulary: My School's a Zoo
A unique and flexible way to introduce vocabulary. The instructor introduces three new words to the class, then as the book My School's a Zoo by Stu Smith, is read, the students raise their hands when they hear the new words. The...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 6 16 14: 'Adorkable' Is Now a Legitimate Word
Learn about one of the newest slang terms to become an official word.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 5, Issue 6: What's Your Name? [Pdf]
This magazine article discusses how technology changes have added or changed meanings of words such as Internet, browser, e-mail, mailbox, and blog.
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World Wide Words/exploring the English Language
"World Wide Words is devoted to the English language - its history, quirks, curiosities and evolution. The Words site is organized into sections, each with its own index to help you find your way about."
Get It Write
Get It Write: Cyberlanguage
Find out what various style manuals recommend in the way cyberlanguage is written.
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Clear Ink/spell Web: Let the Web Decide!
A different type of spell checker, giving results from search engines, not based on dictionary word lists, but on frequency of use on the Web. If you're looking for a word that hasn't become official or want to see whether one...