K12 Reader
Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust
Readers use context to determine the meaning of words found in a short article about earthquakes and the movement of the earth's crust.
Curated OER
Spelling List 32: Words with Suffix "-est," and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 21 words two times each. Words are academic vocabulary words or have the suffix -est. A website reference is given.
EngageNY
Close Reading of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Text-Dependent Questions, Main Ideas, and Key Vocabulary about the Bullfrog
As your 3rd grade class finishes reading Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle, the eighth lesson plan of this unit helps readers from an understanding of the very specific information on the final page of the book. As with the entire unit,...
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Continued Close Reading of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Text-Dependent Questions and Vivid Words and Phrases
In the third activity from this unit based on the book Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle, learners focus on using specific details from the text-to-answer questions about the habitat of bullfrogs. While reading the text, young scholars are...
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Continued Close Reading of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Text-Dependent Questions and Vivid Words and Phrases
As 3rd graders continue reading Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle, they focus on the concepts of predator and prey in the fifth lesson plan of this unit. Scholars further develop their ability to answer questions using evidence from the text...
Curated OER
Spelling List 19: Sight Words, Long /o/ Words, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of words two times each. Words focus on long o, academic vocabulary and sight words.
Curated OER
Spelling List 14: Sight Words, Short /aw/ Sound, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling learning exercise, students copy a set of 21 words two times each. Words are either short 'aw' words, sight words or academic vocabulary.
Curated OER
Spelling List 17: Sight Words, Final Blend "-nd" and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 21 words two times each. Words are sight, academic or have the final 'nd' blend. A website reference for additional resources is given.
Curated OER
Spelling List 16: Sight Words, Final Blend "-st," and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling activity, students copy a set of 21 words 2 times each. Words are academic, sight or have the final -st blend. A website reference for additional resources is given.
Curated OER
Spelling List 35: Sight Words, Gk Roots Audio/Astro, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, Greek roots audi/astro, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.
Curated OER
Spelling List 23: Words with -er and -est, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are er and est words and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words total.
Curated OER
Spelling List 32: "Y" to "I" Change Words, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are y to i words and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words total.
Curated OER
Spelling List 36: Final "le" and "al" and Academic Vocabulary
For this spelling worksheet, students learn 16 words in a list. There are no directions but there are two blank lines next to each word. The words are sight words, final "le" and "al" words and academic vocabulary.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nature: Friend and Foe: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 6)
Breaking down words into syllables has two benefits: it improves vocabulary and it improves understanding of a text. The third and final resource in a series of materials designed to be used with Nature: Friend or Foe offers extra...
EngageNY
End of Unit Assessment: Revising and Publishing
Dictionaries, thesauruses, word walls, oh my! Pupils use several resources to revise their position papers to include appropriate vocabulary. Then, after peer editing, scholars write the final drafts of their essays and self-assess using...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
We Can Do It!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 10)
English language development lessons are brought to you in poems, picture cards, and grand discussions in a We Can Do It! themed unit. Topics of discussion include daily challenges, parts of a whole, words that describe what we hear,...
Simon & Schuster
Curriculum Guide to: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations can prove to be a challenge for instructors who choose to use Dickens's novel as required reading. Here's a curriculum guide that includes lessons that address some of these challenges. The first lesson in critical...
K20 LEARN
Things Are Lit at Thornfield: Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre offers scholars an opportunity to practice reading comprehension skills. Pairs are assigned a word from the text, use their prior knowledge, and consider the context, connotation, and denotation of the word to posit a...
K12 Reader
The Grand Canyon
After reading s short description of the Grand Canyon, readers demonstrate their ability to use context to determine the meaning of words in the passage.
Curated OER
Spelling List 34: Contraction Words, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 21 words two times each. Words are contractions and academic vocabulary. A reference web site is given.
Curated OER
Academic Raceway 500: Vocabulary Using Context Clues
This vocabulary skills PowerPoint presents a game to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues within a sentence. The game is based on the theme of a car race. The goal of the PowerPoint game is to finish the race...
Curated OER
Word Search
Students explore the alphabet by participating in a word activity. In this vocabulary review lesson, students practice manipulating letters in the alphabet to create five words and write them in their vocab journal. Students complete a...
Curated OER
My First Biography: Christopher Columbus Storia Teaching Guide | Scholastic.com
Sail with Christopher Columbus on a biographical reading adventure. Young explorers learn about the life of Sir Columbus as they hone their comprehension skills through guiding questions, shared reading, and fluency practice. Included in...
Curated OER
Immigration Vocabulary
Eighth graders review immigration vocabulary. In this immigration instructional activity, 8th graders review vocabulary words using a SMART Board file and then take a quiz on the vocabulary words related to 19th century American...