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Synonym Scramble
Play a game with a deck of cards to reinforce synonyms and vocabulary. Young spellers look at the blue words on the cards they are holding and try to match it with the red word the teacher is holding. The game continues until the deck is...
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Schools of the Past and Present
First graders take a look at schools of the past and present, and try to conjure an idea of what schools of the future will look like. After taking a walk around their own school and taking note of the buildings and the things that are...
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Gone to the Dogs
Approach vocabulary through decoding and chunking. Your class breaks up words into basic syllables or chunks then engages in a decoding activity. Useful for a variety of language levels and grades, just modify to fit your class.
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Practice With Multiple-Meaning Words
Second graders work with multiple meaning words. They participate in a teacher led lesson about words with have more than one meaning. Everyone completes a skill building worksheet in which sentences using words with more than one...
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Ways Twitter Makes You a Better Writer
Practice being concise. Exercise your vocabulary. Improve your editing skills. The contention in this lesson plan is that by imposing a 140 character limit, the Twitter format actually helps improve writing skills. And of course class...
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Study Guide for Liam O'Flaherty's "The Sniper"
The battle between the Free Staters and the Republicans in the 1922-1923 Irish Civil War provides the backdrop for “The Sniper.” Individuals prepare for a discussion of Liam O’Flaherty’s tragic short story by completing a study guide...
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Music: Sounds on the Farm
Singing is a great way to build memory, music, and verbal communication skills. Little ones sing the song, "Old Mac Donald had a Farm." They make the sounds of each animal on the farm paying attention to signaling cues, singing high, and...
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Durango Street: Chapter Nine
In this Durango Street comprehension check worksheet, students define 2 vocabulary words and respond to 5 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 9 of Durango Street in order to help them better understand the novel and the author's...
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Vacation Under the Volcano Chapter 1
In this Vacation Under the Volcano activity, students use vocabulary words from chapter 1 of the book to fill in the blanks in 9 sentences.
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Vacation Under the Volcano Chapter 6
In this Vacation Under the Volcano worksheet, students fill in the blanks with vocabulary words for chapter 6 of the book. Students complete 7 problems.
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Teacher's Guide: The Pinballs
Dive your class into the novel The Pinballs by Betsy Byars with the support of this reading guide. Including short answer questions, a multiple choice comprehension quiz, and extension activities, a variety of materials are provided for...
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One Word Substitution 7
In this online interactive vocabulary skills worksheet, learners match the 10 vocabulary terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions. Students may submit their answers to be scored. All of the words begin with the letter A.
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One Word Substitution 10
In this online interactive vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 10 vocabulary terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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One Word Substitution 3
In this online interactive vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 10 vocabulary terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions. Students may submit their answers to be scored. All of the words begin with the letters...
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One Word Substitution 17
In this online interactive vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 10 vocabulary terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Synonym Practice
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine the 9 underlined words in 9 sentences and list synonyms for each of them.
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On-Line Homework Help: An Ethical Dilemma
Students use a visual thesaurus and Vocabgrabber to interpret a news article. In this vocabulary building and comprehension lesson, students analyze quotes from the article. Students use the visual thesaurus and Vocabgrabber to interpret...
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Vocabulary Building - World War I
Students study the definitions of militarism, imperialism, and nationalism, and the significant individuals involved in the world alliance system prior to 1914. They examine the events that lead to World War I.
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Vocabulary Building Activity-ing
In this "ing" word worksheet, 3rd graders respond to 13 fill in the blank and 6 word scramble questions. A word of the day and review word are included.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
In this vocabulary usage online/interactive worksheet, students use the words in the word bank to complete conversational sentences about Santa Fe, New Mexico. Students fill in 10 blanks and click the Check button to check their answers.
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Lord of the Flies Chapter 8 Reading and Study Guide
In this study guide worksheet, students complete vocabulary, literary terms and short answer questions using chapter 8 of the novel.
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Auntie Nym's World of Opposites
In this online vocabulary worksheet, students answer 12 matching questions that require them to identify antonyms. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Vocabulary Follow-Up
For this vocabulary worksheet, students fill in the blanks with the given words on line, then check to see if the answers are correct.
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Choosing Descriptive Words
In this choosing descriptive words worksheet, students select the word that best describes the noun that is shown in the picture, checks the answer online and continues to the next one.