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Better Your Vocabulary Instruction

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Use the magic squares activity to develop vocabulary and make reviewing target words fun!
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Build a Bobsled Racer

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Host a design challenge of Olympic proportion! Junior engineers build their own bobsleds using simple materials. The activity focuses on kinetic and potential energy and how the center of mass affects motion on a downhill track....
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Long Vowels

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 1st graders write a list of 5 long vowel works as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and complete an "Eagle Eye" activity. They examine a vocabulary word and a list of words that...
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short i

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 1st graders write a list of 5 short i words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and complete an "Eagle Eye" activity. They examine a vocabulary word and a list of words that...
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short o Words

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 1st graders write a list of 5 short o words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and complete an "Eagle Eye" activity. They examine a vocabulary word and a list of words that...
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Vocabulary Building Activity- Final-e Rule

For Students 2nd
In this final-e rule vocabulary building activity, 2nd graders write 6 vocabulary words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write 7 sentences using each of the words and a review word.
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Vocabulary Building Activities- ar Words

For Students 2nd
In this "ar" words vocabulary building activity worksheet, 2nd graders write down the 6 "ar" words as they are dictated by the teacher. They unscramble letters to make the words, and write each in a sentence.
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Vocabulary Building Activities- "er" Words

For Students 2nd
In this "er" word vocabulary building activity worksheet, 2nd graders write each of 6 words as they are dictated by the teacher, unscramble the words, and use each one in a sentence. They write a sentence using a review word.
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Vocabulary Building

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Use primary text documents to learn word roots. Learners listen to a reading of the Declaration of Independence and highlight words they don't know. They compile these words and guess their meanings. They discuss roots, prefixes,...
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Word-building

For Students 3rd - 4th
Practice changing verb tenses and adverbs with a worksheet on vocabulary. A word bank at the top of the page instructs third and fourth graders to add -ing, -s, and -ful to different words. Great for reinforcing vocabulary rules! Use the...
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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vocabulary instructional activity, students write down 5 vocabulary words on the lines provided as the teacher reads them out loud. Students unscramble 5 vocabulary words and then write each one in a complete sentence.
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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this vocabulary worksheet, students write the new words as "definition clues" are given by the teacher, unscramble the new words, and use words in sentences that show meaning. Worksheet has 4 sets of 7 words each, same activities for...
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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, 1st graders examine the words red, men, let, get, and was. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a spelling activity.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short e

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, 1st graders examine the words ten, tell, yes, yet, and from. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a spelling activity.
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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary skills learning exercise, 1st graders examine the words got, fox, dog, not, and saw. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a spelling activity.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Two Letter Long Vowels

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, 1st graders examine the words go, no, me, we, and going. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a spelling activity.
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Final -e Rule

For Students 2nd
In this vocabulary building instructional activity, 2nd graders write a list of 7 final -e rule words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write each one in a sentence. They work with words such as late, bite,...
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short i Words

For Students 2nd
In this vocabulary building instructional activity, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short i words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as drink, thick, and...
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short o Words

For Students 2nd
For this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short o words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as cross, doll, strong, and common.
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short u Words

For Students 2nd
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short u words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as luck, drum, bunch, and hundred.
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Vocabulary Building Activity - ar, or, er, ir, ur Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary building worksheet, students write a list of 7 ar, or, er, ir, and ur words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as morning, hard, and...
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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students learn 6 vocabulary words, each has the long o sound. First they practice writing each word, then they complete a word scramble and finally they write sentences with the vocabulary words. There is a...
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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students learn 6 vocabulary words, each has the "ow" sound. First they practice writing each word, then they complete a word scramble and finally they write sentences with the vocabulary words. There is a...
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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students learn 6 vocabulary words, each has the by, ny, ry or sy sound. First they practice writing each word, then they complete a word scramble and finally they write sentences with the vocabulary words....