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Word Worms: Spelling Or Vocab Game
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the meaning of different types of vocabulary words. They sort words into different groups and play a game while creating graphic organizers of plants with roots and worms. Students work...
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Reading Vocabulary Definition Test
In this recognizing definitions of daily vocabulary words learning exercise, students listen to oral clues or definitions of their word lists from Monday through Thursday, write the correct words in the numbered columns, and create...
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The Odyssey Lesson 5
Review the vocabulary from The Odyssey with this fun "I Have, Who Has" game. First, give students random vocabulary cards (included) that say "I have (vocabalary word). Who has (definition of another vocabulary word)?" Students are...
Achieve The Core
Linda R. Monk, Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution - Grade 8
“We the people . . .” Thus begins the Preamble to the Constitution. Using a close reading approach, class members examine an excerpt from Linda Monk’s article that traces how the interpretation of these words has evolved. Some of your...
University of Houston
Personal Narratives: Writing, Revising, and Publishing (WRAP)
Writing is a process, and lesson planning is, too! A personal narrative unit stresses the writing process to pupils, who first examine various stories and poems as a model of autobiographical writing and then write their own stories....
Scholastic
Frindle Lesson Plan
"Who says a pen has to be called a pen? Why not call it a frindle?" Inspired by this quote from the award-winning novel written by Andrew Celements, this lesson allows children to invent their own terms for common classroom objects,...
Curriculum Corner
Coniferous and Deciduous Trees
What are the differences between coniferous and deciduous trees? Supplement your tree lessons with a set of activities that has learners describing, naming, comparing, and reading about deciduous and coniferous trees. The activities are...
Serendip
Genetics Vocabulary Review Game
Taboo, anyone?! A vocabulary review lesson asks learners to give their partners clues to help them guess the target word. The catch? There are words that are taboo. If they use the prohibited words, they don't get credit if partners...
Curriculum Corner
Suffix Match
Knowing the meanings of common suffixes is a powerful tool for expanding the vocabulary of young learners. This set of word cards focuses on the suffixes -or, -ly, -ful, and -able, providing two words that include each suffix as well as...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Unit 4 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade K)
In need of a set of math vocabulary cards for beginning mathematicians? Use a resource that contains 15 vocabulary cards. The top half of each sheet has the word printed in bold text, while the bottom is a picture representing the...
Roald Dahl
Matilda - The Weekly Test
Readers take the main characters in Matilda and individually describe them through a mnemonic. To get there, group members create an acrostic poem describing the character they were given, and choose one of the words from the acrostic...
Curated OER
Eloquent Words
Logan’s Lament, a speech delivered by Mingo Chief Logan in 1774, provides pupils with an opportunity to not only study the historical events surrounding the battle between Native Americans and the Europeans for the West Virginia...
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Word Roots 2: FIN, SED, FER Beginner Crossword
Learners match definitions to words in order to complete this crossword puzzle. The focus of this puzzle is words that contain the Latin roots FIN, SED, and FER. The answer document does not work, so the vocabulary list off of which this...
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Latin Roots spect, sta, vert: Context Story
Part of the MyVocabulary.com word roots study program, this short reading provides appropriate usage of words containing the Latin roots spect, sta, and vert at the intermediate level. No audio is available to accompany it as of press...
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Self-Monitoring Strategies and Vocabulary Games
Teachers model self-monitering strategies for their students. They participate in games and artwork that help them increase their vocabulary. They also complete a crossword puzzle.
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"As You Like It" by William Shakespeare
Jacque's soliloquy from Act II, scene ii of As You Like It sets the stage for a close reading exercise that models how to approach difficult, dense text and enables readers to practice reading comprehension and analysis skills. Learners...
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Vocabulary Meanings
In this vocabulary meanings worksheet, students use context clues to determine meaning of bolded words in sentences. Students circle letters of words and phrases in nine sentences.
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Robin Hood Rap: Matching Words and Definitions
In this Robin Hood vocabulary worksheet, students match 15 words with their meanings. Students put rhyming words into pairs and use those words to fill in blanks in a rap about Robin Hood.
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Vocabulary Reading Test Lesson 4-II
In this recognizing twenty-four vocabulary words worksheet, students use the four lists of words to write them from oral definitions and to create a complete sentence. Students write 25 answers.
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Vocabulary Building - Declaration of Independence
Young scholars read the first part of the Declaration of Independence and mark the words they don't know. First, they try to guess what the words mean by looking at the them in context, and then they look up the words in a dictionary.
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Baseball Vocabulary Game: ESL Beginners
The most valuable part of this lesson is the instructions to "Vocabulary Baseball," which can be applied to any vocabulary or key terms list. The game uses word boxes and the autobiography of Roberto Clemente, which the lesson describes...
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Confounding Words
Eleventh graders gain understanding of how words in the English language are formed. They assess their own work for sentence clarity and variety of expression. They increase their comprehension and recall.
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North Dakota Vocabulary
In this North Dakota instructional activity, students match 14 words pertaining to the state of North Dakota with their definitions in another column.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Arthur’s Baby
Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Arthur's Baby, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students practice...