+
Lesson Plan
Institute for the Professional Development of Adult Educators

Using Context Clues with Signal Words

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
When you come across an unfamiliar word in a text, do you skip it and move on? Practice using context clues to identify words you don't know with a thorough set of language arts lessons. The resource reinforces close reading and critical...
+
PPT
Montgomery K12

Clues in Sentences Investigation

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Explore the variety of context clues that help us learn new meanings of unknown words! With this presentation, pupils go in depth into each type of context clue and have their knowledge tested with several small reading passages in which...
+
Worksheet
1
1
K12 Reader

Using Antonyms for Context Clues

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Readers use the antonyms provided within a sentence to help them determine the meaning of underlined words in the sentence. The worksheet is the final resource in a series that provides opportunities to kids to demonstrate their...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introducing New Vocabulary Words

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using context clues, synonyms, antonyms, dictionaries, and original sentences, middle schoolers work through a new list of vocabulary words. A SMART board file guides them through the process of learning and reinforcing the words. After...
+
Organizer
Lawrence Virtual School

Context Clues

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Considering a lesson on using context clues to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words? This packet includes a brief reading passage about strategies readers can use and 12 very different graphic organizers, including a template for a...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Antonyms 4

For Students 10th - 12th
It's important to always be improving one's vocabulary. Print this packet for your juniors and seniors, and see how many words they know. Example vocabulary words include blandishment, mollify, and crass. Consider proving your class with...
+
Worksheet
Orange County Public Schools

Vocabulary #15 Worksheet – English 1

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Focus on synonyms, antonyms, and context clues with a vocabulary worksheet. Kids study ten words and match them to their definitions before putting the words in context.
+
Worksheet
Orange County Public Schools

Vocabulary #25 Worksheet – English 1

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Practice ten vocabulary words with a series of critical thinking activities. After reviewing each word in context and matching them to their definitions, kids complete analogies and find antonyms to complete the assignment.
+
Worksheet
Orange County Public Schools

Vocabulary #20 Worksheet – English 1

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Five vocabulary activities help kids to put words into context while reinforcing their definitions. They find synonyms and antonyms, finish analogies, and use context clues to study ten words on the list.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Antonyms, synonyms and homophones

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Shed light on what antonyms, synonyms, and homophones are. In this lesson, upper elementary schoolers create pairs using an antonym, a homophone, and/or a synonym. Then they play an antonym matching game.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Comprehension 4: Level 8

For Students 8th - 10th
Need a quick but comprehensive reading strategies exercise? Even your most reluctant readers will be engaged by the story of a nuclear reactor explosion at a top-secret Idaho base. After reading the short passage, learners answer nine...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Unlocking New Words: Partner Presentations

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Following extensive modeling about how to apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to learn new words, partner teams create brief word presentations to teach new vocabulary to the class. Preselect words from upcoming social studies,...
+
Organizer
Curated OER

Practice Book O

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Whether you need resources for reading comprehension, literary analysis, phonics, vocabulary, or text features, an extensive packet of worksheets is sure to fit your needs. Based on a fifth-grade curriculum but applicable to any level of...
+
Assessment
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Grade 4 Reading Item Specifications

For Students 4th Standards
Is it the end of the school year and you're in need of test practice? Use a set of reading passages to challenge fourth graders to answer questions based on what they read. Some of the questions require readers to compare and contrast a...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Context--Antonyms

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this antonyms worksheet, students read two short passages and determine which word in each paragraph is an antonym of complete, before, same, against and loser.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hoot: Vocabulary Squares

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Study the vocabulary from Carl Hiaasen's Hoot with an activity featuring synonyms and antonyms. Kids fill in a graphic organizer for each word, prompting critical thinking as they find additional ways to put the word into context.
+
Lesson Plan
1
1
Vocabulary A-Z

5-Day Vocabulary Teaching Plan

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Reinforce important reading skills with a set of vocabulary lesson plans. Middle schoolers complete sentences, play word games, finish analogies, and build their growing vocabulary with a packet of helpful and applicable graphic organizers.
+
Activity
1
1
Curated OER

James and The Giant Peach Vocabulary Building Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Reading literature is one of the best ways for kids to build a strong vocabulary while honing in on their comprehension skills. These vocabulary activities go along with the wonderful book, James and the Giant Peach. The children will...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

There Was an Old Lady. . .

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students alter a familiar short poem or song with synonyms and antonyms. In this synonym and antonym instructional activity, students replace the synonyms or antonyms in the text and discuss the changes in meaning. Students share their...
+
PPT
Curated OER

The Swimming Hole by Laura Ingalls Wilder

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This PowerPoint provides a summary, comprehension questions, vocabulary words, and links for independent activities related to the story "The Swimming Hole" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Age-appropriate definitions of such literacy elements...
+
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Close Reading and Viewing: Minerals and Metals

For Teachers 5th Standards
How easy is it to live off the land? Scholars read Minerals and Metals in Your Life and discuss how Canada's natural resources meet the needs of the people. Pupils watch a brief video and discuss the gist of the text and video. They then...
+
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Close Reading: “Natural Resources and the Canadian Economy”

For Teachers 5th Standards
Readers continue to learn how natural resources are important to Canada's economy. They read, annotate, and answer text-dependent questions about Natural Resources and the Canadian Economy. They then discuss key terms in the text.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Antonym Comparison of Animals and Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore the purpose of antonyms. In this language arts lesson plan, students create a list of words to describe animals. Learners use the list to generate antonyms for each descriptive word.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using a Dictionary

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
When do we use dictionaries? Provide this dictionary scavenger hunt for your youngsters. Third and fourth graders search for words, recording the number of syllables or definition for a variety of words. Get your class using dictionaries...