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Spelling List 10: Sight Words, Long "ea" and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 4th
In 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, long "ea" pattern words and academic vocabulary.
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My Antonia: Magic Squares (Vocabulary Strategy)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Help your pupils discover the power of context clues by teaching the this vocabulary strategy. Designed to go with words from Willa Cather's My Antonia, this exercise focuses on having individuals use their own words to define new...
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English Club

Prefixes

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
The power of prefixes to change the meaning of words becomes clear to intermediate-level English language learners with a two-page worksheet. Individuals select a prefix from a provided list to alter words to match the meaning of...
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English 9: Word Roots Lesson #3

For Students 7th - 12th
The focus of this worksheet is the word root chron. Individuals will review the meanings of several prefixes and suffixes as well as this root word. Included are 14 questions, seven in two different activities. The first activity asks...
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Word Roots Lesson #9 - Focus: eu, onym

For Students 7th - 9th
What does eu mean? What about onym? Study these roots with your class by providing them with a worksheet. A graphic organizer and two short exercises are included. Learners explore words like eugenic, eunomy, and antonym, discovering...
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Martin's Big Words

For Teachers 1st
Martin's Big Words, by Doreen Rappaport, is a story about Martin Luther King. Encourage your learners to create a list of questions before beginning the reading. Also, learners should be working on monitoring and clarifying to ensure...
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Find the Rhyming Word

For Students Pre-K - 1st
When two words have the same rime, it means they both end with the same phonemic blend. Little ones hone their phonics skills as they say and then choose the image/word that rhymes with the one in the first column. They'll match words...
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Editing at the Word Level

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Editing at the word level means looking closely at each noun, adjective, verb, and verb in the piece being reviewed. Writers are encouraged to highlight the words they find satisfying in one color and words that fall short with another....
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Etymology: A Mini-Lesson on Teaching a Word's History

For Teachers 8th - 11th
As you're reading The Hobbit with your class, show them the etymology of the word attercop. This presentation would benefit with some additional examples or with a practice slide that offers a list of words from the book that pupils must...
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Teaching Tolerance

The Power of Words: Normative Sexuality

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers collect newspaper articles which discuss societies who enforce heterosexuality. They brainstorm how heterosexuality is enforced in their community. They answer questions to end the instructional activity.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language arts by reading a children's story in class. In this three tier vocabulary lesson, students read the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and identify the specific use for several vocabulary words. Students...
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ABC Bookmaking Builds Vocabulary In the Content Areas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create an ABC book using vocabulary words from content areas. They use each word in context and create an illustration for each word to further demonstrate their knowledge of its meaning.
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Definitions: How Children See the Future

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recognizing the meanings of words in isolation worksheet, students read words and choose the words or phrases with the same or similar meanings. Students choose 12 multiple choice answers.
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Thesaurus Forage

For Teachers 5th
Looking for a game that teaches students about how to use a thesaurus, and reinforces the concept of synonyms? Each player will have the opportunity to use their "tools" in this engaging lesson. They will use their thesauruses in order...
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Using Greek and Latin Roots to Help Students Learn Vocabulary in Science Classes

For Teachers 4th - 8th
You can help students confidently approach science vocabulary by teaching them about Greek and Latin roots.
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Range, Mean, Median, Mode

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research the impact of craters. For this range, mean, median and mode lesson, students complete an experiment with a marble to simulate the effects of a crater. Students collect and analyze data finding the range, mean, median...
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Create a Word Graveyard to Teach Synonyms

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore descriptive writing by creating headstones. In this memorial lesson, students utilize an 11" x 17" piece of paper to create a cemetery headstone memorializing a word rather than a person. Students decorate their...
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Word Structure 2 - Suffixes

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify suffixes in unfamiliar words. They identify vocabulary words as nouns or adjectives using context clues and suffixes. They review the definition of a prefix, along with examples of prefixes and explain the...
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Synonyms 2- Good or Bad?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this good/bad synonyms learning exercise, students read the words inside 18 bubbles. Students color the bubble blue if the word means "good" and red if it means "bad."
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A Gesture Is Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share observations on the nuances of meaning in face to face and online interactions with others. After reading an article, they identify the causes and effects of internet flaming. They create their own comic strips...
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More Than Words: Racism, Identity And the Power of Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore how words can be powerful instruments of racism, and discuss ways to combat racism, prejudice and discrimination in their own lives.
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Word Beads: Writing Poetry

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write rhyming poems. In this poetry writing lesson plan, 2nd graders discuss the meaning of the word "funny." They use word tiles to create a rhyming poem which they transpose into their writing journals. They listen to...
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Rooting One's Way To Meaning

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students use a thesaurus on the internet to explore the meanings of Greek and Latin roots. They find definitions of given words, draw a concept map for root words, and write four synonyms for each word. Students discover how Latin and...
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The Living Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students translate a 16th century English text into contemporary English. They discuss the cultural uniqueness and significance of language and document words or phrases currently used in their daily lives. They use this list to aid in...

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