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Prefixes Micro- and Mega-
Explore vocabulary context clues with a prefix activity. Using the prefixes micro- and mega-, fourth graders complete sentence frames. They then make up their own word with the correct prefixes. Helpful as homework or during a writing...
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Learning About Prediction
The skill of prediction as a reading strategy is explored. Learners are shown how to use clues within a story, along with pictures, to make predictions as to what's going to happen in the story. A clever in-class game which uses objects...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Franklin's New Friend (Bourgeois)
Franklin the turtle makes a new friend as youngsters learn vocabulary in context using Paulette Bourgeois' story (tip: this strategy can be applied to any book). Brief kids on the new words so they can raise their hands when they hear...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Franklin's New Friend
The story Franklin's New Friend contains three tier-two vocabulary words! Your class reads the story, identifies the vocabulary words, and then works to construct their meanings. The new words are recorded either in a journal entry or on...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Blueberries for Sal (McCloskey)
Take your budding readers on a literary trip to pick blueberries as they learn vocabulary from Robert McClosky's book, Blueberries for Sal. By pre-teaching the words pupils are prepared to raise their hands when they hear the words in...
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Word Meanings From Context
For this word meanings worksheet, students utilize context clues to assist them in choosing the appropriate multiple choice meaning of each underlined word in ten passages. Students interact with skew, legitimate, manipulate and embittered.
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Competing for Resources
Young biologists examine the concept of scarce resources with a reading comprehension passage. After finishing the paragraphs, learners turn to the questions to demonstrate what they have learned about what is beneficial and what is...
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The Power of Words in Charlotte's Web
"How can a few good words save a pig's life?" Posed with this question, your ELD learners explore E.B. White's Charlotte's Web in a meaningful, valuable way. By analyzing specific word choice from the book, especially the excerpts...
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Context Skills
Here is a fine lesson on teaching ways to use context clues. Upper graders split up into groups and use sticky notes to cover up five words in a passage of text. The passages are rotated to the other groups, and learners must use their...
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Reading
Primary readers read books in order to practice word recognition, rhyming, and play reading games. They will "read" simple books to reinforce basic reading skills in order to create a foundation. Readers are available to print out along...
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My Reading Words in My Social Studies Book?
Connect social studies and language arts using this resource. After studying root words, have learners locate five words from their social studies book that have a prefix, suffix, or root word. This puts a new twist on practicing basic...
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Pre-Primer Sight Word Bingo
In this sight words worksheet, students participate in a sight words bingo game involving the sight words a, and, I, it, is, in, the, big, look, and my. Students match the sight words to sentence strips to practice using sight words in...
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Pre-Primer Sight Word Bingo 3
In this sight words instructional activity, students participate in a sight word bingo game involving the sight words can, find, for, here, one, red, run, see, up and yellow. Students match sight words to sentence strips to practice...
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Pre-Primer Sight Word Bingo 4
In this sight words activity, students participate in a sight word bingo game where they match up the sight words away, blue, come, down, funny, jump, make, play, three and two to sentence strips on a game board.
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Pre-Primer Sight Word Bingo 2
In this sight words activity, students participate in a sight word bingo game involving the sight words go, me, not, we, said, to, you, little, help and where. Students match the sight words to the words on their game board.
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Parts of a Sentence
In this recognizing the naming part and action part in sentences worksheet, students use context clues to identify the subjects and predicates in sentences. Students answer 10 questions.
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Guess What I Am
In this guess what I am activity, 3rd graders read the sentence clues and determine which picture is being described, then type the answer in the box, check the answer and go on to the next one.
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School-Home Links: Correct Words in Context
In this word usage worksheet, students read several word pairs of words that sound and are spelled similarly. Students then place the correct word to complete the sentence. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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Antonyms, synonyms and homophones
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.
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Egg-cellent Vocabulary
Learners practice vocabulary and reading using the story Bently and Egg. In this reading lesson plan, students match vocabulary words to definitions while using context clues from a story. Learners then create sentences using the words.
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Fill-Them-In Fairy Tale
In this language arts worksheet, students personalize their own fairy tale by filling in blanks with their own words in a 3 page story. Students read the context clues and decide which words they wish to insert in the fairy tale which is...
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Community Ripple
Originally designed to be used along with a text that is not included, this plan contains a graphic organizer and word guessing game to help readers use decoding strategies to gain new vocabulary. A set of questions relating to community...
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Capitalization
Students investigate the concept of capitalization by reading relevant text and finding supporting details and facts. In this capitalization lesson, students read chapter seven in Working With Words and share predictions about the...
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Express Yourself!
First graders work as a group to generate and play a game that displays an understanding of developmental level reading vocabulary based on a grade level checklist. This activity really engages the creative side of your students!