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Here's an Instant Activity for November 5, 2007
Students improve their spelling skills by completing activities for homophones, antonyms, and synonyms. Students complete a spelling worksheet for 'ie' and 'ei' words. Students then identify 12 homophones, 12 antonyms, and 12 synonyms.
Curated OER
Here's and Instant Activity for October 20, 2008
Students complete spelling activities for words with or and ore spellings. In this spelling activity, students find antonyms for the 'or' words in the first exercise. Students find synonyms for the second exercise.
Curated OER
That's Not What I Meant to Say
Students choose the undesirable word and replace it with its antonym. They decide what antonym they could use instead of the underlined word to make the sentence follow the I-Care rules.
Pala Software
SpellBoard
How do you spell great? G-R-E-A-T! Ensure that your pupils can spell great and so much more with this effective app.
Curated OER
Using Authentic Texts to Teach Vocabulary
Students read an article identifying any new vocabulary words they are unfamiliar with. Using the text, they discover antonyms, synonyms and word families. They answer comprehension questions and review the vocabulary to end the lesson.
Curated OER
Miss Nelson is Missing
Students examine the story elements in the book, Miss Nelson is Missing. In this literary elements lesson, students listen to the story and identify the sequence of events in the test. Students also use an online dictionary to define the...
Curated OER
Freckle Juice
Learners analyze a chapter from the assigned book they are reading. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read chapter four from Freckle Juice by Judy Blume, and discuss the main character, Andrew. Learners complete...
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Opposites Attract (Elementary School)
Second graders generate a list of opposites found in the book, "Kaleidoscope of Kids". They use newspaper and magazine pictures to find opposites.
Curated OER
Using A Dictionary
Learners explore English by completing a word definitions worksheet. In this dictionary lesson, students practice locating a list of vocabulary terms in a "Dictionary Race." Learners complete a worksheet based upon word cards and...
Curated OER
Play Ball!
This PowerPoint provides an overview of how to construct and complete analogies. The slides give examples of how analogies work and have illustrations to match. This PowerPoint also provides students with a chance to fill-in the given...
Curated OER
Adding Snap to Language Arts
Students take photographs of themselves, animals, and objects and used these photos as springboards for writing stories, plays, photo captions, comic strips, ads for products, and greeting card messages.
Curated OER
The Nature of Haiku Poetry
Learners brainstorm elements of nature art prints and photos. They identify the syllable count of Haiku and take a nature walk. They write Haiku poems while practicing the use of simile, alliteration, metaphor, and analogy to describe...
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What Do You Know About Norfolk?
Students explore life in a Norfolk town. In this English lesson, students discuss life in Norfolk. Students view images of Norfolk and describe the images in English. Students listen to a resident speak about life in Norfolk.
Arcademics
Arcademics: Furious Frogs, Antonyms, Synonyms, Homonyms
Pick the game to play: antonyms, synonyms, homonyms and then quickly click the correct word that is the same or opposite.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Dictionary
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will recognize the functions of dictionaries and the types of information available in dictionaries used in schools. They will learn the differences between dictionaries and thesauruses....
Big Learners
Biglearners.com: ccss.ela literacy.l.2.4.a : Second Grade English Language Arts
Here is a collection of our common core aligned worksheets for core standard L.2.4.A. A brief description of the worksheets is on each of the worksheet widgets. Click on the images to view, download, or print them. All worksheets are...