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A Twist On Teaching Affixes
Engaging your class in prefix and suffix instruction with these helpful ideas.
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Geographically Speaking
Students play a matching game to reinforce the retention of vocabulary words. In this geography lesson, students watch a PowerPoint to define vocabulary words associated with geography, play a memory game with the words, and write...
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Hobbies
How many different hobbies can you name in French? Using this question, French classes are asked to list as many hobbies as they can. Although the activities themselves are not included in this teacher guide, you could create them...
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The Dictionary Game
Students play The Dictionary Game--also called Balderdash as a way to learn new vocabulary words.
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Triumph and Disaster
Students engage in a fact file exercise. In this reading comprehension activity, students read an article, complete a worksheet, and explore suggested websites.
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Word Stress
In this pronunciation worksheet, students listen to the teacher say 10 words. Students underline the stressed syllable. There are no examples.
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Words in the News: England Wins The Ashes
Students discuss what they know about the game of cricket. In groups, they match new vocabulary words with their definitions. They read an article about England winning the Ashes and answer questions.
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The Games Divided
In these Olympic history worksheets, students read about the ancient Olympic games and the modern games. Students complete a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the past and present Olympic games.
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Abbreviations Game
In this abbreviations worksheet, students play a game in which they practice writing abbreviations correctly. Players write abbreviations as words are read from index cards.
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Adjectives and Synonyms 1- Test Your Vocabulary Skills
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students read the definitions of the word "synonym" at the top of the page before looking at a list of 15 words. They choose an adjective from the word bank that is a synonym for each word and write...
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Who's Who? Subject and Object Pronouns
In this subject/object pronoun worksheet, students play a game, choosing cards with pronouns written on them and placing the pronoun in sentence. Other players determine whether it has been correctly used in the sentence to score points.
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Understanding Simple and Complete Predicates
Students study simple and complete predicates. They explore the simple and complete predicates in a variety of sentences. Students identify both simple and complete predicates. They use simple and complete predicates correctly in their...
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Recycling Vocabulary
Students engage in activities to increase their vocabulary. They record new vocabulary words in notebooks. They explore word bags to revisit vocabulary words. They use the words in context, create circle stories, play pictionary and...
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Teapot Homophones
Students participate in a game about homophones. They write sentences on the board omitting the homophones. They try to determine the correct word and must spell the word as well.
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
Students create artistic renditions of two random adjectives and one noun in this game-like Art lesson for the elementary and middle school classroom. The cross-curricular lesson includes a vocabulary list and a short resource list.
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Lateral Thinking
In this lateral thinking puzzles worksheets, students use their problem solving skills to solve 10 word challenge puzzles revealing well-known words and phrases.
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Blackboard Scavenger Hunt
A literacy PowerPoint leads students on a parts of speech scavenger hunt. Students view 32 different questions, and they must find the part of speech used in each slide. Students will also be asked to match synonyms, and finish...
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Democracy: Understanding the Canadian Parliamentary System
Students study democracy, levels of Canadian government and the responsibilities of elected officials. They write letter's to the Prime Minister about their pride in Canada.
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Test Your Grammar Skills
In this grammar worksheet, students complete a table giving the adverb form, noun form and verb form for a listed adjective. Forty adjectives are listed.
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When Can I Use "When"?
In this language arts worksheet, students practice the correct use of "when" with past and future tense verbs. Students read examples of correct usage, them write 10 sentences each for: past continuous verbs, definite future plans and...
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Questions in a Grid Word Puzzle
In this puzzle worksheet, students begin with the letter D and move to adjacent letters in a puzzle to spell out a hidden question. Page has links to additional puzzles and games.
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Musical Note Value
Students will identify each symbol by sight stating the value of each. They will use cardboard notes to who what they have learned so far about the note values creating 4 and 6 count phrases.
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The Book Project
For this book project worksheet, students select a container to decorate and fill with questions, vocabulary, and other items that depict the elements of the text in some way.
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A Little Fun with Adjectives
Young scholars examine the rules for the use and formation of adjectives and play a game of tic-tac-toe to determine the correct form of the word to be used.