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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Within Context (English 7 Reading)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
You will learn how to determine or clarify the meaning of words using context within a sentence and in larger sections of text.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Denotation and Connotation (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Distinguish between the denotative (dictionary) meaning of a word and its connotative (emotions or associations that are implied rather than literal) meaning. L.9-10.5b nuances
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Applying Word Study Strategies (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Apply previous lessons, (1) Linguistic Roots and Affixes, (2) Denotation and Connotation, (3) Origins and Meanings of Foreign Words, (4) Cognates, and (5) Reference Materials, to improve fluency and comprehension.
Interactive
Arcademics

Arcademics: Furious Frogs

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Choose the correct antonym for the given word to earn as many matches as possible.
Interactive
Arcademics

Arcademics: Kitten Hop

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Jump your cat to the yarn ball that has the correct word.
Interactive
Arcademics

Arcademics: Octopus Feed

For Students 3rd - 4th
Select the homonym that fits the given word to feed the octopus.
Interactive
Arcademics

Arcademics: Word Frogs

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Determine the synonym, antonym, and homonym based upon the given word.
Interactive
Arcademics

Arcademics: Extraordinary Elephants

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Determine which word is the synonym of the given word then choose it to feed the elephant.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Cognates (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use your knowledge of cognates from other languages to help you understand unfamiliar words.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Context Clues and Analogies (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn to find the meaning of words through analogy and other word relationships. L.9-10.5 Fig Lang/nuances
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Applying Word Strategies: Multiple Choice Review: Practice 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Apply content from lessons 1-6 to improve reading fluency and comprehension.
Handout
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers: English Portuguese Picture Dictionary

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is a great tool for visual learners and students of English and/or Portuguese. The site features pictures and illustrations--great sample vocabulary words--for a letter of the alphabet. Some words also include labeling activity...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Can Infer Meaning of a Word in Context [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This activity contains two graphic organizers that will help students infer the meaning of words in context. Students can use these graphic organizers as they read nonfiction texts, particularly while reading in the content area.
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Other

Boggle's World: Esl Young Learners: Places in a City

For Teachers K - 1st
A collection of downloadable worksheets which show different places in the city. These can be used for vocabulary activities with early english learners.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Critical Reading: Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on increasing your vocabulary including using context clues, dictionaries, and your working vocabulary. It also offers two videos with strategies for enhancing your vocabulary.
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Other

Boggle's World Esl: Verbs

For Students 3rd - 8th
25 printable worksheets designed to help students develop their vocabulary of verbs. Each worksheet provides a mix of activities and questions that focus on a specific verb (e.g., fly, dream, play, ride, like, etc.).
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Other

Boggle's World Esl: Word Searches

For Students 3rd - 8th
A collection of more than 40 printable word search activities designed for ESL students. Searches are organized by level of difficulty (easy, intermediate to difficult) and cover a wide variety of themes, e.g., colors, verbs, the five...
Unit Plan
Other

Mes English: Daily Activities Flashcards/daily Routine Flashcards

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site includes flashcards that show daily people engaging in daily routine. PowerPoints are included to supplement the flashcards that show daily routines.
Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Spanish Theme Page

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A great variety of activities and resources for both teachers and students of Spanish. Includes a picture dictionary, information, coloring sheets, and short books to inspire vocabulary learning. Contains many fantastic resources for...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Teaching Resources: Nonfiction Notepads [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
From Just-Right Reading Response Activity Sheets for Young Learners, this graphic organizer can be used when students read informational texts. As responses to nonfiction, students will write the following on each notepad response:...
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Intro to Vocabulary Building Reading Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article explains in general how to build vocabulary using reading strategies such as context clues.
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Read Strategically: Retain New Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on strategies to retain new words such as reading voraciously, use a good dictionary and thesaurus, use new words, and learn a new word every day. It also provides an annotated biography of resource...
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Read Strategically: Diversify Your Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan focuses on strategies to diversify and retain new vocabularies such as reading a variety of types of writing and learning roots, suffixes, prefixes, and the etymology of words.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Little Explorer Find It! Quizzes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
These activities can be used as assessments but are very interesting as classroom small group activities for dictionary skills, vocabulary building, alphabetization, and development of beginning research skills.