Participants are introduced to a variety of procedures to teach vocabulary. They gain oral practice with creative adjectives. They offer various vocabulary presentations along with games and acting out the words.

Students are read Gregory the Terrible Eater, by Mitchell Sharmat. In this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the meaning of four new words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, both before and after the story is...

Students are read Julius, the Baby of the World, by Kevin Henkes. For this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the definitions of seven new words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, before and after the story is...

Ninth graders add and subtract polynomials.  In this Algebra I lesson plan, 9th graders work practice problems as they view a PowerPoint presentation of the lesson plan.  Both the horizontal and vertical methods of addition and...

For this DNA worksheet, students review vocabulary words associated with DNA, DNA replication, and gene expression. This worksheet has 13 matching questions.

In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students read a set of "meat" words accompanied by pictures. Page contains a link to exercises.

Young scholars raise their hands as they hear new vocabulary words read by the teacher in Make Way for Ducklings. In this vocabulary lesson, students continue practicing recognition and usage of new words with teacher prompts. 

Immaculate, accumulation, dissipation. Vocabulary drawn from chapter 16 of James McBride's memoir, The Color of Water, can prove to be challenge for readers. To help kids understand the meaning of these words and what they add to the...

It's hard to imagine that anything was missed on this five-page list of science roots, prefixes, and suffixes! Listed in alphabetical order, all are included in a single, two-column list. This may be especially useful for advanced...

Readers take the main characters in Matilda and individually describe them through a mnemonic. To get there, group members create an acrostic poem describing the character they were given, and choose one of the words from the...

Students identify and define vocabulary words in the book, Freckle Juice. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students read the text and define the words "formula," "reflection," and "remover." Students use an online dictionary to define the...

In this vocabulary exercise worksheet, students view illustrations and names of five dairy products. Students study the illustrations and words.

In this reading worksheet, young scholars spell 5 pictures using scrabble letters. All words end in -eep. Students also add up the score of each word.

In this reading worksheet, students spell 5 pictures using scrabble letters. All words end in -ice. Students also add up the score of each word.

In this reading worksheet, students spell 5 pictures using scrabble letters. All words are formed with u_e. Students also add up the score of each word.

In this reading worksheet, students spell 5 pictures using scrabble letters. All words end in -ook. Students also add up the score of each word.

In this reading worksheet, students spell 5 pictures using scrabble letters. All words end in -oon. Students also add up the score of each word.

In this reading worksheet, students spell 5 pictures using scrabble letters. All words end in -ub. Students also add up the score of each word

For this reading worksheet, young scholars spell 5 pictures using scrabble letters. All words end in -uck. Students also add up the score of each word

Have your class create keepsake books about themselves. This activity is a presented as a basic idea with minimal justifications or classroom applications. However, with a little effort, this could become a full lesson. Add a rubric,...

Students explore adding 2-digit numbers. For this math lesson, students identify 2-digit numbers and use base ten blocks to practice adding. Students use addition to break a code.

What words would you use to describe Mr. Darcy? What about Elizabeth? Use vivid vocabulary to create lists of adjectives to describe the characters of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. After kids come up with their own lists of...

As your class finishes the novel Dragonwings, use these culminating projects. A vocabulary list is given for chapters eleven and twelve and either an epitaph or letter activity concludes the book. The final project consists of creating a...

Investigate Hawaii's sandy shore ecosystem! Start by creating a vocabulary list and having your class complete a KWL chart. Next, pass out the "I think of" sheet. Each learner will then choose a word from a beach bucket and add it to...