Kindergarteners read the bold words that are unknown by using the strategies of initial sound and picture clues. They meet individually with their teacher in order to assess this concept. Excellent resource!

Whether you are starting a class garden, reading a story about gardens, or want to teach your little ones about sustainable living, these vocabulary cards are a great introduction. Featuring words like watering...

Learners utilize various vocabulary strategies. They use vocabulary logs to record strategies they have been taught, such as the Frayer Model (definition, picture, examples, non-examples), writing their own definitions, and using...

Elementary schoolers discover that the world is at their fingertips as they acquire new vocabulary. Several suggested activities and strategies are provided here, building new reading and oral vocabulary. 

Students use a database as a vocabulary resource during writing/reading. They preview stories and list unknown works into their reading notebooks. Students find the definitions, and enter their words into a database using a teacher...

In this vocabulary activity worksheet, students consolidate key vocabulary from a unit of study as they classify terms by unscrambling words and identifying 6 films based on the categories listed.

These two worksheets cover several grammatical topics. Pupils work on words with multiple meanings, Greek and Latin word parts, word connotations, academic language, and more. The result is seven quick exercises that could be used...

Use literacy tools to select precise vocabulary. High schoolers respond to discussion questions that require them to consider the denotation and connotation of words. They then read non-fiction passages and identify words in the passages...

Learners create a word tree poster that illustrates the way a root word can serve as the basis for many related terms. Although designed for a Latin language class, the concepts here could be used with any class study of Latin or Greek...

Designed to be used along with a list of vocabulary words (that you provide), this analogy instructional activity encourages your learners to create their own analogies using four of their vocabulary words. There's even a space for...

Supplement a class reading of George Washington's Socks with this list of vocabulary words. Including a mixture of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, this resource asks young readers to record the page number and a synonym for...

Help your learners navigate the vocabulary of Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori with a activity on categorizing words. After coming up with a list of things that grow from the earth, learners decide which categories each words belong...

A large Christmas tree covered in words from around the world adorns this lesson plan. Pupils hunt through the list of Christmas words from around the world and circle the musical vocabulary words hidden among them. A fun activity that...

Study a variety of words that begin with cad/cas/cid, coming from the Latin verb, cadere. Then, look at some other words that use the roots cis and hom. The word's definition and a sentence using each word is displayed on each of 16...

Grub, volu/volv, and umbr form the basis of a vocabulary lesson predicated on these roots. Although the slides may perturb some of your class members, the more voluble will not take umbrage at the presentation.

Learners read a story with 220 basic sight words. They discuss why the words are important to identify and utilize them in their own writing assignments.

Learners read two sentences and determine meaning based on context. Students then answer two questions that help them understand how context can help with understanding new words. This worksheet is designed to be signed by student and...

The Latin roots sent/sens, soph, and tend/tent  are featured in this vocabulary-building vocabulary presentation. The definition of the root is provided and then a word built on this root is used in a sentence.

In this vocabulary activity worksheet, students read the statements about New York and write 10 vocabulary words from the word bank to complete the statements.

In this vocabulary worksheet, learners use vocabulary words to answer short answer questions, finish word webs, and more. Students complete 18 problems.

Assign this list of Dolch primer sight words to your youngsters and their parents. Highlight a different group of words for every month, and create class goals. How many of these common first grade words can your class master before...

Even for an honors class, there are a lot of difficult vocabulary words in Julius Caesar. Provide your class with this two-page vocabulary guide (text selection unspecified). Two exercises encourage a deeper understanding of words like...

In this math-themed word search worksheet, students examine the 21 time-related words and names in the word bank and locate them in the word puzzle.

As your class progresses through Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, present them with this vocabulary assignment. Unfortunately, specific chapters are not stated, but it does present 20 new vocabulary words for your class to learn like...