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The or Sound
Before using this vowel sounds crossword activity, be forewarned that the pronunciation here is based on British English, and will be confusing for American English speakers. Learners focus on the /or/ sound, examining five spelling...
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Muhammad Ali
"Float like a butterfly, and sting like a bee" with a resource about the greatest boxer of our generation. A short biographical reading passage introduces young readers to Muhammad Ali, and includes information about his early life...
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Seeing Words in a New Way
What's the best resource to use when looking up words? Use Visual Thesaurus to see a word's meaning. The class accesses the interactive website and then compares and contrasts the difference between using a traditional dictionary and the...
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Latin Roots fin, sed, fer: Synonyms and Antonyms
Secondary etymologists assign synonyms and antonyms to six English words based on the Latin roots fin, sed, and fer. MyVocabulary.com ranks this as beginner-level, but the work is challenging. A 24-item word bank provides two acceptable...
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Latin Roots fin, sed, fer: True/False quiz
An interactive online quiz checks mastery of the Latin roots fin, sed/sid/sess, and fer with 12 true/false items. Pupils agree or disagree with the usage of intermediate level vocabulary in context. Part of MyVocabulary.com which offers...
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Word Roots: Nat, Tract, Sequ
Challenge your advanced learners with this interactive chart. Your scholars take a list of vocabulary words (composed of synonyms and antonyms) and correctly identify the word it corresponds with.
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Word Roots CERN, JUR, and LEG Advanced True/False Quiz
An above-average vocabulary test: given a vocabulary word in the context of a sentence, pupils must decide, using their knowledge of the word's meaning along with context clues, if the word is used correctly or not. This learning...
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Latin Roots Cern, Jur, Leg: Fill in the Blanks Quiz
MyVocabulary.com features three levels of words for each root; this fill-in-the-blanks quiz contains a word bank of beginner vocabulary containing the roots cern/cer/cre, jur/jus, and leg. You can print it out, or your learners can take...
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Latin Roots Spect, Sta, Vert: Beginner Quiz
Words derived from the Latin roots spect, sta, and vert comprise this interactive online quiz. Choose the right word from the beginning-level list on MyVocabulary.com to complete each of 12 sentences. Spelling inaccuracies count as wrong...
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Synonyms (Thesaurus Search)
Smart, intelligent, perceptive. Here's a activity that asks kids to use a thesaurus (an online one, perhaps?) to find a series of synonyms for the six words listed.
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Word Search
Learners explore the alphabet by participating in a word activity. In this vocabulary review lesson, students practice manipulating letters in the alphabet to create five words and write them in their vocab journal. Learners complete a...
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Beginning Blends Word Search
In this phonics activity, students find, locate and circle 17 words that have beginning consonant blends in a word search puzzle. Students say each blend as they search for each of the words in the word search puzzle.
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Word Search -eck
In this word search worksheet, learners find 9 words ending in "eck." Words include wreck, peck, check, shipwreck, deck, and paycheck.
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Word Search -eep
In this word search worksheet, students locate 13 words ending in "eep." Words include sheep, deep, keep, sweep, bleep, beep, sleep, and weep.
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Painters Word Search
In this painters word search worksheet, students study the list of 54 significant painters' names and locate them in the word search in order to solve the puzzle.
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Sight Words - Word Search
In this sight words activity, students look at the list of sight words (at, big, can, funny, get, help, me, we) and locate them within the word search puzzle.
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So Much Depends Upon...Sixteen-Word Imagery Poems Inspired by Love that Dog by Sharon Creech
After reading Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (and possibly shedding a few tears), middle schoolers work on their own sixteen-word poems with a Six Trait writing activity. They focus on word choice in this activity to capture an...
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SPPM Word Search Puzzle
In this language arts activity, students study 10 words in a word bank. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle. It is unclear how the words are related. SPPM is an acronym for Safety Procedures and Policy Manual, but none of...
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Word Search: Days/Months/Seasons
In this word search worksheet, students are given 29 words related to days, months and seasons to find in the word puzzle. An answer sheet is provided.
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Sadlier C Word Search Puzzle
In this language arts learning exercise, students examine 18 words in a word bank and locate them in a word search puzzle. It is not apparent what the connection is between the words or what the title means.
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Ransom Ch 2 Question Word Search Puzzle
In this language arts worksheet, students examine 13 terms in a word bank. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle. It is unclear what the title means or what the words have in common.
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Section 1.4 and 1.5 Word Search Puzzle
In this language arts worksheet, students study 15 words in a word bank and locate them in a word search puzzle. It is unclear what the connection is between the words or what the title means.
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Final Vocab 3 Word Search Puzzle
In this language arts learning exercise, students analyze 5 words in a word bank. There is no apparent connection between the words. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle. The meaning of the title is unclear.
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WWW #7 Close Up Word Search Puzzle
In this language arts worksheet, students examine 30 words in a word bank. Students find the words in a word search puzzle. There is no apparent connection between the words and the meaning of the title is unknown.