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Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Dedicate one or two class periods to creating a class glossary of geometry terms. Many geometry terms also appear in our every day vocabulary, but they have very different meanings. For example, the word gross in geometry is very...
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Food Dictionary - Harvest Festival

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore healthy foods and dictionary organization. Students create a list of healthy foods. They construct their own food dictionary, with illustrations. Students model how a dictionary page should be filled with a picture,...
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Introduction to the Dictionary

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore how to use a dictionary. They discuss how the dictionary is organized and how to locate words in the dictionary and students use the dictionary to locate words.
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Artlex Online Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students complete an artwork analysis and vocabulary activity. In this artwork and vocabulary instructional activity, students write definitions for the familiar terms from the worksheet. Students select a piece of artwork from the web...
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Words in the News Rabid Vampire Bats Attack Humans in Brazil 02 November 2005

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers participate in word work and vocabulary building before reading an online article. They complete worksheets or an online quiz the focuses on homographs. They write a diary entry.
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SpellBoard

For Students 1st - 8th
How do you spell great? G-R-E-A-T! Ensure that your pupils can spell great and so much more with this effective app.
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Beginning, Middle or End

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders work with a partner. In this library skills lesson, 2nd graders watch a demonstration on how to find a word in a dictionary. Students practice finding words in the dictionary with a partner.
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Bloody Business

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students research word frequencies in Macbeth and create a frozen picture inspired by a word.  In this Macbeth lesson, students view Blood Will Have Blood and discuss the dual meaning of the word "blood."  Students identify...
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Vocabulary of Ancient Rome Grades 9-12)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners define ancient Roman vocabulary using the dictionary writing sentences.
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The Call of the Wild

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students read The Call of the Wild, noting its theme of survival. They investigate the book's concepts with word webs, spider maps, or graphic organizers. They conduct a panel discussion on dogs and wolves. They write a letter to the...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLANS--Obtaining Employment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, after reviewing an extensive vocabulary list of terms on the board and a multitude of other resources, examine/identify entry level jobs/workplaces of various occupations to find one that suites each one the best.
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Harriet The Spy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the style of diary writing as its own genre of literature. They read Harriet The Spy in order to have a text for this literature study. Students use the skill of prediction to preview the story, and then...
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Morphemic Analysis

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students analyze content area vocabulary. In this content area literacy lesson, students list math words they are unfamiliar with and identify morphemes found in those words that are found in other words. Once they have a list of words...
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Eurovision Song Row

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students read an article about the controversy surrounding the Serbian and Montenegrin entries in the Eurovision music contest of 2006. They examine target vocabulary from the article and take a comprehension quiz.
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Count Down to the National Spelling Bee

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Spelling bee lesson plans can get students into the spirit of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and spell, spell, spell.
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Invisible Invaders

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars research various epidemics that have devastated the world population focusing on the historical events taking place during the times of the epidemics and the epidemics' effects on these societies.
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The UK and the Republic of Ireland

For Students 4th - 8th
For this maps worksheet, students label the cities and countries of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and answer a short answer questions. Students complete 4 activities.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers Picture Dictionary

For Students K - 1st Standards
Delve into this wonderfully illustrated and comprehensive picture dictionary. Research up to 1,905 illustrated entries. Each word is used in a meaningful sentence.
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Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Common Core Standards Dictionaries and Glossaries

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
View a lesson on using dictionaries and glossaries to determine the meaning of words. Test your skills using Test Mode or Game Mode.
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Wiktionary: Simple English Edition

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A dictionary subsite of Wikipedia, the popular Internet user-based encyclopedia. Written in a simple English format for students with limited English reading abilities, Wiktionary uses easy words and very short sentences. Browse entries...
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Wiktionary: Simple English Edition

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A dictionary subsite of Wikipedia, the popular Internet user-based encyclopedia. Written in a simple English format for students with limited English reading abilities, Wiktionary uses easy words and very short sentences. Browse entries...