Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Sight Word Fluency Lists 31 to 45
Practice makes perfect. Scholars get a lot of practice with sight word recognition as they continue to read words from each list until they master all words. Lists offer both new and review words.
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Sight Word Fluency Lists 46 to 60
Reading takes place one word at a time. Increase scholar word recognition fluency and create better readers with sight word fluency lists. Readers continue to practice each list until they prove mastery.
Nosapo
Dictionary
Brush up on those dictionary skills with a simple worksheet that has pupils looking up words in a dictionary, writing the definition, and using the words in a sentence.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Vocabulary: Word Analysis, Analogy Basketball
Give grammar instruction a boost with a basketball-themed game all about analogies! Working in pairs, learners quiz each other's analogy knowledge testing how many they can complete and earn the most points.
Curated OER
Latin Roots: dict, vent, duct (Advanced)
Such a comprehensive way to learn vocabulary! Complete the puzzle, read the vocabulary in context, and get a thorough definition for each vocabulary word. This resource focuses on words containing three Latin roots: dict, vent, and duct.
Poetry Society
Imaginary Words
Oh, what fun! Young logophiles and neologists create a dictionary-sounding definition for imaginary words and try to fool their classmates.
Lynette
Prefix, Suffix, and Root Word Worksheets
Words are kind of like a train, with affixes as the added cars. Practice prefixes, suffixes, and root words with these worksheets. Learners add words on to the beginning and end of words, practice with some roots, and use the words in...
Reed Novel Studies
Gone Crazy in Alabama: Novel Study
Life isn't always sweet in Alabama. A study guide for the novel Gone Crazy in Alabama introduces readers to life in the rural South and explores one character's experiences there. In addition to answering basic reading comprehension...
Curated OER
Word Roots: Nat, Tract, Sequ
Who doesn't love a challenge? Provide your class with this word search to reinforce the vocabulary they're learning with the roots nat, tract and sequ.
Curriculum Corner
Root Words
Ten pages offer useful information and five activities designed to reinforce the concept of root words. Scholars make a root word booklet, partake in a matching activity that challenges them to match root words to their meaning, record...
Lakeshore Learning
What's Next? Sequencing Story
First, next, then, and, finally are the words in focus of a sequencing lesson plan. Scholars listen to a read aloud of the tale "Lost in the Fog," and take part in a grand conversation about the story's sequence of events. They then show...
Novelinks
The Color of Water: Word Square Instructions
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...
Curated OER
Word Square: Ender's Game
Ansible. Hegemony. Candor. Readers of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game create word squares for vocabulary words drawn from this award-winning science fiction novel.
Curated OER
Shizuko's Daughter: Concept of Definition Word Map
Help your class use critical thinking when it comes to unfamiliar words. With vocabulary from Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter, kids write the word in the center of a graphic organizer, and find its category, comparisons, examples, and...
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 17 - Adding Suffixes That Change Base Words' Finally to I
If it ends in a y, change the y to i when adding a suffix like -ness, -ly, or fy. The final activity in the Word Recognition and Fluency series of 17 explains when to change the final letter in a base word to i before adding a suffix....
Curated OER
Basic English Sentence Patterns
A simple set of practice sheets deals with sentence structure and patterns. The 117-page packet includes 10 units of skills, varying from identifying parts of speech in a sentence to writing the correct part to make a sentence complete....
Florida Center for Reading Research
Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Inside Information
Support the acquisition of content area vocabulary with this foldable resource. With space for studying three new terms, pupils determine the definition, write a sentence, and provide examples for each word.
EngageNY
Understanding Douglass’s Words: An Escape Attempt
Make a match! Scholars play a matching game after looking at excerpt five from Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass. Learners match types of figurative language with example sentences, and add to their powerful language word wall...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Dictionary Cube
Scholars work together to define words and answer questions using a dictionary cube.
Curated OER
Word Roots SPECT, STA, and VERT Advanced Definition Match
A standard vocabulary test. Learners must match 12 vocabulary words with the letter that represents the correct definition for that word. All vocabulary words in this resource contain the word roots SPECT, STA or VERT. Vocabulary terms...
Curated OER
Word Roots SPECT, STA, and VERT Intermediate Definition Match
A typical vocabualry quiz, pupils must match 12 vocabulary words with the letter that represents the correct definition of that word to complete this exercise. All vocabualry words in this resource contain the word roots SPECT, STA or...
Curated OER
Latin Roots Grad, Mot, Cad: Interactive Puzzles
Three short puzzles emphasize Latin roots grad, mot, and cad in English spelling and vocabulary. Learners choose words from a list and complete spellings in boxes with definitions for clues. A reading passage using the words is included....
Curated OER
Word Roots 2: Fin, Sed, Fer Intermediate Puzzle 1, 2, & 3
If you are interested in practicing Latin word roots in your class, consider this resource. Focusing particularly on the roots fin, sed, and fer, these brief fill-in-the-blank activities provide a word bank for reference. Learners look...
Curated OER
Latin Roots cern, jur, leg: Advanced Vocabulary Quiz
A bank of 12 words derived from Latin roots cern, jur/jus, and leg scaffolds this exercise for learners who situate the words in challenging sentences. Makes a nice cross-curricular supplement to social studies and law. Quiz results can...