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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...
Institute for the Professional Development of Adult Educators
Using Context Clues with Signal Words
When you come across an unfamiliar word in a text, do you skip it and move on? Practice using context clues to identify words you don't know with a thorough set of language arts lessons. The resource reinforces close reading and critical...
Kelly's Kindergarten
The Letter C Words or Sentences
C is for cute cut-and-paste activity! Youngsters develop literacy by identifying images and words that begin with the letter "C", and then pasting their cut-outs onto a provided activity and writing descriptive sentences.
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Descriptive Writing: Color Description Worksheet
In this language arts worksheet, students generate words that describe each of the 5 colors listed. Students write adjectives to tell what the color looks, feels, tastes, smells and sounds like.
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Spelling List 7: Sight Words, "Shun" words, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, shun words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.
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Creative Word List
For this descriptive words worksheet, students read, review and analyze thirty six descriptive words and then rearrange the words in as many different sentences as they can come up with to share with their classmates.
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Word Exercises with Zoo Animals
In this word exercises with zoo animals worksheet, 3rd graders match 6 animals with descriptions, then solve a crossword puzzle with 6 clues.
K12 Reader
Christmas Tree Add an Adjective
The star on the top of a Christmas tree can be beautiful, or it can be gold, or it can be shiny—or, in fact, it can be all three! A picture of a decorated Christmas tree encourages pupils to choose from a list of 18 adjectives to...
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Grammar Worksheets: Attribute Words and Ideas Correctly
What is a verb of attribution? Study the description and examples on the first page, and then let your classes attempt the second page. There's a list of verbs they can use to construct the sentences provided.
K12 Reader
Replace with Proper Nouns
Three paragraphs make up a practice page all about proper nouns. Young grammarians choose from 12 words to fill in the blanks and complete sentences with the correct part of speech.
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Adjectives 101 - Word Search
In this adjective word search, students identify adjectives. A list of approximately 65 descriptive words are provided. An answer sheet is available.
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Preprimer Word List
In this preprimer word list worksheet, students color the words in the list and draw a line to connect matching words. Students do this for 10 words.
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Top 100 Misspelled English Vocabulary List 6: Blackout Worksheet
In this top 100 misspelled English vocabulary list activity, student read the definition, then find the word hidden in a matrix of letters for 12 words.
T. Smith Publishing
Your Five Senses
Using the five senses is a creative way to write descriptively. Learners read 25 words, both nouns and verbs, and place them into the category labeled with the correct sense.
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Adjective Games and Associated Worksheets
In this adjective games worksheet, students use adjective wheels, practice spelling adjectives, combine roots words to create an adjective, and explain how different objects using adjectives. Teachers are given detailed information on...
Nosapo
Writing about a Meal
You don't need to be a food critic to describe your meal accurately! A series of activities introduce learners to vivid adjectives when writing about the taste, smell, and feel of food. After working with word choice, parts of a...
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Strengthening Your Vocabulary
A challenging worksheet is here for your learners of language arts. In it, they must find words that convey a more powerful, or more descriptive meaning than the guide word at the top of the list. There are 12 guide words, and nine more...
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Metaphors
Metaphors open doors to descriptive language for your poets. They read the poem "What is the Sun" and record all the metaphors they find. Then, scholars change one of them to a simile. After answering two more comprehension questions,...
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How to Write About Feelings
This worksheet presents a clever way to help students practice writing about feelings. In it, six photographs are shown. Below the photos are a line for a feeling word, then some bullet points to write phrases which match what the person...
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The Lightning Thief: Vocabulary Strategy
Take an in-depth look into the vocabulary from the novel, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. With a list of words to choose from, scholars discover the definition, origin, stories associated with the...
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Vocabulary List 2
In this Language Arts instructional activity, students discover the definitions to 4 vocabulary lists. The lists are organized by category, such as The Family and Physical Descriptions.
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Social Studies Strategies: List-Group-Label
In this learning strategy worksheet, students use the List-Group-Label strategy to review a main topic or concept in a unit study or reading selection. Students complete five steps.
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Zig Zags - Multiple Meaning Words
In this word activity, students match the multiple meaning words in one list with two of their meanings in a second list. They make 8 matches.
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Make Words Using the Letters in the Word " Alligator"
In this spelling and science worksheet, students read a short description of an alligator before using the letters in its name to make as many words as possible. They are encouraged to make at least 18 words which they can check with...