Learnersstudy root words. In this word study lesson, they identify the root words from several compound words. There are examples listed in this lesson plan.

Consider using this worksheet as a group work exercise early in a novel study unit. Learners must identify the meaning of words associated with narrative literature. An answer key is provided.

In small groups or pairs, learners explore the origins of each others' names. An awesome idea, but you'll need to do the initial research to gather your class's names and their origins. Or, consider having each member of your class...

This is a basic multiple choice activity. Learners answer a set of 9 multiple choice questions about early colonists and branches of government. You might use this as a check for understanding or a quick quiz. The first 2 questions are...

Second graders work with multiple meaning words. They participate in a teacher led lesson about words with have more than one meaning. Everyone completes a skill building worksheet in which sentences using words with more than one...

Four strategies learners can use to remember new words are detailed on a one-page worksheet. They are shown how to find synonyms, make a personal connection, think of antonyms, and how to make up a sentence that puts the words together....

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...

Learners use context clues to define words with multiple meanings. After extensive practice with their teacher, learners read through six sentences, they then identify a word with a multiple meaning, and determine its meaning based on...

In this confidence interval worksheet, students examine given statistical information to find the margin of error. They construct a confidence interval for the population and find the mean. Seven statistical problems are available on...

The focus of this instructional activity is the word root chron. Individuals will review the meanings of several prefixes and suffixes as well as this root word. Included are 14 questions, seven in two different activities. The first...

First graders explore language arts by identifying the endings to specific words. In this suffix instructional activity, 1st graders add the -ed ending to familiar verbs and discuss the change in meaning. Students collaborate in small...

Because this addition word problem has the answer written on the same page, consider using it as a warm-up and projecting it. Simply cover up the answer until you're ready. The problem has beginners adding up two single-digit numbers for...

Have your class complete 20 sentences about Harry Potter that contain the signal words "but" or "therefore." If students have not read any Harry Potter books they can make something up that makes sense.

Utilize your learners' spare time by having a "password" that learners must recite before they enter or leave the classroom. As suggested here, provide an irregular word that your first graders are trying to develop. How efficient! 

In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the word that best completes the sentence. They are challenged by the difficult words that begin with "q."

Martin's Big Words, by Doreen Rappaport, is a story about Martin Luther King. Encourage your learners to create a list of questions before beginning the reading. Also, learners should be working on monitoring and clarifying to...

Chapter six of In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez's historical novel about the Mirabal sisters, is the focus of a worksheet that asks readers to define a list of vocabulary words and respond to a series of comprehension...

Jeff, Steven, and Donna are ordering juice, and it's up to your scholars to determine how many liters they get all together. There is a visual to help scholars add up these amounts, and everyone orders in single-digit liters. There is an...

Use something familiar to students in this word problem; juice! They examine a scenario in which two summer campers each bring a certain number of juice cans to camp, finding the total number of cans they have together. Pictures give...

No calculators! Assure your learners that they can find the square root of a large number. All they need are two known squares close by and a table. Come up with an additional practice and your number crunchers will have it mastered in...

Did you know that tomtoes and cucumbers are actually fruits? Biology or botany beginners read about the function of flowers and fruit and find that some food items commonly called vegetables are, by definition, also fruits! Give learners...

Students discuss acceleration and deceleration and participate in brief demonstrations of the Second Law of Motion. They apply the law to a metal balance toy and a plastic balance toy by applying the same force then with different forces.

Science and language skills come together in The King of the Birds. After reading, discuss the names and types of birds in the story and write given sentences to portray the difference between comparative and superlative adjectives....

Second graders listen to various, grade appropriate stories about trees. They create their own construction paper trees and discuss the importance of trees to the ecosystem and the importance of taking care of them. Finally, 2nd graders...