Study Guide
Mind Snacks

SAT Vocab - MindSnacks

For Students 6th - 12th
Who knew learning and practicing vocabulary for the SAT could be this absorbing? With 500 words to learn after an upgrade, and nine different games for practice, users are sure to feel prepared on testing day!
Worksheet
Curated OER

Abduction Prevention Spelling Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - K
In this abduction prevention worksheet, students read paragraphs about abduction prevention and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 4 words 3 times each.
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K12 Reader

Civil Rights Word Scramble

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learners set these civil rights terms straight by unscrambling each group of letters. When they are finished with rediscovering their vocabulary, class members figure out what civil rights leader's name the circled letters spell.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Phonics lesson for -ew and -oo

For Teachers 1st Standards
First graders identify letters and sounds associated with -ew and -oo sounds. Each learner receives a stack of cards containing these sounds, and they must determine whether the word uses the -ew or the -oo sound. This could easily...
App
Roy Winata

iWriteWords (Handwriting Game)

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Give me a W! Give me an O! Give me a W! What does it spell? Wow! Teach youngsters how to write letters and numbers with colorful tracing activities that include encouraging audio and make writing enjoyable. Soon, they will be writing...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Abduction Prevention Spelling

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this spelling instructional activity, learners read about dealing with strangers and practice writing a series of words highlighted in the text. A reference website for additional resources is given.
Activity
Curated OER

Word Scramble Snack Crackers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make letters on crackers spelling a word. In this art lesson, students spray cheese on crackers and enjoy eating the creation after spelling words.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Easter/Spring Scramble

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literacy instructional activity, learners unscramble each word in an attempt to find the right spelling for the theme of Spring. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Variant Correspondences, Fishing for Vowel Digraphs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
After teaching vowel digraphs, reinforce the concept with an activity! Young scholars fish from a pile of 60 cards to match words with the same sound. Featured vowel digraphs include ea, au, aw, ow, oa, ai, ay, and ee.
PPT
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Adding /s/ to Make Plurals

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
A 31-slide presentation demonstrates how to properly add the letter /s/ to words to make them plural. Learners get to practice all sorts of scenarios where adding /s/ makes a word into a plural. They get instant feedback as they attempt...
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Word Families

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen as they are read a book containing exmaples of word families, they listen for rhyming words. They focus on word families, words that have rhyming sounds and share the same spelling patterns. Pupils work in small...
PPT
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Treasure Chest Game

For Teachers 2nd
Practice spelling rules in a creative manner. Learners practice reading and spelling words with the aw sound. They answer riddles to identify the words with this sound. It is a delightful way to explore this topic.
Lesson Plan
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EA Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students determine if the "e" sound is long or short in words. In this language arts instructional activity, students practice discriminating between the long and short "e" sounds by practicing with word cards that are embedded in the...
Interactive
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Classifying and Sorting

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this English worksheet, students add the suffix "ic". Students form adjectives by adding the suffix to nouns. Students choose the noun or adjective to complete the sentence.
Worksheet
Curated OER

ESL Spelling #14

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL spelling instructional activity, learners answer 10 multiple choice questions, choosing the correct spelling of words. A website reference is included for additional resources.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Rhyming Words with Common Endings

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this rhyming words worksheet, students learn to spell rhyming words that end -ight, -own, -eat, -ake, and -ead. Students complete 2 tasks.
App
Orange Or Apple

Flashcards Deluxe

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
A useful study tool, learners create decks or download pre-made decks to review. The app tracks your progress and allows you to customize your experience with each deck. Why not try it out and test yourself and your pupils on thousands...
Lesson Plan
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Gingerbread Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore gingerbread stories. In this poetry lesson, students read the folk tale "The Gingerbread Man" as well as Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett and identify rhyming words. Learners also make art projects, dramatize the stories,...
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Sorting words (four-block)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders each receive an index card with a word written on it. They look for spelling patterns such as "oi." Students sort the cards according to spelling pattern, and practice spelling words with the snap, clap, slap hand motions.
PPT
Pasadena Independent School District

Marta's Magnets Vocabulary Review

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Review all the important content-specific vocabulary that pertains to words commonly used in second through fourth grade. Each slide contains a visual, a vocabulary word, and a descriptive sentence. Focus words include:magnet,...
Lesson Plan
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Irregular Word Fluency, Word Potato

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils study words. For this word fluency lesson, students play a version of the game Hot Potato to practice correctly saying irregular words. They play as a class with a basket of irregular words. This lesson includes a links to print...
Worksheet
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Homophones Word List

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this homophones worksheet, students analyze 100 pairs of common homophones. This list may be used in many ways: spelling, sorting, word games or sentence writing.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Scramble

For Students 6th - 8th
For this literacy worksheet, middle schoolers sort the letters to determine the correct spelling of the words. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
Worksheet
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Hairy Bear Scramble

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students unscramble the words in order to find the correct spelling and rewrite them in the spaces provided. The answers are found by clicking the button found at the bottom of the page.