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English Club

English Club: Esl Games: Grammar: Matching Adjectives: Similar Meanings

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Ten matching games. Drag and drop each adjective next to its synonym. When finished, answers can be checked and a percentage score is provided.
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Room Recess

Room Recess: Antonym Matcher

For Students K - 1st Standards
Click on boxes and try to match words that have opposite meanings. Good luck!
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Vocabulary Magic

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Using the book Farmer Duck, this lesson will take words that are unknown to students and teach students how to determine their meanings. This will help open up the world of reading to students.
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English Club

English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Topic Vocabulary Reference

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Links to information and lists of English words and phrases by category. Includes information on the difference between a dictionary and thesaurus, synonyms and antonyms, confusing words, figures of speech, eponyms, euphemisms, sayings,...
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Contextual Clues

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Strategies to help students recognize the meaning of words through contextual clues provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as C(2)QU (See Two Cue You), PReP (Prereading Plan),...
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Other

Grammar: English Basics Worksheets

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
Excellent and comprehensive collection of worksheets for students' grammar skills. Includes exercises on complete sentences, analogies, synonyms/antonyms, and more.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Guess the Word a Word Association Vocabulary Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will use antonyms and synonyms as clues to guide a fellow student to guess the secret word in this Password-style vocabulary game. It is excellent for stretching the mind and...
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Other

Rhyme Zone Rhyme Finder

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Enter a word and get a list of rhyming words, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, homophones and related words. Also available on this page, the texts of Shakespeare's plays, quotes by notable authors, games and quizzes, texts of famous...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Dictionary

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will recognize the functions of dictionaries and the types of information available in dictionaries used in schools. They will learn the differences between dictionaries and thesauruses....
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is based on,"The Dog Who Saved Nome".. Its objectives contain word relationships, homophones, antonyms, synonyms, fact and opinion, common and proper nouns, and problem/solution.
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Big Learners

Biglearners.com: ccss.ela literacy.l.2.4.a : Second Grade English Language Arts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Here is a collection of our common core aligned worksheets for core standard L.2.4.A. A brief description of the worksheets is on each of the worksheet widgets. Click on the images to view, download, or print them. All worksheets are...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: How to Use a Thesaurus

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will review how to use a thesaurus. Uses links to an online web thesaurus to look up various words. Great starting point.
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University of Michigan

Personal Site: Antagonyms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This personal site is a good resource page for teachers who are teaching about word meanings, slang, synonyms, antonyms and word contradictions.
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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Context Clues

For Students 7th Standards
A slide show with sixteen slides explaining and giving examples of four different types of context clues: synonyms, antonyms, explanation, and example.
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Teaching Ideas: Using a Thesaurus

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this worksheet activity to develop your thesaurus research skills.