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Read Write Think: Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Thinking
Contains plans for seven lessons about working dogs that teach critical thinking skills and a vocabulary strategy called Word Storms. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
Vocabulary.com
"The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," Vocabulary From Part I
This site contains a list of words from the first part of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written by Junot Diaz. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings,...
Knowledge Share
Super Kids: Vocabulary Builders
This site has 6 creative games to improve your vocabulary.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Lesson Plans Math Vocabulary 1st Grade
This site includes two first grade math vocabulary lesson plans: one for measurement terms and time and money, and another for geometry terms
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Learning Vocabulary Down by the Bay
Contains plans for six lessons that teach students Dolch high-frequency sight words using songs and activities. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
McREL International
Mc Rel: 100 Most Frequent Words in Books for Beginning Readers [Pdf]
A quick list of the 100 most frequent words in books for beginning readers. An excellent resource to print and give to parents to practice site words with students!
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Improve Comprehension: A Word Game Using Root Words and Affixes
Contains plans for three lessons that teach about root words, prefixes, and suffixes using handouts, websites, and games. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: What Makes a Compound Word?
Discover how to break down compound words when you check out this informative site. Feedback is offered throughout this interactive lesson.
Savvas Learning
Pearson Education: Longman Vocabulary Website: Using Context Clues: Word Clues
This site offers a review of using context clues, along with three progressively more difficult practice exercises. Students match the highlighted word in the sentence with its meaning using a pull down box. In the third exercise, the...
Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Word Sorts
Delve into a world of vocabulary building. This site offers a lesson plan for "word sorts." This simple but effective tool will increase your student's vocabulary skills.
Other
Vocabulary Training Exercises
This site contains multiple vocabulary tests of 100 words each that drill word sets from animals to words of the soul. It also contains grammar quizzes and a personalized test generator.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Word Recognition Skills and Strategies
Included is a brief article outlining the skills that readers, all educational levels, use when they identify printed words. This site contains background material only and no related activities.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Compound Words
This site offers lists of compound words (or teachers can import their own lists), student assistance to learn the words, and a spelling test to assess their learning. It also provides printable lists and worksheets.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Compound Words
Check out this extensive website focused on compound words. Find out how they are used in writing. Don't miss out on this informative site.
Education.com
Education.com: L.3.4.c Worksheets: Use a Known Root Word as a Clue to Meaning
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 5 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard L.3.4.C: Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with...
Education.com
Education.com: L.4.3.a Worksheets: Choose Words and Phrases to Convey Ideas
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 16 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard L.4.3.A: Choose Words and Phrases to Convey Ideas.
Other
World Wide Words/exploring the English Language
"World Wide Words is devoted to the English language - its history, quirks, curiosities and evolution. The Words site is organized into sections, each with its own index to help you find your way about."
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City
This interactive spelling and vocabulary site allows students and teachers to type in their own list of spelling and/or vocabulary words, or choose from featured vocabulary and a spelling list. Students master concepts through games,...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Vocabulary Activities Find Activities
A fantastic reading skills site emphasizing vocabulary activities. This site contains 54 individual vocabulary activities to click on, and provides teaching tips as well. It is still in the building phase, and more activities, tips, and...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Plural Forms
A good explanation of Plural Forms for the student. Site also offers a quiz at the end. L.11-12.2b Spelling
Courseware Solutions
Wordville: Compound Words
This interactive language arts skill-building site provides a fun activity for creating compound words. Challenge student understanding of compound words and engage in the creation of compound words.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Greek Mythology: All 7 Word Puzzles
This site offers a MYTHOLOGY word list (56 words) in seven word puzzles. To solve the mythology word puzzles use the Latin root or Latin word part, the vocabulary definition, part of speech and the Greek Mythology vocabulary word list....
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Vocabulary.com: 100 Sat Words Beginning With "A"
This site contains a list of 100 words from the SAT that begin with the letter "A". Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
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Vocabulary.com: Gre High Frequency Words
This site contains a list of 334 high frequency words found on the GRE test. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.