Classroom teachers will learn about previewing vocabulary words, an important instructional strategy. Teachers will learn how to implement the previewing of vocabulary, find research that supports the previewing of vocabulary, and find...

This lesson has a new approach to vocabulary building where students generate their own vocabulary word lists and research the words' meanings.

This activity is a great way to teach students about rhymes and word recognition. This plan includes suggest nursery rhymes for you to use, and several supplementary sites to help you out.

Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This lesson focuses on miscellaneous vocabulary. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce the material presented. Audio...

This research article is a Publication of the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition. In this article, the authors share the steps for using the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) to help secondary students with identifying...

This is a research-based article concerning how to best teach academic vocabulary. Research finds that most teachers assign and mention vocabulary, but to be effective, instruction must be direct and meaningful. Recommendations for...

This table offers 50 or so common roots, prefixes, and suffixes, their definitions, and sample words in the content areas. L.9-10.4b Patterns/word changes

This is a tutorial for words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings.

The most effective vocabulary instruction teaches word meanings as concepts; it connects the words being taught with their context and with the students' prior knowledge. Six techniques have proven especially effective: Concept...

Contains plans for a vocabulary instructional activity that uses an activity called Flip-a-Chip to teach about affixes. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the instructional...

A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to choose the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students create flip books by defining a word, writing a sentence, and giving examples. Materials are included.

Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about famous scientists. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.

Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about musical terms. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.

Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about terms related to living a healthy lifestyle. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.

Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about the organs in the human body. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.

A short example of using context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar content words. Click on Practice to practice using context clues.

Classroom teachers will learn about semantic maps to break words into meaningful word parts, an engaging instructional strategy tool. Teachers will learn how to implement semantic maps, understand how to measure progress with semantic...

A lesson plan for a card game in which students match multi-syllable words according to their root words. Materials are included.

A lesson plan in which students play a game of dominoes by matching synonyms. Materials are included.

This PDF activity page offers a unique way to study spelling words. Students do one activity (such as make a crossword with their spelling list and definitions) from three of the four grocery store departments: meat, produce, bakery, and...

English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 8 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 9 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 10 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.