Student Handouts
Break the Code: Earth Science
Crack the crust of earth science vocabulary with this vocabulary exercise. Kids use the key at the top of the page to decode the words that are written in numbers rather than letters. Each encoded word is part of a sentence...
Barbara Kowal
Winter Picture Test: Circle the Word
Challenge scholars to show what they know about winter vocabulary with a multiple choice assessment. Young learners examine a picture and choose one of six words that correctly identify it.
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A Walk in the Tundra
Discuss the environment of the Arctic tundra using this resource. The focus of this lesson is the story A Walk in the Tundra by Rebecca L. Johnson. The appealing illustrations are bound to captivate your class! After reading the...
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New Vocabulary: The Ugly Duckling
The class hears the story of The Ugly Duckling to build vocabulary. They hear the story, then pull three to four vocabulary words from the text. The teacher then helps them use the context of each sentence to construct a meaning for each...
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Wild Weather Vocabulary Maze
In this weather activity, students solve the clues at the bottom for vocabulary words they find in a maze. Students solve clues and look for 15 words.
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Weather Word Search Worksheet
In this weather worksheet, students analyze 20 words in a box that pertain to weather conditions. Students find each word in a word search puzzle.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Dinosaur Bones
Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Dinosaur Bones, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students practice...
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What's the Weather?
Young scholars explore different types of weather and examine the elements in the sky that create weather. They create a class lift of weather words and examine and discuss a weather poster. Students then complete the "What's the...
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Weather Word Search
Third graders search the Internet for ten weather words which they define. They use the words to design an original weather word search using a web based resource.
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Charting the Weather
Students research and conduct non-experimental research, such as journals, the weather channel and the internet, to collect and record data for analysis on weather conditions in the United States and abroad. They identify, pronounce and...
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Strange Winter Weather Affects Nature, People
Learners react to a series of statements about the weather, then read a news article about the affect of unusual winter weather on people and animals. In this meteorology and current events lesson, the teacher introduces an article with...
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Weather Words (Nouns and Adjectives)
For this weather words worksheet, students recognize nouns and adjectives. Students look at ten sentences and fill in the blank with the adjective form of the noun in bold for each sentence.
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Academic Raceway 500: Vocabulary Using Context Clues
This vocabulary skills PowerPoint presents a game to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues within a sentence. The game is based on the theme of a car race. The goal of the PowerPoint game is to finish the race...
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Spanish Jeopardy 1
The six categories in this Spanish Jeopardy game are Vocabulario, Los Verbos, El Tiempo, La Hora, Las Capitales, and Masculino/Femenino. Each category includes five clues and an English word that students must translate into...
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Wild Weather Vocabulary Wheel
For this weather vocabulary worksheet, students write the definitions for 4 weather vocabulary words in a wheel. Students write definitions for radar, thunder, frost, and snow.
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Wild Weather Antonyms and Synonyms Worksheet
Have your language arts class expand their science-related vocabulary with this graphic organizer. They will take the 15 words listed and find an antonym and synonym for each.
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The Weather
First graders read a short passage, then respond to questions based on what they read.
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Weather or Not
Hypothetical meteorologists' quotes help young earth scientists become acclimated to weather vocabulary. The terms are all related to air masses and forms of precipitation. This is a fun way to discover if your learners are truly...
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Wild Weather Word Hunt
In this weather worksheet, young scholars and their families search for weather news in the newspaper, media or Internet. Students record a list of weather words. Young scholars then research and write down a one week forecast for their...
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English Exercises: A Check on the Weather
In this weather words interactive worksheet, students use drop down menus to label the clip art pictures of different types of weather. They examine a weather map of Andalusia and use drop down menus to tell what the weather is in each...
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Que Tiempo Hace Alli?
Hace calor! Use hand signals to accompany weather-related vocabulary. Learners will remember the vocabulary better! They'll then research weather around the world and record it on a chart provided. Add a math component to this plan by...
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Quel temps fait-il?
How do you describe the weather in French? This short presentation shows how the French describe the weather using the words il fait and the descriptive word. Several examples are listed, so your learner will know quite a few words to...
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Crocodiles Escape in Vietnam
What, there was a crocodile escape? Read, analyze, and examine a newspaper article with your class about the crocodiles that escaped in Vietnam. Your English language learners note the facts and key vocabulary in the story and answer...
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Antonyms: Opposite Words
Learning about antonyms can help learners build a diverse vocabulary and better understand word meaning and choice. They work through eight different sentences by determining which words are antonyms. This nicely designed presentation...