Enjoy the search. Hunt for the root vocabulary words hidden in this word search. Consider making it a game and time it for your class.

Word roots can help your class find connections between vocabulary words and develop language skills. This resource asks learners to fill in a synonym and antonym for six words, keeping word roots in mind. There is a word bank for...

Stump speeches are the focus of this exercise that combines politics and language arts. After learning about this type of speech, the class listens to Obama's 2008 presidential campaign stump speech and answers a series of questions that...

Readers can check their knowledge of words with the roots vent, duct, and dict in this interactive online quiz. True/false responses allow quiz takers to agree or disagree with usage and definitions of words as presented in the context...

Get your class to puzzle through antonyms, synonyms, and word roots with this online resource! Using a word bank, learners fill in an antonym and a synonym for six words. You could use this as a pre-assessment to see what your pupils...

Learners complete a 12-question crossword by providing words that fit the clues and contain the word roots PLIC, FAC, or COGN. There is no word bank included for this activity, making it a rather advanced level. Crossword, clues, and...

Demonstrating mastery of words derived from the Latin roots plic, fac, and cogn, high school etymologists use a word list from MyVocabulary.com to fill in 12 sentence blanks. One of several exercises available to reinforce the use of...

Guide your class in learning and applying Latin roots with this online activity. Learners use definitions and word roots to fill in the given blanks. This web page has features three different word roots to practice: PLIC, FAC-FIC, and...

Help your class make sense of vocabulary with this online interactive resource. Using a word bank and information on word roots, pupils determine if each statement is correct, marking true or false. Since this is an online activity, they...

Pupils practice vocabulary words containing the roots PLIC, FAC and COGN with this online activity. Chosing from a word bank of 12 vocabulary words, they must plug each word into the correct sentence. A great way to practice vocabulary...

Do you need a vocabulary exercise for your class? Consider this one! This activity provides a word bank that could be used as your class vocabulary list as well as an activity in which learners choose an antonym and a synonym for six...

Increase vocabulary knowledge with these fill-in-the-blank sentences. A word list is given coming from the Latin roots plic, fac, and cogn to be used for each statement. Twelve different words will soon be incorporated into your...

Hear a variety of vocabulary words incorporated into one paragraph. Click on the "Cinny Nym" character image to hear the passage via audio clip. A transcription of the paragraph is available below. Familiarize your readers with a list of...

After knowing the root word, can your learner identify various words that use the root word, depending on the sentences provided? Learners use context clues to complete the blanks for nine questions. 

Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...

Middle schoolers learn about the artist Canaletto, play a vocabulary game, and create a landscape using collage technique. Background information on the artist is provided along with instructions for the game and vocabulary words to...

Knowing the meanings of common suffixes is a powerful tool for expanding the vocabulary of young learners. This set of word cards focuses on the suffixes -or, -ly, -ful, and -able, providing two words that include...

Video games may not be so bad after all. As scholars read the text "The Many Benefits, for Kids, of Playing Video Games," they summarize the gist in their researchers' notebooks. Next, pupils draft supporting research questions based on...

Anecdotes, analogies, testimonies, statistics. The most powerful arguments rely on multiple types of evidence. Scholars explore the topic as they read contrasting evidence about the benefits of video games. They complete Venn diagrams to...

Figurative language is a welcome addition to creative writing. Clearly describe similes with this worksheet. For each of 10 example sentences, learners have to identify what is being compared. An answer key is provided with this great...

Pupils play a card game where they match the meaning of the word to the word or its prefix/suffix. They listen for the teacher to call out the definition and, with two players facing off, the first one to slap the correct card wins! Kids...

Familiarize young readers with consonant digraphs using a collaborative phonics activity. Working in pairs, children take turns rolling a die and reading a word from the included chart that corresponds to the number they rolled....

There are six essential words to know when creating questions: who, what, when, where, why, and how. To get youngsters thinking about these words, have them complete this quick crossword puzzle. Clues are basic, and learners should be...

Have your class play a motivating word game to practice reading skills. Learners take a look at a group of letters and use them to form words. The words all end in the -ay sound. A teacher could use this resource to practice reading,...