Things People Couldn't Do

What do a man, a can, and a fan have in common? They are all in the same word family! Young readers practice adding the first letter or letters to each word within a particular word family.

Explore the multiple meanings of common homographs with this fun language arts activity. Given a series of word webs and a pile of definition cards, pupils complete each web by matching four different definitions to each target word.

Test your scholars' knowledge of commonly confused words with this grammar worksheet. With multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank options, this ten question activity is certain to express your learners' understanding. 

Learners select the best word (from four choices) to complete eight sentences. They read a complete sentence and choose the best word to complete subsequent sentences using context as their guide. Theme of the sheet is making things,...

Given a deck of cards with different words printed, pairs draw cards and work together to locate definitions for each multiple-meaning word. Learners complete a worksheet that challenges them to write the word, two of its definitions,...

Third graders practice the skills of identifying the main message in a story, describing the main character, and sorting the key details of a story into specific categories. The story they read is, The Boy Who Loved Words. Using a...

MyVocabulary.com features three levels of words for each root; this fill-in-the-blanks quiz contains a word bank of beginner vocabulary containing the roots cern/cer/cre, jur/jus, and leg. You can print it out, or your learners can take...

An online worksheet can be useful in so many ways. This one provides learners with an opportunity to practice using possessive adjectives. There are 20 fill-in-the-blank sentences to complete.

Elementary learners complete the sentence frames by writing in the missing word. Each of the ten sentence frames provided is missing a word that appears in the word bank located at the top of the page. Each blank is also divided into the...

Elementary learners complete the sentence frames by writing in the missing word. Each of the ten sentence frames provided is missing a word that appears in the box at the top of the page. Each blank is also divided into the number and...