Vocabulary Building - Brainstorming

Why say that someone is nice when you could express so much more by calling this person delightful, charming, or gracious? After going over a sample word, have your pupils exercise their synonym skills by assigning each pair an overly...

Lesson 7 focuses on building academic vocabulary and writing an explanatory letter with supported textual evidence. For the first five minutes of the instructional activity, the educator reminds the class of how to read and refer to the...

Amateur poets explore alphabetical poetry. They choose a topic and brainstorm vocabulary that relates to the topic using each letter of the alphabet. The class then generates ideas for a group alphabet poem. After creating one as a whole...

Shadow puppetry has an ancient past, it is also a great way to build oral expression and reading fluency. Young thespians research folk tales, compare and contrast reality and fantasy, then create and perform a shadow puppet play based...

Tired of to be verbs and other overused words? Use this pair of worksheets to encourage your writers to use more interesting word choices. The first page provides a model of words to use other than said. The second template can be filled...

Webs can be spooky, but they can also help learners build vocabulary! Use these Halloween-themed word webs to inspire your pupils when brainstorming related words and concepts. Two different styles are provided.

Students build vocabulary skills by rewriting the names of some popular holiday songs, and create a fun "Holiday Tune" bulletin board display.

Students listen to Jane Yolen's, All Those Secrets of the World. They engage in activities to find word meanings without using a dictionary. They practice using a vocabulary mapping handout.

A discussion about community helpers opens a instructional activity about the helpers in your school. Scholars list responsible adults found at school, a list they can reference while they complete a graphic organizer that answers a...

With a computer and a series of penguin riddles, 2nd graders will build reading skills through rhyming. They will use the computer to finish each riddle using both context clues and a rhyming scheme. The penguin riddles document is...