Lesson Plan
New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Why is it important to use precise language? Participants explore this question in the fourth activity in a series of 15 on effective instruction. Perfect for all content areas, the activity promotes appropriate language choice through...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Can Infer Meaning of a Multiple Meaning [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students will analyze a word in several different sentences. Students will determine the meaning of the same word in several different contexts. Students will also write their own sentences with the same word in several different contexts.
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TESL Journal

Activities for Esl Students/ Homographs F Same Spelling Different Meaning

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
This online activity gives two definitions and asks what word, that begins with "F," fits both. Clicking the box gives the answer. There are twenty-three questions.
Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Putting Two Words Together [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This FYI (Volume 3, Issue 2) article discusses multiple meanings for the word ball including sports (baseball), round (eyeball), and no connection to either of the others (ballroom).
Lesson Plan
Hopelink

Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Word Sorts

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Delve into a world of vocabulary building. This site offers a lesson plan for "word sorts." This simple but effective tool will increase your student's vocabulary skills.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Multiple Meaning Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This instructional activity helps students to USE words for all they're worth! Multiple meaning words may not seem like a kindergarten skill; however, it is imperative that we teach our students about these "tricky" words! Included are...
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Homographs (Multiple Meaning Words)

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
This site is an interactive game for one or two players. Gives two definitions that fit the same word. Players have to guess and spell the target word for points.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Learn a Word: Science Vocabulary Acquisition

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
In this lesson, young scholars use multiple sources to learn the meanings of science words, collaborating to create useful resources for learning and retaining science vocabulary.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Applying Word Strategies: Multiple Choice Review: Practice 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this practice lesson, which focuses on applying word strategies to understand the text, students will sample a classic story of transformation, a transformation from good to bad and back again. This transformation story has become a...
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Contextual Clues

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Strategies to help students recognize the meaning of words through contextual clues provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as C(2)QU (See Two Cue You), PReP (Prereading Plan),...
eBook
Quia

Quia: Subject and Verbs: Identifying Verbs 2

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This is an interactive, online quiz. Choose all the correct definitions for these words. Immediate feedback and explanations are provided.
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Other

Reading Quest: Strategies for Reading Comprehension: Concept of Definition Map

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Sometimes teaching students about creating definitions is difficult because they do not understand about multiple meanings or depth in meaning. This is a chance to teach students, using the concept map included, how to create definitions...
Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Knowledge: Homograph Hitch

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students match two definitions to each homograph. Materials are included.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "(Love Song, With Two Goldfish) by Grace Chua

For Students 5th - 9th
In this poem, Chua explores the love between two goldfish living in a fish bowl. As you read, take note of on the use of puns throughout the poem and their multiple meanings. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]
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University of Victoria (Canada)

School and Office Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Nice vocabulary development tool for students. Matching exercise shows pictures of common items from school or office. Student tries to match correct word with picture from drop down menu. After 10 questions a score based on correct...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Elc Study Zone: Kitchen Utensils Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This vocabulary development tool for students features a matching exercise that shows pictures of common items of common kitchen utensils. Students match correct word with picture from a drop-down menu. After 10 questions a score can be...
Activity
Big Learners

Biglearners.com: ccss.ela literacy.l.k.4.a : Kindergarten English Language Arts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Here is a collection of our common core aligned worksheets for core standard L.K.4.A. A brief description of the worksheets is on each of the worksheet widgets. Click on the images to view, download, or print them. All worksheets are...
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Other

National Math + Science Initiative: Vocabulary Study: Julius Caesar [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson unit covers vocabulary used in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Includes list of fifty SAT words with an accompanying glossary and references to the play, grouped under each act. This is followed by a fill-in-the-blank activity...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Family Nym

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an introduction/review of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and homographs initially for a 6th grade reading class.
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Integers

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
The term "integer" was adapted in Mathematics from the Latin word "integer", which means intact or whole. Integers are very much like whole numbers, but they also include negative numbers. This article explains the properties of integers...