Meaning of Words Teaching Resources :: 73

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Introduce Vocabulary: The Lorax

For Teachers K - 3rd

Students analyze tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read The Lorax and assess the meaning of vocabulary words found in the story. Students record their vocabulary words in a word journal or discovery chart.

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Introduce Vocabulary: How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

For Teachers K - 3rd

Students explore tier two vocabulary. In this vocabulary lesson, students read How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and assess the meaning of new vocabulary words found in the story. Students record their new words using a word journal or...

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Introduce Vocabulary: Welcome to the Ice House

For Teachers K - 3rd

Students study tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students explore new vocabulary words found while reading Welcome to the Ice House. Students assess the meaning of their new vocabulary words and record their learning...

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Introduce Vocabulary: Red Riding Hood

For Teachers K - 3rd

Students study tier two vocabulary words. For this vocabulary lesson, students read Red Riding Hood and investigate tier two vocabulary words found in the story. Students analyze the meaning of vocabulary words and record their...

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Introduce Vocabulary: Ruby the Copycat

For Teachers K - 3rd

Young scholars analyze tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary activity, students explore vocabulary words used in Ruby the Copycat. Young scholars assess the meaning of new vocabulary words and record their new words in a word...

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Introduce Vocabulary: Smoky Night

For Teachers K - 3rd

Students investigate tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary activity, students assess the meaning of vocabulary words found while reading Smoky Night. Students record their new vocabulary words using a word journal or discovery...

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Introduce Vocabulary: The Keeping Quilt

For Teachers K - 3rd

Young scholars consider tier two vocabulary words. For this vocabulary lesson, students investigate the meaning of new vocabulary words found while reading The Keeping Quilt. Young scholars record their new vocabulary words using a word...

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Introduce Vocabulary: The Lion and the Mouse

For Teachers K - 3rd

Students determine the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students explore new vocabulary words while reading The Lion and the Mouse. Students record their new vocabulary words in a word journal or discovery...

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Introduce Vocabulary: Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot Air-Balloon Ride

For Teachers K - 3rd

Students analyze tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students investigate new vocabulary words while reading. Students record their vocabulary words in a word journal or discovery chart.

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Introduce Vocabulary: The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving

For Teachers K - 3rd

Students study tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students explore new vocabulary words while reading The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving. Students record their new vocabulary words using a word journal or discovery chart.

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Poetry Pop-Up

For Teachers 3rd

Third graders, after exploring the process of writing poetry through imagery words that go beyond pen and paper, create a Poetry Pop-Up Book. They incorporate the use of the Thesaurus and clip-art/digital photography to assist them in...

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School-Home Links: Reading for New Words

For Students 3rd - 4th

In this unusual word and parent communication instructional activity, students read a newspaper, magazine, or book then make a list of some new, unusual, or interesting words they found while reading. Students write down a way to find...

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Continued Close Reading of Rain School: Text-Dependent Questions and Vocabulary

For Teachers 3rd Standards

The engaging story Rain School is further explored in the third lesson of a larger unit that explicitly teaches close reading skills by answering questions whose answers can only be found inside the text. Through teacher modeling and...

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Continued Close Reading of Thank You, Mr. Falker: Text Dependent Questions and Vocabulary

For Teachers 3rd Standards

In the second lesson plan in a series that revolves around the story, Thank You, Mr. Falker, learners practice the skill of answering direct questions from the text while using complete sentences. After a teacher-led review of how to...

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How do Poets Use Language?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th

Why do writers choose the language they do? Here's a resource that has the poet himself answer that very question. Joseph Coelho explains why he chose the words and images he used in his poem, "If All the World Were Paper."

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The Twits: Novel Study

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards

The dictionary defines twit as a foolish person. Mr. and Mrs. Twit, in The Twits, definitely live up to their name! The foolish couple dislikes everything and enjoys playing cruel jokes on each other. Scholars read about the Twits...

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Freckle Juice: Novel Study

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

Is the grass always greener on the other side? Andrew from Freckle Juice seems to think so! He admires his classmate's freckles and wishes he had some of his own, so he purchases a special juice to get them! While reading through the...

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The Mouse and The Motorcycle: Novel Study

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

A mouse on a motorcycle—what could possibly go wrong? Using the novel study that accompanies Beverly Cleary's The Mouse and the Motorcycle, pupils complete a brief vocabulary activity and then answer questions about the text. Next, they...

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