McGraw Hill
Determine the Meaning of Words and Phrases
Work on using context clues in your social studies class. Pupils read a brief selection about the terrain in Senegal and define each of the underlined words in the space provided. They also list the context clues that helped them...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Franklin Goes to School (Bourgeois)
Join Franklin the turtle at school as youngsters learn new vocabulary in the context of Paulette Bourgeois' story (or apply this strategy to any book). Scholars are acquainted with new words before reading and raise hands when vocabulary...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Arthur's Baby (Brown)
Many of your youngsters have experienced a new baby coming home, and Marc Brown's story Arthur's Baby is a relatable way to cover some new vocabulary terms. Introduce and define the new words before reading the text aloud: adorable,...
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Wrapping It Up
Class members develop their own glossaries for unfamiliar words in each chapter in Elizabeth George Speare’s The Sign of the Beaver. After recording the word, the page number on which the word appears, and its part of speech, they...
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EINSTEIN CLUB
Sixth graders write sentences showing correct usage of each word for one point per word and define the words for tow points per word. There are thirty possible points. Each day I tally the points each day and keep a cumulative score for...
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Vocabulary Words of the Southwest
A simple vocabulary definition instructional activity has young geographers of the Southwest putting term meanings into their own words. The fifteen words include (but are not limited to) adobe, butte, canyon, economy, erode, fossil, and...
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #162
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing twelve given spelling words. Afterward, they identify the words in a word search puzzle. All words deal with the Declaration of Independence.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #82
In this spelling worksheet, students practice writing given spelling words. Next they identify their spelling words in a word search puzzle. There are ten spelling words on this one-page worksheet.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #83
In this spelling worksheet, students practice spelling words. They define words and then locate given words in a word search puzzle. There are ten spelling words on this one-page worksheet.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #85
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing spelling words. Next, they alphabetize their 12 words. This one-page worksheet contains 24 problems.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #71
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing their spelling words. Next, they identify their words in a word search puzzle. There are 12 spelling words on this one-page worksheet.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #72
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing their twelve spelling words. Next, they draw a picture of their words. This one page worksheet contains 12 words, with room for the student's picture.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #70
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing given spelling words. Next they alphabetize their words and write a short definition of each one. There are 10 spelling words in this list.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #73
In this spelling worksheet, learners practice reading and spelling twelve words. Next, they identify the words in a word search puzzle. This is a one-page worksheet.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #65
In this spelling activity, students practice reading and spelling words dealing with sailing. They locate the words in the dictionary and identify the guide words on each page. Finally, students write a descriptive paragraph using as...
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #67
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing their spelling words which are compiled of synonyms. Students then match a spelling word to another word on the list that sounds the same. Finally, the define two words...
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #68
For this spelling worksheet, learners practice reading and writing ten spelling words dealing with parts of a plant. They define six given words and identify all words in a word search puzzle.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #62
For this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing spelling words that are adjectives. Students match antonyms in the list. Next, they define antonym. Students work with ten words.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #55
In this spelling learning exercise, students practice reading and writing given words. Students alphabetize the given words and then write the antonym of each one.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #54
In this spelling worksheet, learners read and write ten one-syllable words. Afterward, the write a sentence using the three to four-letter words. There are ten spelling words in this worksheet.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #34
In this spelling activity, students read and write twelve spelling words. There are 8 one-syllable words, an the rest are two and three-syllable words. Students alphabetize the words.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #4
In this spelling worksheet, learners write and spell the given 13 one-syllable words. All words are three to four letters. After writing the words, students look up the definition in the dictionary and identify its part of speech.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #188
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and spelling 12 one and two-syllable words. They write the words in a sentence, and then place them in alphabetical order.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #2
In this spelling activity, students read and write thirteen one and two syllable words. Afterward, they look up each word in the dictionary and identify its part of speech.