Kindergartners practice their vowel sounds and word recognition with a simple, straightforward worksheet. They read one word in a row and circle the same word in a group of four. 

A very neat word with multiple meanings is the center of attention in a fun musical video. The Read Between The Lions team of Sierra, Lionel, Leona, Cleo, and Theo get together to sing a song defining the word cool. Kids will sing along...

Here is a handy instructional activity that will keep your kids busy! They must write a word that begins with each letter of the alphabet. The words must be at least four letters long. Recommendation: Use as an in-class assignment,...

Use a very simple worksheet to assist your youngsters with reading a basic word, then writing it down in a box below. I think the best use for a worksheet like this would be as an in-class assessment. The teacher could hear how well the...

When young learners practice color recognition they are also building skills in matching, identifying, and naming. Students will veiw several slides showing a color word writen in that color, then several slides showing just the word,...

In this sight words worksheet, students read and color inside the outlines of 5 words. Students read a series of words and circle the sight words they see. The words are: a, and, away, big, blue.

In this sight words worksheet, learners examine and color the words look, me, my, and make. Students match the word pairs.

Have your class create a word recognition wheelie. They choose a letter, and brainstorm several words that begin with that letter. They make a wheelie by writing the words and drawing pictures on a circular piece of cardboard which is...

If you're looking for a comprehensive reading and comprehension assessment for your kindergartners, look no further. In this fine packet of worksheets, learners must perform a series of letter recognition tasks, decoding tasks, and tasks...

Sight words, word recognition, and flash card drills are the mode for teaching that is outlined here. To increase weather vocabulary and content specific word recognition, kids with special needs work through flash card drills. The...

Let's practice cutting and pasting! Kindergarteners color four farm animals and then cut out the back half of the animals and paste them on the correct front half. Farm animal names are included to help improve sight word recognition...

Increase academic vocabulary and practice test-taking skills by reading words in context. Elementary schoolers discuss how to approach domain-specific vocabulary as it relates to new subjects. They work with the words classify,...

For this word recognition worksheet, students examine 12 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.

Use Greek roots, suffixes, and prefixes to create polysyllabic words. Readers use the dictionary to identify what the word's prefix, suffix, and root or base word mean. They define what a syllable is and how one is formed using Greek...

Use the Visual Thesaurus to predict the subject matter of Rick Riordan's book The Lightning Thief. A pre-reading activity encourages middle schoolers to use context clues and word meaning to discover what the book is about. After they...

Teams practice decoding and using context strategies to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. After verifying the meanings of words through the use of dictionaries, the Internet, thesauruses, and other sources, learners write the...

Ready, set, go! Practice irregular words by playing a relay race game. Start by dividing your class into two teams of four or five kids. They line up in front of their team's bucket of words and pick out a word from the bucket and read ...

In this word recognition worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.

In this word recognition worksheet, learners recognize words relating to jellyfish. Students are given ten words relating to jellyfish that they are to put in alphabetical order.

In this favorites activity, students respond to 3 questions regarding their favorite colors, favorite foods, and favorite songs.

Some words are tricky. Can your scholars quickly recognize irregularly spelled words? Write the word was on the board (or any irregular word you'd like to practice), touching each letter as scholars segment the phonemes. Explain that the...

Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Applicable to grades four through eight, the activity prompts readers to read a newspaper or magazine article to pick out unfamiliar words and use context clues to determine the word's meaning....

Intended for use at a learning center, this activity helps pre-readers segment sentences while building good listening skills. A child listens to a series of sentences you've recorded, then mark all the words they hear on the provided...

Learners work in small groups with a given passage to identify unknown words. They create a list of three or four unknown vocabulary words. They finish by working to find the meanings of the words. Group learners by ability level and...