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Curated OER

Word Roots 6: PLIC, FAC, COGN Intermediate Level Synonym or Antonym

For Students 7th - 12th
Word roots can help your class find connections between vocabulary words and develop language skills. This resource asks learners to fill in a synonym and antonym for six words, keeping word roots in mind. There is a word bank for...
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Curated OER

Word Roots 6: Plic, Fac, Cogn Beginner-Context-Story 1

For Students 7th - 10th
Hear a variety of vocabulary words incorporated into one paragraph. Click on the "Cinny Nym" character image to hear the passage via audio clip. A transcription of the paragraph is available below. Familiarize your readers with a list of...
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Curated OER

Word Roots 7: SPECT, STA, VERT Beginner Context Story 1

For Students 7th - 12th
Read this paragraph out loud to your class to demonstrate pronunciation of and introduce context for the given vocabulary words. You might also use this as a cloze activity and have class members read each vocabulary word or repeat each...
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Curated OER

Vocabulary: Make Connections with New Vocabulary

For Teachers 1st
The story Hansel and Gretel is used to build new vocabulary in context. The class reads the story together. They then focus on 2-3 new vocabulary words, using the context of the story to help define them. This lesson is fully scripted...
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Curated OER

Word Roots: Plic, Fac, Cogn

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy the search. Hunt for the root vocabulary words hidden in this word search. Consider making it a game and time it for your class.
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PeopleLeap, Inc.

"In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

For Students 8th - 12th
Chapter six of In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez's historical novel about the Mirabal sisters, is the focus of a worksheet that asks readers to define a list of vocabulary words and respond to a series of comprehension...
Lesson Plan
BBC

Words In The News: Japan Textbook Back In Spotlight

For Teachers 11th - 12th
High-interest articles are a great way to get struggling readers to tackle difficult vocabulary. Here is a lesson that includes such an article. It is focused around a very interesting and controversial article about the teaching of...
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Curated OER

Vocabulary Worksheet 1

For Students 5th - 6th
Third and fourth graders use their dictionaries to aid them in matching 15 brief definitions with a list of new vocabulary words.
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Curated OER

Vocabulary Development - Word Tiers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This lesson focusing on classifying vocabulary words as concrete, abstract, or content specific could best be used with older students and adults. A list of words and the classification chart is provided.
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Curated OER

New Vocabulary: The Ugly Duckling

For Teachers K
The class hears the story of The Ugly Duckling to build vocabulary. They hear the story, then pull three to four vocabulary words from the text. The teacher then helps them use the context of each sentence to construct a meaning for each...
Organizer
PB Works

“George Washington’s Socks”: Vocabulary Part 1

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Supplement a class reading of George Washington's Socks with this list of vocabulary words. Including a mixture of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, this resource asks young readers to record the page number and a synonym for...
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Curated OER

Vocabulary 19 Practice Quiz

For Students Pre-K - Higher Ed
After you've introduced your class to these vocabulary words, give them this practice opportunity. Oddly enough, the 10 words are alphabetical (two of them begin with the letter i, two with j, one with k, and the rest begin with l)....
App
John Talavera

Autism iHelp – Opposites

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In/out, up/down, big/small; understanding opposites is a fundamental vocabulary-building skill. This app uses real-life photographs, to introduce the learner to the concept of opposites. Learning opposites is necessary for understanding...
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Curated OER

Monster Vocabulary

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Challenge language arts learners with a crossword puzzle that focuses on vocabulary words from Walter Dean Myers' Monster. After kids read the clues at the bottom of the page, they complete the puzzle with their newly defined words.
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Curated OER

Three Canadian Cities

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students, after brainstorming all the words they can associate with the word Canada, investigate and study about three Canadian cities and then write about a city in their country. They complete a worksheet on unfamiliar vocabulary words...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Crime and Punishment Chapters 1-5

For Students 10th - 12th
Help your class review the tricky vocabulary words in Crime and Punishment's first five chapters. There are about 20 words, but make sure you introduce them to your class before providing this word search. An answer sheet shows where...
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Curated OER

Vocabulary 15 Practice Quiz

For Students 10th - 12th
Focus on some difficult vocabulary words that begin with f, g, and h. First, match the 10 vocabulary words to their definitions, and then decide which sentence each vocabulary word best completes. Example words include furtive,...
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Using English

Gender-Specific Vocabulary

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Would you agree that certain words in the English language are typically used to describe women, while other words are used to describe men? To warm up, English language learners tell their partner about what they did over the weekend....
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Curated OER

Using Context

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
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...
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Curated OER

Musical Vocabulary

For Students 5th - 7th
A large Christmas tree covered in words from around the world adorns this lesson plan. Pupils hunt through the list of Christmas words from around the world and circle the musical vocabulary words hidden among them. A fun activity that...
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abcteach

Learning Number Words in Spanish

For Students 1st - 7th
Combine Spanish vocabulary with a little bit of math. Learners practice the numbers one through twelve in Spanish by completing the sentences on the page. Various other vocabulary words are included in each sentence.
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Curated OER

Sentence Completion 20

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Help English language learners expand their vocabulary with this short practice opportunity. As the words are difficult, this is really meant for advanced English language learners. They use the six sentences provided to select the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reptiles Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this reptiles worksheet, students read 11 definitions and match them to the correct vocabulary words in a word box. Students write the reptile vocabulary words in front of each definition.
Worksheet
Curated OER

"The Most Dangerous Game" Vocabulary

For Students 6th - 8th
Is your class reading "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell? Consider presenting this vocabulary-based worksheet to your class before starting the reading. There are 12 vocabulary words introduced here: tangible, disarming,...

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