Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary Morphemic Elements: Word Dissect

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Assist pupils as they learn to separate base words and affixes and combine them to determine the meaning of words. Partners practice with cards that include words with affixes.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements, Affix Match

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Play a quick game of memory, but with a grammatical twist! Learners match the affixes to their meanings.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements: Affix Action

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Make a game out of word parts. Pupils work in pairs to advance along the board. One partner reads a sentence from a card, and the other identifies the correct affix that fits with a word in that sentence.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements, Build-A-Word

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
An affix plus a base word equals what? A new word! Invite your class members to discover words using affixes and base words. Learners then write sentences using the real words that they put together.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements, Affix Concentration

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Ask your class to concentrate their energy on affixes! Pupils match various affixes to their meanings in a memory-style game until all the cards have been gathered.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Self-Monitoring Strategies and Vocabulary Games

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Middle and high schoolers identify how to discover a word's meaning by exploring context clues and any pictures, diagrams, photographs, and charts that might be included. They continue this process with other examples and locate one on...
Activity
PBS

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat: Flash Card Games

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Expand the vocabulary of young readers with this series of five activities based the children's book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback. From playing bingo to group storytelling, a variety of different approaches are...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Word Clues

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Young learners develop a deeper understanding of target vocabulary. In pairs, pupils independently complete a series of word clue cards, asking them to find information about key terms, including their definitions, synonyms, antonyms,...
Worksheet
Mrss Hernandezbchs

English 9: Word Roots Lesson #3

For Students 7th - 12th
The focus of this worksheet is the word root chron. Individuals will review the meanings of several prefixes and suffixes as well as this root word. Included are 14 questions, seven in two different activities. The first activity asks...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Words in the News Solar Sail

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Bring current events into your classroom! Middle schoolers complete word work activities before reading and discussing an online article. They complete worksheets and an online quiz. They discuss the Solar Sail as radical new idea and...
Worksheet
Pennington Publishing

Vocabulary Worksheet #1 & #2

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
These two worksheets cover several grammatical topics. Pupils work on words with multiple meanings, Greek and Latin word parts, word connotations, academic language, and more. The result is seven quick exercises that could be used...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

If a Runner Runs, Does a Sweater Sweat?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Play with words and word meanings involving the suffix -er. After reading a sample list of words, young readers look up each one in the dictionary to decide which words refer to people, animals, or objects, or have three or more...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Formation Worksheet 7

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ESL word formation worksheet, students read 7 sentences that have a missing word. Students fill the space using the base word given in bold at the end. Prefixes and suffixes may be added.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 2nd - 4th
Practice using and spelling the -ful ending. Learners take dictation from you to create a word bank of six words with the -ful suffix. Then they unscramble the words. Finally, they write an original sentence for each word that must be...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Assimilated Prefix: Com

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Second and third graders rewrite the 20 words on the lines that contain 'com' prefixes. They give base words and add suffixes to form longer words.
PPT
Curated OER

How Plants Are Named

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Here is an interesting set of slides that give some nice examples of the reasoning behind scientific Binomial Nomenclature. Some examples of scientific naming are given along with their common names. There is not much more detail on...
PPT
Curated OER

Diminutives

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Help your class understand the use of diminutives. This comprehensive presentation leads learners through an exploration of diminutives used with words such as pig and cow, and prefixes and suffixes. It is a great tool to use to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vocabulary: Categorize Important Vocabulary Words and Describe Their Features

For Teachers 3rd
Just like sports, different words have different features that help us understand or spell them. Learners categorize various sports based on their similarities and differences, then they use that strategy to categorize various words....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Roots Lesson #9 - Focus: eu, onym

For Students 7th - 9th
What does eu mean? What about onym? Study these roots with your class by providing them with a worksheet. A graphic organizer and two short exercises are included. Learners explore words like eugenic, eunomy, and antonym, discovering...
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...
Lesson Plan
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International Reading Association

Literacy Survival Tips for New Teachers!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Whether new to teaching or a seasoned pro, this 12-page phonics and phonemic awareness guide is a must for your curriculum library. Everything from a summary of research on the topic to exercises and activities is included.
Worksheet
Curated OER

English Skills Worksheet (6.203)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this multiple English activities worksheet, students complete a variety of assignments: write three onomatopoeia sentences, add ten endings to ten words, give the root words to eight words, play two rounds of word chess, find the...
Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Unit 6: American Revolution

For Teachers 4th Standards
The American Revolution is the theme of a five-week unit that focuses on reading, grammar, morphology, and writing. Scholars read and respond to texts, practice spelling and word work, and write paragraphs. Assessments gauge comprehension.
Unit Plan
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Core Knowledge Foundation

First Grade Skills Unit 5

For Teachers 1st Standards
Twenty-two lessons make up a unit that focuses on first-grade skills. Scholars examine spelling alternatives—their rules and patterns, practice tricky spelling and high-frequency words, explore plural nouns and sentences, read a...

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