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Latin Roots dict, duct, vent: Vocabulary Matching

For Students 7th - 11th
A 12-item matching exercise builds recognition of intermediate-level words derived from the Latin roots dict, duct, and vent. This is one of several activities on the website MyVocabulary.com associated with these three roots, including...
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Word Roots NAT, TRACT, and SEQ Advanced Crossword Puzzle

For Students 9th - 12th
A challenging activity that builds vocabulary as it tests knowledge of the word roots NAT, TRACT, and SEQ. This 12-clue crossword puzzle requires pupils to generate words that appropriately match the clues provided as well as contain the...
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Latin Roots cern, jur, leg: Intermediate Matching Quiz

For Students 6th - 11th
Young etymologists match intermediate-level words containing the Latin roots cern, jur, and leg with their definitions. They can email their results to you, print out the list for further study, and undertake an array of other related...
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Addition Word Problems 1, Version 4

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Word problems are great for building a variety of mathematical reasoning skills. Here are 5 single step word problems for learners to solve. Each problems requires them to add or subtract a single from a double-digit number.
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Word Wake

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Put your common writing errors to rest with this resource, which prompts high schoolers to create eulogies and tombstones for overused and incorrect words. They work on correcting common errors in spelling and usage mistakes in their own...
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Multiplication & Division Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Show your class all the hard work you have put into their lesson by showing this PowerPoint presentation. They will not only be proud of you, but it will help them solve multiplication and division word problems using the algorithms.
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Word for the Dazed: part 3

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Whether it's for the SATs, reading comprehension, or literacy skills, building an academic vocabulary is key. Here are 6 terrific words each with a dictionary definition and colorful example. This presentation is timely and will resonate...
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Word Roots 1 dict, vent, duct Advanced Level Synonym or Antonym Word Puzzle

For Students 9th - 12th
Play a bit of a matching game with the words addicted, intervene, abdicate, circumvent, seductive, and conducive. Using the provided word list, select a synonym and an antonym for each vocabulary word. Quiz your class or use this as a...
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Word Roots 3 cern, jur, leg Advanced Level Synonym or Antonym Word Puzzle

For Students 9th - 12th
Does your class know the meaning of abjure, perjury, certify, discriminate, illegitimate, and relegate? Find out by assigning this exercise, where learners choose both a synonym and an antonym from a word list to go along with each...
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Word-Form Recognition Accuracy

For Teachers K
What word is it? Build fluency with sight words using this sounding out strategy which enforces silent reading techniques. There are more than enough words included here on index card templates, but you can use this idea with any set...
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Rhyming Words: -at Word Family

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this rhyming words instructional activity, students build words by adding the beginning letters to the -at ending. Students are given the letters to add. Students write the new words on the lines below. Students build eight words.
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Build A Word

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word building worksheet, students complete a table with 10 beginning consonants and 4 word endings. After making the words, students indicate if the words are real or not.
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City Streets: A Fold-up of a Street Lined with Buildings

For Teachers 5th - 8th
After walking in a nearby neighborhood, have your class create this amazing city street pop-up. They study the facades of the buildings they see, focusing on geometric line, shape, and architecture. They then draw, cut, and create a city...
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Vocabulary through Text

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore word meanings. Sixth graders identify examples of words with affixes while listening to the story Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg. They participate in the game "Pass the Parts" and practice separating given words into their root...
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Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Build a Paper Structure

For Students 9th - 12th
Who knew that paper is an amazing building material? Scholars learn about the properties of planar materials, such as paper, as well as their structural capabilities in the sixth lesson a series of 11 on architecture. Working in groups,...
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Primary Grades Vocabulary Instruction With Word Wizard Dictionary

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Elementary schoolers discover that the world is at their fingertips as they acquire new vocabulary. Several suggested activities and strategies are provided here, building new reading and oral vocabulary. 
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Compound Words

For Teachers 2nd Standards
What's a compound word? Help your class understand the meaning of a compound word, and then give them the included worksheet to practice. To complete it, they write the two parts of a compound word and the new word formed in the spaces...
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High Frequency and Spelling Words: 25

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Using their readers, learners answer questions, compose sentences, fill in the blanks, and compare two stories. Each activity is intended to build high frequency vocabulary and spelling proficiency, and is scheduled for a different day...
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Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives 3

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
This online, interactive learning exercise provides eight simple sentences that require either changing possessive adjectives to possessive pronouns, or vice versa. The site allows the quiz taker to check their answer, get a hint, or...
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PPT
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Popcorn Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pop a little interest into your next reading lesson with "Popcorn Words." Students will build reading fluency and automaticity when they read each word as it pops up on the screen. Tip: As they advance academically, switch out these...
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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 5

For Students 3rd - 6th
Designed specifically for English language learners, this online quiz provides immediate feedback. Commonly confused words are presented in pairs, and the user must decide which word would best fit in the sentence provided. These words...
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James and The Giant Peach Vocabulary Building Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Reading literature is one of the best ways for kids to build a strong vocabulary while honing in on their comprehension skills. These vocabulary activities go along with the wonderful book, James and the Giant Peach. The children will...
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EngageNY

Building Background Knowledge: Jigsaw to Build and Share Expertise about the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Part 1

For Teachers 5th Standards
Using the Jigsaw protocol, scholars study chunks of text from a speech given by former US presidents following a devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. As they read the speech in small groups, they build background knowledge and share...
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Vocabulary Building

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Use primary text documents to learn word roots. Learners listen to a reading of the Declaration of Independence and highlight words they don't know. They compile these words and guess their meanings. They discuss roots, prefixes,...

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