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Practice With Compound Words and Homophones

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders work with compound words. In this compound word lesson, 3rd graders define and give examples of compound words and homophones. They complete an Instant Activity worksheet.
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Homographs and Homophones

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a crossword puzzle. In this homophones and homographs lesson, 4th graders define homographs and look at examples. Students contrast homographs and homophones. Students complete a worksheet where they fill in a...
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Understanding Homophones

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students define homophones, give examples of different words that are considered homophones, determine if a word is a homophone, and demonstrate correct usage and spelling of different homophones.
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Homophones and Vivid Verbs

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students define and practice using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and homophones in complete sentences, paragraphs and essays. They include "vivid verbs" in their writing with the aid of a dictionary or thesaurus.
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Create Your Own Homophone Worksheets

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners develop their own homophone worksheet. They practice the spelling and using the different homophones. They participate in a homophone bee to end the lesson.
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Homophone Jeopardy

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are introduced and practice using words classified as homophones. Individually, they participate in a Jeopardy game in which they practice using different sets of homophones in sentences. They discuss the different situations...
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Interactive
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Homonyms and Homophones

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this grammar worksheet, learners study the definitions of homonyms and homophones. They look at examples of both types of words before matching the homonyms and homophones from a word bank with their definitions. They complete and...
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How Bear Lost His Tale: Storytelling

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
For this storytelling lesson, children practice re-telling the story of "How Bear Lost His Tale", review and write out the story sequence, and learn about homophones like tail/tale, sail/sale, etc. Extension activities for various...
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Worksheet
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Grammar Worksheets: Apostrophe Errors

For Students 6th - 8th
Do your young grammarians confuse their it’s and its?  Their they’re, there, and their? You’re lucky because help is here! After a brief but succinct explanation of the proper use of apostrophes and homophones, learners show what they've...
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Are You a Super Sign Speler or Speller?

For Teachers K - 6th
Why is spelling important? Develop your class' spelling skills. They examine examples of homonyms, heteronyms, and creative spelling. They also photograph misspellings in the real world in order to discover the importance of spelling...
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Homophone Practice

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice their spelling skills by completing a spelling homophone activity. In this homophone lesson, 4th graders discuss easily-confused word spellings. Students write sentences using homophones. Students complete the...
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Spelling Practice: ow and ou Words

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete activities for ou and ow words. In this ou/ow words lesson, 5th graders practice ou and ow words by completing the 'instant activity.' Students complete a crossword puzzle activity for ou and ow words.
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Worksheet
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Home Spelling Practice: Commonly Confused Words

For Students 6th - 8th
If you want a list of commonly confused words, this worksheet is useful; however, the exercise itself is not worth the paper it's printed on. It includes 20 words suitable for middle school. Examples include personal and personnel,...
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Homophones dictation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students notice their problems with a particular listening activity or even with spelling a word wrongly. They write 8 to 10 homophones and check what they have written down. They say the spelling and also the meaning and discover the...
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Worksheet
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Homophones And Homonyms

For Students 2nd - 8th
For this grammar worksheet, students think of homophones and homonyms and use them in sentences. Students try to write 10 sentences.
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"Same But Different"

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils recognize and spell words in homophone sets. They assign the correct meaning to each word in a homophone set.
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Homophones

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this similar words learning exercise, students spell the homophones on the lines and make up sentences for the 20 homophone examples.
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Worksheet
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Homonyms, Homographs, and Homophones

For Students 5th - 6th
In this word device worksheet, students complete activities that help them identify homonyms, homographs, and homophones. Students complete 30 problems.
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Puzzling Verbs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete a crossword puzzle. In this past tense words instructional activity, 3rd graders write past tense verbs and review what past tense means. Students review homophones and complete a worksheet where they complete a...
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Worksheet
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Spelling List 6: Sight Words, kn/wr Words, and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling learning exercise, students practice their spelling words that include sight words, kn/wr words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words.
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Flower or Flour?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students design a study about homophones by using the Wisconsin quarter. Students analyze personally a Wisconsin quarter first hand. Students bring in various examples of homophones to share with the class.
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Choose the Homograph

For Students 7th - 9th
Practice homographs with this fun worksheet! Learners choose the meanings of ten homographs based on the sentence's context clues. The worksheet has a picture of bats - one flying mammal, and one used in baseball. Use this resource as a...
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Worksheet
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To, Two, or Too

For Students 6th - 8th
In this understanding to, two, and too activity, students examine 15 sentences and choose either to, two, or too to complete each sentence appropriately.
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Horrible Homonyms!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Park/park, spring/spring. do your class members need extra practice with homonyms? The first exercise on this worksheeet asks learners to identify the homonym, while the second asks kids to identify at least two meanings of the word listed.