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Compound word fluency
First graders say compound words fluently. In this compound words lesson plan, 1st graders say compound words that are given to them on cards, and they try and say them automatically and as fast as they can.
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Compound Word Frequency
First graders explore English by participating in a vocabulary activity. In this compound word lesson, 1st graders define what a "compound word" is and read several examples of them. Students utilize a stack of flash cards to practice...
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Word Meanings From Context
In this word meanings worksheet, students utilize context clues to assist them in choosing the appropriate multiple choice meaning of each underlined word in ten passages. Students interact with skew, legitimate, manipulate and embittered.
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Phonics Scramble Games: Correct the Spelling of the Short Vowel Words
Students practice their spelling skills in this activity, which provides four pictures and labels for them to unscramble. The words are fan, bag, cat, and bat.
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Word Choice
In these word choice worksheets, students read the sentences and determine whether or not to complete the sentence with the word it's or its.
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The Still and Yet Exercise
In this word choice instructional activity, students read the example sentences and complete with the words still or yet. Students complete 14 online exercises.
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Hard, Heavy and Strong Collocations Exercise
In this collocations worksheet, students read the sentences and fill in the gapes with the words hard, heavy, and strong. Students complete 16 exercises.
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Word Choice: Who and Whom
In these word choice worksheets, students read the sentences and complete the sentences with the word choices of either or who or whom.
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Fruits and Vegetables Matching Game
For this fruits and vegetables worksheet, learners match words of fruits and vegetables to their pictures. Students complete 34 matches total.
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Except / Accept and Affect / Effect
In this commonly confused words worksheet, students complete a ten question on-line interactive quiz. Students complete the sentences with either "except" or "accept" and "affect" or "effect".
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Beginning and Ending Consonants
Young readers explore consonant sounds. In this beginning phonics instructional activity, learners fill in a beginning/middle/end vertical column chart with the sounds they hear in the pictured object. Practice spelling CVC words.
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Hotel Anagrams
For this language arts and social studies worksheet, students examine 30 scrambled words and phrases all pertaining to staying in a hotel. Students unscramble the words in this challenging puzzle. Example: heskupenieog (housekeeping)
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The Very Quiet World of Silent Letters
In this language arts and spelling worksheet, students learn that the English language contains words with letters that are spelled but not pronounced. Students analyze 30 words and fill in the missing silent letters.
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Where Do You Work?
In this language arts and social studies worksheet, students read 20 clues about a person's occupation. Students use the word bank to locate where each person works. Example: I am a nurse. I work at the ___(hospital).
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Spelling Takes a Hit!
Students practice spelling and word recognition. In this spelling lesson plan, students play a game. . Students are given a word to spell and as they call out each letter, they swat the letter with a fly swatter allowing each student to...
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Academic Raceway 500: Vocabulary Using Context Clues
This vocabulary skills PowerPoint presents a game to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues within a sentence. The game is based on the theme of a car race. The goal of the PowerPoint game is to finish the race...
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Phonics Instruction: Long Vowel Sound, Silent E
Students explore language arts by participating in a class word identification game. For this phonics lesson, students read several words in class and identify the different sounds between short and long vowel words. Students complete a...
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Beat the Spell Checker 1-- Going on Holiday
In this language arts learning exercise, 4th graders practice proofreading skills by reading and correcting the errors in 8 sentences. The words that are misspelled are highlighted; students write the correct spelling underneath each...
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Common Idioms-- Body Parts 2
In this language arts instructional activity, students read 20 names of body parts in a word bank. Students fill in the missing words in common idioms. Example: Riding the roller coaster was quite a ------- raising experience! (hair)
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Dictionaries
Students understand the way the dictionary is laid out as well as the purpose for why people use dictionaries. In this language arts lesson, students recognize the need for alphabetical order and are able to find words using a...
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Test Your Vocabulary Skills: More Common Idioms 2
For this language arts worksheet, students discover that idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not obvious from the individual words used. Students read 10 idioms and match them to their meanings.
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Punctuation Review/Tic-tac-toe
Sixth graders play a tic-tac-toe game in pairs. In this language arts lesson, one student uses an X to show the correct sentences, while the other student uses an O to show incorrect sentences. Students use a T-chart to record the...
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Choose Your Toy
In this decision-making worksheet, students choose 1 out of 6 toys for a young boy. Students match 7 vocabulary terms to their proper definitions. Students fill in 3 blanks in 2 sentences. Students complete a variety of assignments about...
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Vocabulary Choice Board Lesson 17
In this vocabulary usage instructional activity, students choose cards to describe vocabulary words and participate in activities such as illustrating pictures, making lists, making charts, writing short stories, and playing games....