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Curated OER

Practice With Vocabulary Words Week 1

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete 10 problems where they do analogies, short answer questions, fill in the blanks, and more for the vocabulary words given including festered, dormant, grieve, and more.
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Curated OER

Dictionary Details

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
This clever activity has students practice finding a variety of types of information in a dictionary by playing a "Dictionary Scavenger Hunt" game. Students must use the guide words at the top of a dictionary page, determine what part of...
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Curated OER

The Price is Right - Advertisements

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders design written advertisements using cut out items from catalogs or newspapers in order to persuade consumers.
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Curated OER

Muggie Maggie: Lesson 8

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students predict a chapter from a book while learning new vocabulary words.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the book Muggie Maggie, and predict what will happen in the upcoming chapter.  Students read and...
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Curated OER

Opposite-Word Concentration

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in an opposite-word concentration game. In this grammar lesson plan, students use an old deck of playing cards and glue small squares of opposite illustrations to the back of each card. Students make as many matches...
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Curated OER

Vocabulary Practice 1 for Ella Enchanted

For Teachers 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, 5th graders complete multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, and more for vocabulary from Ella Enchanted. Students complete 7 problems.
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Making Words

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders spell words and define homophone.  In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words. 
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Curated OER

What Do You Know About Norfolk?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore life in a Norfolk town. In this English lesson, students discuss life in Norfolk. Students view images of Norfolk and describe the images in English. Students listen to a resident speak about life in Norfolk.
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Lawton: A Child of the Prairie

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete word study activities, read a story and write a descriptive paragraph about the setting of Goo Goo Avenue in Lawton 1901.
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Independent Novel Project

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students complete activities for an independent novel project. For this novel project worksheet, students follow the 13 steps to analyze and complete a comprehensive project about a novel they've read.
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ESOL Telephone Communication

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils discuss the use and convenience of public and cellular phones and how to use them. They compare and contrast uses, importance and availability of public, cellular phones and pagers in the student's native country.
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Curated OER

Introducing the Incredible RBT-2000

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct a miniature robot using recyclable materials. They write a descriptive explanation from the robot's point of view explaining how it aid in protecting the environment.
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Curated OER

Lexicheck

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners review the production or reception of word usage. They practice using vocabulary tips in both written and spoken usage. Students incorporate a variety of ways to comprehend unknown words.
Worksheet
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White Horse Estate Agents

For Students 7th - 8th
For this Language Arts worksheet, students write a description of a house. Students include information about the downstairs, upstairs, garden, and garage.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Antonyms and Synonyms Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, young scholars learn about synonyms and antonyms through physical activity. The teacher calls out a series of commands. First, the students perform the synonyms (the same as the movement called out) and then they go...
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Synonyms and Antonyms

For Teachers 2nd - 7th Standards
In this whiteboard activity by SMART, students will define synonyms and antonyms, use a thesaurus to create lists of synonyms and antonyms for a variety of words, and create synonym poems to reinforce learning.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Building a Better Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an index of vocabulary-building information and quizzes, including a list of roots, prefixes, and suffixes with their meanings. It offers 365 SAT and GRE level vocabulary words, definitions, and sample sentences. The quizzes...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: What's Another Word For? What's the Opposite Of?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Check out these creative ways to teach students about synonyms and antonyms. Features a great list of ideas for teachers to include in their lesson plans.
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Other

Thesaurus.com: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
To use the thesaurus at Thesaurus.com, simply type a word in the gold search box at the top of the page and click the 'Search' button. A list of synonyms and antonyms will be returned.
Article
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Kindergarten Opposites Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This article discusses how important learning opposites is to young children. It offers ideas to teach opposites including making a book, using online printable pages, and using exercise.
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English Club

English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Topic Vocabulary Reference

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Links to information and lists of English words and phrases by category. Includes information on the difference between a dictionary and thesaurus, synonyms and antonyms, confusing words, figures of speech, eponyms, euphemisms, sayings,...
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Other

Rhyme Zone Rhyme Finder

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Enter a word and get a list of rhyming words, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, homophones and related words. Also available on this page, the texts of Shakespeare's plays, quotes by notable authors, games and quizzes, texts of famous...