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Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Defining Depictions

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
A picture is worth a thousand words! Young learners use the included templates to demonstrate their understanding of target vocabulary by creating pictures that depict their meaning.
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Comic Strip Context Clues

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create dialogue for a comic strip using context clues to match the text to the pictures. They use comic blanks imbedded in this lesson. They write dialogue for each frame. Remind them to use the picture clues when writing...
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Articles: A and An

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing articles as adjectives in sentences worksheet, students fill in the blanks with a or an and choose the correct answers to questions with picture clues. Students write 20 answers.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner (Schwartz)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Give beginning readers a chance to practice with unknown words and context clues using the pictuer book Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner. Choose several vocabulary words to focus on as you read the picture book, or use the ones provided...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Clifford's Family (Bridwell)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Do you know Clifford, the big, red dog? Clifford takes an adventure to see his family, and young readers join him to learn some new vocabulary in context! Before reading, introduce the four new words: city, county,...
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Inferring Vocabulary Meaning

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Explore the meaning of unknown words! Read All I See with your class, having them complete the inference chart provided while reading. They select unknown words, guess their meanings, and identify what other words or pictures helped them...
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Introducing Vocabulary: Christopher Columbus (Weinberger)

For Teachers K - 3rd
The story of Christopher Columbus has fascinated young historians for centuries; use this vocabulary-in-context strategy to dive into Kimberly Weinberger's picture book about this classic explorer. Begin by introducing the new words:...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Clifford the Big Red Dog (Bridwell)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Clifford the Big Red Dog is here to introduce some new vocabulary terms in context to young readers. Although this activity is designed around Norman Bridwell's picture book, the strategies are applicable for any text. Introduce the new...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Kindergarten ABC (Rogers)

For Teachers K - 1st
As kindergartners are learning the alphabet, expand their vocabulary in the process using Jacqueline Rogers' book Kindergarten ABC. Each page features a letter and various objects for scholars to locate in the picture, and they focus on...
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Picture Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students write a story. In this picture stories lesson, students write a story on a topic of their choice and then rewrite their story using only pictures. Students share their stories with the class.
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Verbs: Nouns and Prepositions

For Students K - 2nd
For this verbs, nouns, and prepositions worksheet, students observe picture clues and fill in the blanks with the appropriate parts of speech from a word bank. Students complete four groups of sentences.
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What's Happening?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this writing captions worksheet, students analyze 4 action filled pictures. Students write a caption for each picture using the choices in a word bank.
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Spelling by Picture- Computers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this computer words worksheet, students examine 9 pictures that pertain to computers. Students fill in the missing letters to spell each word. Some hints are provided.
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Who Am I? (14)

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
What's the difference between a clown and a cashier? Use context clues to infer what each character does for a living in five different reading passages. Kids mark their choices on the space provided.
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Picture Writing Prompt

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this picture prompt worksheet, students look at a picture and try to imagine what is being said, where people are going or have come from and choose a character to write a story about.
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Context Clues

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students develop vocabulary using pre -reading strategies. In this language arts instructional activity, students discuss the intended message from observing a picture. Additionally, students explore guessing the covered word within a text.
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Read And Match The Pictures

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this reading clues and matching the pictures worksheet, students read descriptions of people's faces and match their pictures. Students choose 13 answers.
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Valentine's Day Picture Test

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this Valentine's Day vocabulary worksheet, students view pictures and incomplete words and use the pictures as clues to fill in the blanks and complete the words. Students write 10 words.
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Sequence Clue Words

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Young learners use sequence words to describe pictures they draw of events happening in a story. To practice sequencing events, they use words such as first, then, next, and more.
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Guided Reading Organizer for Chain Reaction

For Teachers 10th - 12th
The class uses Chain Reaction, a magazine, to build a better understanding of Latin and Greek roots found in scientific vocabulary. They use two attached worksheets to help them read a scientific article, using visual clues and their...
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Learning About Prediction

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
The skill of prediction as a reading strategy is explored. Learners are shown how to use clues within a story, along with pictures, to make predictions as to what's going to happen in the story. A clever in-class game which uses objects...
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Vocabulary: Multiple Meaning Words in Context

For Teachers 2nd
Learners use context clues to define words with multiple meanings. After extensive practice with their teacher, learners read through six sentences, they then identify a word with a multiple meaning, and determine its meaning based on...
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Compound Pairs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts activity, students investigate compound word pairs. In each of 12 word pairs, the same word is missing. Picture clues help the students. Example: saucepan, pancake
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Once Upon a Time...

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Model for emergent readers how to write a story by interpreting picture clues. For guided practice a second book is used, and then pupils work independently or with an adult to write their own stories based on illustrations.

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