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Acid in the Water
Ninth graders learn about the effect pollution has on water and how this affects their community. In this environmental awareness instructional activity, 9th graders expand their vocabulary and create a flowchart that demonstrates the...
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Vocabulary Lesson-Pre-K Through Grade 2 and ESL
Students say the name of pictures of simple objects, people and places, choosing 15 to use for the instructional activity. Students glue pictures in a scrapbook and write the word for each picture beside it. Students complete word...
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Vocabulary Building
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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Greek, Latin and Anglo-Saxon Roots to Better Vocabulary
Practice vocabulary skills with this word analysis lesson. Middle schoolers examine the roots of unfamiliar words and use their knowledge of roots to discern meaning through word analysis.
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Word Origins
Understanding a word's etymology can really help with decoding and building vocabulary skills. Readers compare and contrast words of similar origins but with different difficulty levels. They focus on prefixes, suffixes, and affixes....
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Nifty Thrifty Fifty Vocabulary
Students review new vocabulary. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students are introduced to the "nifty thrifty fifty" vocabulary words, their definitions, and the meanings of their prefix, suffix, and root words. The fifty words are split...
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Word Review Card Activity
Pupils play a card game where they match the meaning of the word to the word or its prefix/suffix. They listen for the teacher to call out the definition and, with two players facing off, the first one to slap the correct card wins! Kids...
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Kid-Code: Developmentally Appropriate Spelling
Carefully balanced, developmentally appropriate spelling lessons and expectations can keep young writers focused!
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It's Greek to Me!
Fifth graders are introduced to a variety of Greek root words. Individually, they are given a list of prefixes and suffixes to make new words. After creating each word, they use the dictionary to define it. To end the lesson, they...
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Reviewing Language
Eighth graders examine some of the basics of the writing process in order to improve long-term writing goals. They apply the concepts of using speech, prefixes, and suffixes. Students use and describe the different steps of the writing...
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Self-Monitoring Strategies and Vocabulary Games
Middle and high schoolers identify how to discover a word's meaning by exploring context clues and any pictures, diagrams, photographs, and charts that might be included. They continue this process with other examples and locate one on...
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Research Tasks: New Words, Relevant Information, Revision
Word builders. Scholars participate in a mini lesson plan about affixes. They then complete a research vocabulary organizer and share their definitions of the words with the class. They gather more evidence for their research from the...
Elementary AMC
Earth Day Grammar
Ensure you have a grammatically correct Earth Day with this series of task cards. Covering topics ranging from parts of speech and alphabetizing, to affixes and complete sentences, these Earth-themed exercises are a fun way for...
Curriculum Corner
Guest Teacher Plans Grade 4
Creating substitute plans may not be the highlight of your workday. Make the task less daunting with a general, day-long plan covering math, reading, word work, and writing.
Haut Gap Middle School
Root Words
Scholars demonstrate their knowledge of root words aqua and aud, and develop vocabulary skills by completing of a chart, handout, and worksheet using creative thinking skills, a dictionary, and a thesaurus.
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Journey to Understanding Vocabulary
Students examine word parts. In this word study lesson, students practice breaking words into parts and using their knowledge of Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes determine the words' meanings.
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Analyzing Unknown Words
Students analyze affixes and how they affect word meaning. In this language arts lesson, students use charts to construct and deconstruct words to find meaning.
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Affix This
Wait, what am I supposed to affix? Explore the concept of roots/affixes with your class. They use discussion questions to discover the meaning and usage of specific roots and affixes. They watch a video explaining Latin and Greek roots...
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Playing Vocabulary Basketball
Learners view a slide show featuring famous athletes and educational institutions that have played a part in the history of basketball. They participate in a game in which a basketball is tossed from person to person as facts and...
Royal Society of Chemistry
Organic Names—Functional Groups
Worried that your lesson plan about functional groups is dysfunctional? Liven things up with interactive puzzles! Curious chemists arrange functional groups based on name, formula, suffix, and an example. The challenge begins when the...
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Charades
Fourth graders play a game. In this vocabulary lesson, 4th graders play the game Charades to help review their vocabulary words. At the end of the lesson students can create their own words to act out.
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Two Letters, One Sound
Eighth graders spell double-letter words. In this spelling lesson, 8th graders practice pronouncing words that contain double consonants. Students examine words with one or more sets of double letters, and discuss the proper...
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Root Words
Learnersstudy root words. For this word study lesson, they identify the root words from several compound words. There are examples listed in this lesson plan.
International Reading Association
Literacy Survival Tips for New Teachers!
Whether new to teaching or a seasoned pro, this 12-page phonics and phonemic awareness guide is a must for your curriculum library. Everything from a summary of research on the topic to exercises and activities is included.