Students recognize the number prefixes used throughout the English language. They identify the shapes and the prefixes that are associated with them.

Fifth graders will use a dictionary to complete 5 charts organizing words by their roots and affixes. This worksheet is 4 pages long, and is a great way to help students better understand how to glean the meaning of a word by knowing its...

In this secondary mathematics worksheet, students investigate a riddle involving the use of the dictionary and subtraction of three digit numbers.  The one page worksheet contains one problems with an explanation of why the trick...

Fifth graders use context clues to help them understand unknown words. In this context clues instructional activity, 5th graders practice identifying context clues on a worksheet, then work with a peer to write their own story. Stories...

Students use an online dictionaries to define key geometric terms. They explore several websites to help them differentiate the terms reflections, translations and rotations as they apply to geometry and then complete an assessment...

Fourth graders study a decade in history through its slang. They analyze a slang dictionary from the 1920's and read a primary source letter making use of the slang. They decipher the language and compare and contrast 1920's language...

Students examine uses for estimating, and round purchase prices to estimate total purchases in a simulated school store setting. They discuss what it means for an item to be on sale, and observe the teacher work through the process of...

Middle schoolers gain understanding about where some of today's words originated by reviewing a list of Latin words and their meanings. They work in small groups to create dictionary pages which will then be compiled into a large...

In this identifying the base words worksheet, students read two columns of words and write their root words, use a dictionary to find new words that use the root words from the word list, and read common prefixes and create new words...

Second graders practice vocabulary using the interactive whiteboard. In this vocabulary match lesson, 2nd graders review vocabulary words, take turns revealing a word or definition, and then identify the match. Students utilize a...

Students explore Inuit language. In this Inuktitut lesson plan, students listen to a lecture about the history and phonology of the Inuit language. Students create Inuktitut-English dictionaries with illustrations for...

Students follow along as they read chapters in the book The Mouse and the Motorcycle. They work with a partner and choose 5 objects to measure when the class does the measuring activity. Students make a picture dictionary using at...

Students look closely at the text of "Othello." They use an online dictionary, and use various search engines. Students use an online Shakespeare concordance and make intelligent decisions about character. They write an intelligent...

Students read a short tutorial and complete one or more online activities. They visit an online math dictionary to learn the value of a day, month, week, and year. In addition, they construct word problems based on a favorite month;...

Young scholars define the word dichotomous and explain why a dichotomous key is a useful tool in identifying different species. Then they look up words they are unfamiliar with or mollusk reference books so students can learn the names...

Young scholars observe the characteristics of bubbles. In this scientific inquiry lesson, students use a bubble solution and a wand to make bubbles and observe their characteristics. Young scholars identify the shape and the color of the...

Second graders use the writing process and create a silly story.  In this silly story lesson, 2nd graders will review person, event and setting and complete a chart for each.  Students will put a person, event and setting...

Students identify angles.  In this angles that pair lesson, students identify adjacent, vertical, complementary, and supplementary angles.  They use straws, pretzel sticks to demonstrate given types of angles. 

In this poetry worksheet, learners read a description of an alliteration with an example. Students practice writing alliterations with the help of a dictionary and illustrate one of their tongue twisters.

Students read Thank You for the Thistle and understand what alliteration is. In this alliteration lesson, students write sentences using alliteration. Students choose a letter of the alphabet and the class writes an alphabet book of...

Students explore the concept of mysteries.  In this mystery genre lesson, students identify the common characteristics of mystery books and use a story map to identify these characteristics in a given book.  Students also...

Students identify and define vocabulary words in the book, Freckle Juice. In this vocabulary lesson, students read the text and define the words "formula," "reflection," and "remover." Students use an online dictionary to define the...

Students recognize the difference between a prime and a composite number.  In this prime and composite number lesson, students  use a factor tree model to show prime factorization. Students participate in a bingo activity....

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer and essay questions based on A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the...