Vocabulary Previewing Teaching Resources :: 337

Curated OER

Ending At Owl Creek

For Teachers 9th - 12th

Students engage in a reading of "An Occurrence At Owl Creek" in order to work on the reading comprehension skills of prediction with looking at the ending. They predict the next events leading to the ending and summarize how it could...

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Tomatoes for Toyotas

For Teachers 6th - 8th

Students investigate and become aware of our country's trade relations with East Asia with emphasis placed on Japan. They explore the global affect of technology, production, distribution and consumption as well as exchange and economic...

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Letter A Word Search

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

Students practice their handwriting and word recognition. In this letter A lesson, students identify eight words with pictures as they use lowercase letters to complete an elementary word search.

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T. Smith Publishing

Homograph Word Search

For Students 5th - 6th Standards

Help your class with homographs. After reading a brief definition of a homograph, learners find and circle the homographs in the word search. A word bank is provided. Consider pairing this with a more in-depth lesson to increase student...

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Basketball Word Search

For Students 2nd - 3rd

In this word search learning exercise, students read the 20 words that relate to basketball. Students then find and circle the words in the puzzle.

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Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities

For Teachers 8th - 10th

Learners explore the concept of absolute value inequalities and equations. In this absolute value inequalities and equations instructional activity, students discuss how to solve absolute value inequalities and equations through teacher...

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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Thieves to Preview Nonfiction Texts

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards

Contains plans for three lessons that introduce a nonfiction prereading strategy with the acronym THIEVES, which stands for Title, Headings, Introduction, Every first sentence, Visuals and vocabulary, End Questions, and Summary. In...

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Study Guide for the Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

A well-written study guide for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Includes a profile of William Shakespeare and background information about the play and its historical context. There are synopses of each act, discussions of literary devices,...

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Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Preview Vocabulary Words [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

Classroom teachers will learn about previewing vocabulary words, an important instructional strategy. Teachers will learn how to implement the previewing of vocabulary, find research that supports the previewing of vocabulary, and find...

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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "Tuck Everlasting" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th

Reading guide on Natalie Babbitt's "Tuck Everlasting" with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novel introduction, and...

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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "A Tale of Two Cities" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Complete study guide for "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. Prepare for the novel with an author biography, vocabulary preview, introductory article, and pre-reading questions and activities. While reading, participate in...

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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "The Slave Dancer" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Great study guide for Paul Fox's "The Slave Dancer," complete with pre-reading materials, including an author biography and vocabulary preview, brainstorming activities, thought-provoking questions about plot, theme, and character, and...

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Glencoe Literature Library: "Hatchet" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th

Great study guide for Gary Paulsen's "Hatchet," complete with pre-reading materials, including an author biography and vocabulary preview, brainstorming activities, thought-provoking questions about plot, theme, and character, and...

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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "Across Five Aprils" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Reading guide for Irene Hunt's historical fiction, "Across Five Aprils," with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novel...

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C-SPAN

C Span Classroom: Teaching About Criminal Justice Reform

For Students 9th - 10th

C-Span classroom examines criminal justice reform, particularly whether or not the federal government should reform minimum sentencing laws and reduce incarcerations for non-violent drug offenses. With lesson plan, vocabulary preview,...

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C-SPAN

S Span Classroom: Gerrymandering

For Students 9th - 10th

A complete learning module provides students with multi-media information from which they examine and debate the gerrymandering process, debating who should control the redistricting process. Site includes lesson plan, vocabulary...

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C-SPAN

C Span Classroom: Teaching About Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th

Learning module in which students use current and relevant information to take a close look at poverty in America, past and present, and examine how the government should address it. Comprehensive multi-media learning materials include...

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CPALMS

Cpalms: Building Meaning

For Students K - 1st Standards

In this tutorial, students will acquire tools from Handy Hal that will help them answer questions about unknown words in a text. Students will learn about word parts, picture clues, and context clues to help them with vocabulary...

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SMART Technologies

Smart: Context Clues With Vocabulary

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards

This lesson focuses on using context clues within a sentences to determine the meaning of an unknown word. Additional skills of prefixes and root words are included. Answer pages are provided for each practice activity.

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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting

For Teachers 3rd - 5th

This lesson is part of a week-long unit. It focuses on the pre-reading phase of guided reading. It aims to activate prior knowledge, preview vocabulary, and set a purpose for reading. This book deals with a very sensitive issue that most...

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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Pre Reading Activities for El Ls

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

Pre-reading activities can engage student interest, activate prior knowledge, or pre-teach potentially difficult concepts and vocabulary. They also offer a great opportunity to introduce comprehension components such as cause and effect,...

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SMART Technologies

Smart: Reproductive System Review

For Teachers 9th - 10th

This is a reproductive system review including matching female and male parts and vocabulary.

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CPALMS

Cpalms: Size It Up

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a formative assessment task where students are asked to use geometric solids to model each of four tent shapes on a worksheet and use mathematical language to describe them. Samples of student...

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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th

Reading guide to Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" with pre- and post-reading material, as well as brainstorming activities and writing prompts. Includes brief biography of Shakespeare, an introduction to the text, a preview of vocabulary,...

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