Lessons tagged with "vocabulary"
Read Compound Words
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on reading compound words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. This lesson does not include any writing on the students part. It focuses on practicing to read the compound words. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Unclear Words
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on determining the meaning of unclear words, or words with more than one meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use context clues around unclear words to understand the word's meaning . In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Read Words with Inflectional Form
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on reading words with inflectional forms. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. This lesson asks students to identify the inflectional form (-s, -ed, -ing), and practice reading the words. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Sort Words into Categories
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This vocabulary lesson covers how to sort words into categories. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. Teachers should model what markers to use during Skill Development/Guided Practice for the categories (i.e., writing the number or the word for each object). Flashcards for Concept Development CFU and Skill Development are available for this lesson. Extra resources and activities are provided as well.
Distinguish Final Sounds in Words (N, T, G, M, S, P)
- Grade:
- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on distinguishing final sounds in words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. This lesson is a phonemic awareness/listening and speaking lesson. The lesson (with the help of pictures) practices identifying the final sound in a word. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Prefixes
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of prefixes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Compound Words
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Common Core language lesson covers the meaning of compound words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students will identify the two words that make up a compound word and use those meanings to determine the meaning. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.
Decode Words with Prefixes
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading foundational lesson covers the decoding of words with prefixes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will write a new word by adding a prefix, decode the meaning of the new word, and then complete sentences using the new word made with the prefix. (Focus is on prefixes re-, un-, and over-.)
Identify Antonyms
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on identifying antonyms. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use context clues and differences to identify antonyms. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Synonyms
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on identifying synonyms. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use context clues and similarities to identify synonyms. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Recognize the Meaning of Suffixes
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on recognizing suffixes and how they change the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Decode Words with Suffixes
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading foundational lesson covers the decoding of words with suffixes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will write a new word by adding a suffix, decode the meaning of the new word, and then complete sentences using the new word made with the suffix. (Focus is on suffixes -less, -ing, and -ly.)
Read Contractions
- Grade:
- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on reading contractions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. This lesson does not include any writing on the students part. It focuses on practicing to read words containing contractions. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Antonyms to Determine the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using antonyms to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use contrast signal words (but, not, however, while, and yet) to identify antonyms and determine the meaning of words. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Distinguish Between Meanings of Homophones
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using homophones to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use spelling and definitions of homophones to use the word correctly in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of unknown words using context clues. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use nearby words (context clues) to determine the meaning of an unknown word in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Decode Multisyllable Words
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading foundational skills lesson requires students to decode multisyllabic words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn four syllable patterns, and then decode words and read them aloud. This lesson addresses open and closed syllables, multisyllable words with affixes (prefixes: pre-, dis-; suffixes: -er, -ing, -ful), vowel teams (ee, ea, oo, ie, etc.), and r-controlled words. Vowel-silent e (VCe), consonant blends (bl, tl, tr, fl, dl, nt, nd), and digraphs (ch, th) will be addressed in a separate lesson.
Read Irregularly Spelled Words
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading foundational skills lesson practices reading irregularly spelled words. In this lesson, students will spell, write, identify in a sentence, and read specific words that are irregularly spelled. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
Identify the Meaning of Suffixes
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading foundational skills lesson covers the use of suffixes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify the meaning and appropriate use of words based on their suffix.
Determine the Meaning of Homographs
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using homographs to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use word definitions and clues from the text to determine the meaning of homographs. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Shades of Meaning
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson requires students to distinguish between words with shades of meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice using content-specific vocabulary and distinguishing between closely related words (e.g. thin, slender, skinny).
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of unknown words using context clues. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use nearby words (context clues) to determine the meaning of an unknown word in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Antonyms to Determine the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on applying knowledge of antonyms to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use known antonyms to determine the meaning of the unknown antonym. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Suffixes to Analyze the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using suffixes to analyze the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students determine the meaning of words by using the meaning of their suffixes for understanding. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Roots to Determine the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using roots to analyze the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the root in a word and determine the root meaning from a table. Then, they use the meaning of the root to select the best meaning of the original word. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Synonyms to Determine the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on applying knowledge of synonyms to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use known synonyms to determine the meaning of the unknown synonym. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Produce Complex Sentences
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson teaches students to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words by using antonyms within the text. This lesson is very impactful for English learners or ELD students. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify signal words in the sentence that indicate the opposite of a bolded word. Then, they identify the meaning of the bolded word. For example, if the students do not know the meaning of the word “hectic”, they can use the contrasting word calm to determine that “hectic” must mean not calm or very busy.
Use Prefixes to Analyze the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of prefixes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students determine the meaning of words by using the meaning of their prefixes and context clues for understanding. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Prefixes to Analyze the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using prefixes to analyze the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a sentence and identify the word with the prefix. Then, they divide the word between base and prefix and then determine the meaning of the prefix from a table. Finally, they combine the meanings of the prefix and the base to determine the meaning of the whole word. In addition to the lesson, there are fifteen pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Roots to Determine the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using roots to determine the meaning of unknown words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the root in a bold word in a sentence. They note the origin and meaning from a given table and then determine the best meaning of the word based on context clues. In addition to the lesson, there are 11 pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Roots to Analyze the Meaning of Words
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using roots to analyze the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and identify the root in the bold word (based on a given table). Then, they determine the word origin and meaning of the root and use the meaning of the root to choose the best meaning for the bold word. Finally, they interpret the sentence by rereading it while replacing the bold word with its meaning. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Explain Frequently Used Synonyms
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on explaining frequently used synonyms. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a sentence with a bold word. They identify context clues in the sentence that explain its meaning and then determine the correct synonym for the bold word. Finally, they write and read the synonyms. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Explain Shades of Meaning of Related Words
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on interpreting shades of meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the definitions of closely related words and the sentences that follow. Then, they use context clues to place the correct word in its proper sentence. Last, students explain their answers. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Recognize the Origin and Meaning of Frequently Used Foreign Words in English
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on recognizing the origins and meanings of frequently used foreign words in English. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read sentences that need a foreign word added from the word bank. Then, they use context clues to figure out which foreign word fits properly into each sentence and they read the sentence aloud using the foreign word. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Roots & Affixes
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language/vocabulary lesson covers how to determine the meaning of words using roots and affixes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to analyze words in a sentence based on given root definitions.
Identify Idioms
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on identifying idioms. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and underline the idiom. Then, they determine the meaning of the idiom using context clues and select the correct answer. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Distinguish Among the Connotations of Words with Similar Denotations
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers how to distinguish between connotations of words with similar denotations. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will analyze sentences for context clues that suggest which of three similar words can be used in the sentence based on each word’s denotation and connotation.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language/vocabulary lesson covers the use of context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify word meaning within expository passages.
Analyze Similes
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on analyzing similes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read each sentence and identify two unlike things being compared. Then, they identify what qualities the two things being compared have in common. Finally, they interpret the simile in writing. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review modeled on current adaptive testing methods.
Distinguish Among the Connotations of Words with Similar Denotations
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- High School, High School 11-12
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Analyze Nuances in Word Meaning
- Grade:
- High School, High School 11-12
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Use Affixes to Change the Meaning and Function of Words
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Analyze Nuances in Word Meaning
- Grade:
- High School, High School 11-12
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- High School, High School 11-12
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Use Affixes to Change the Meaning and Function of Words
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Use Antonyms to Determine the Meaning of Words
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
This English Language Development lesson is a part of our Link to Literacy program.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Prefixes
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
This English Language Development lesson is a part of our Link to Literacy program.
Determine the Meaning of Multiple-Meaning Words
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This vocabulary lesson is designed as a part of our Link to Literacy English Language Development program. This description will be updated soon.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Prefixes
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This vocabulary lesson is designed as a part of our Link to Literacy English Language Development program. This description will be updated soon.
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This vocabulary lesson is designed as a part of our Link to Literacy English Language Development program. This description will be updated soon.
English Learner Vocabulary Development
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- Subject:
- Other Resources
This poster has practices to help the Vocabulary Development for English Learners.
Determine the Meaning of Synonyms
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
This Lesson is a part of the Link to Literacy Program.
Determine the Meaning of Homophones
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This lesson is a part of the Link to Literacy Program.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This vocabulary lesson is designed as a part of our Link to Literacy English Language Development program. This description will be updated soon.
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of unknown words using context clues. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use nearby words (context clues) to determine the meaning of an unknown word in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Homographs
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
This vocabulary lesson is designed as a part of our Link to Literacy English Language Development program. This description will be updated soon.
Use Simple Verb Tenses - to do
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
This lesson is a part of the Link to Literacy Program.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Context Clues
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
This vocabulary lesson is designed as a part of our Link to Literacy English Language Development program. This description will be updated soon.