Lessons tagged with "words"

Determine the Meaning of Multiple Meaning Words

Grade:: 1
Subject:: English Language Arts

Print Legibly

Grade:: 1
Subject:: English Language Arts

This writing strategies lesson focuses on printing legibly. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students practice letter spacing and printing neatly and legibly. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Blend Sounds to Make Words

Grade:: 1
Subject:: English Language Arts

This language lesson practices the blending of sounds to produce words. This lesson focuses on students’ phonological awareness, meaning they should only be listening to the words not reading them. Pictures have been animated to appear after students have blended the given sounds. It will be helpful if students are already familiar with blending and segmenting onsets and rimes prior to this lesson. Supplemental materials for Concept Development CFU and Skill Development are available for this lesson.

Describe Settings using Words and Illustrations

Grade:: 2
Subject:: English Language Arts

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.

Describe Characters Using Words and Illustrations

Grade:: 2
Subject:: English Language Arts

Decode multisyllable words

Grade:: 2
Subject:: English Language Arts

Describe Plot Using Words and Illustrations

Grade:: 2
Subject:: English Language Arts

Flashcards Determine the Meaning of Words Using Prefixes

Grade:: 3
Subject:: English Language Arts

Determine the Meaning of Non-Literal Words

Grade:: 3
Subject:: English Language Arts

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.

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 What Characters are Like by What They Say and Do

Grade:: 3
Subject:: English Language Arts

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on determining what characters are like by what they say and do. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify what a character says and does in a story to determine their character traits (e.g., smart, brave, tricky, kind, dishonest, etc.). 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

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.

Answer Questions Referring to the Text

Grade:: 3
Subject:: English Language Arts

This Common Core reading informational text lesson focuses on reading comprehension. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students will answer questions to demonstrate an understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.

Flashcards Determine the Meaning of Multiple-Meaning Words

Grade:: 3
Subject:: English Language Arts

Use a Dictionary to Locate Words

Grade:: 3
Subject:: English Language Arts

This writing strategies lesson focuses on using the organization of a dictionary to locate words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the organization of the dictionary to practice looking up words in alphabetical order. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Use Synonyms to Determine the Meaning of Words

Grade:: 3
Subject:: English Language Arts

Identify Connections Between Words and Their Use

Grade:: 3
Subject:: English Language Arts

This language lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify and use appropriate words and vocabulary based on subject matter and context.

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.

Use a Thesaurus to Locate Words

Grade:: 3
Subject:: English Language Arts

This writing strategies lesson focuses on using the organization of a thesaurus to locate words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the organization of the thesaurus (synonyms, antonyms, etc) to practice looking up new words. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Determine What Characters are Like

Grade:: 3
Subject:: English Language Arts

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on determining what characters are like by how the author and illustrator portray them. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the written words of an author and the details in an illustration by an illustrator to determine what characters are like. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Flashcards Use Antonyms

Grade:: 4
Subject:: English Language Arts

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.

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.

Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues

Grade:: 4
Subject:: English Language Arts

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.

Form and Use Progressive Tense Verbs

Grade:: 4
Subject:: English Language Arts

This language lesson covers how to form and use progressive tense verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a pair of sentences, identify the verbs, and then identify which sentence contains the progressive tense verb.

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.

Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion

Grade:: 4
Subject:: English Language Arts

This reading comprehension lesson focuses on distinguishing between fact and opinion. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and label each sentence as fact or opinion. Students must defend their answers. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Use Quotation Marks Around the Exact Words of a Speaker

Grade:: 4
Subject:: English Language Arts

This writing conventions lesson focuses on using quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and identify the dialog tag. Then, they punctuate the sentence with quotation marks and read the sentence again, paying attention to the quotation marks. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

Flashcards Determine the Meaning of Words Using Roots

Grade:: 5
Subject:: English Language Arts

Explain Antonyms Using Text

Grade:: 5
Subject:: English Language Arts

Use Suffixes to Analyze the Meaning of Words

Grade:: 5
Subject:: English Language Arts

Spell Words Correctly

Grade:: 6
Subject:: English Language Arts

This writing conventions lesson focuses on spelling words correctly. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students practice spelling words correctly using six different spelling rules about adding suffixes to the end of words. In addition to the lesson, there are 12 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.

Use a Variable to Write an Algebraic Expression

Grade:: 6
Subject:: Math

This algebra and functions lesson focuses on using a variable to write an algebraic expression. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the problem, identifying the unknown amount, the given number or known amount, and the operation (using clue words or actions such as sum, difference, product, or quotient). Then, they write the algebraic expression. 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 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.