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Delicious, Tasty, Yummy: Enriching Writing With Adjectives and Synonyms
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore adjectives by learning words in related groups or webs as opposed to lists. They...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Rooting out Meaning: Morpheme Match-Ups in the Primary Grades
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students engage in morphemic analysis by using their knowledge of morphemes to define words, usin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Words and Spelling
Grades: 3 to 6Subjects: English-Language ArtsThis website has several links to interactive games; suffix, prefix, root words, multiple meaning words, etc. It is a BBC websit...Contributor: Chris EckertViews: 0Favorites: 0Common Root Words
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Grammar, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis page, from Cuesta College, presents the meanings of common root words, common prefixes, number prefixes, and math and scien...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Composing Cinquain Poems with Basic Parts of Speech
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students learn about cinquain and write simple cinquain of their own. Cinquain (pronounced "...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0My World of Words: Building Vocabulary Lists
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses students' areas of interest both in and out of school to generate personalized vocabulary...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Figurative Language Awards Ceremony
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students use their background knowledge of figurative language. They listen to texts read a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Greek Mythology: Cultures and Art
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students improve their ability to analyze, reorganize, critique, and create by creating and painting my...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Figurative Language: Teaching Idioms
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore figurative language with a focus on the literal versus the metaphorical tr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Flip-a-Chip: Examining Affixes and Roots to Build Vocabulary
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to the Flip-a-Chip activity and have an opportunity to build their own pa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Flip-a-Chip
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis student interactive, from ReadWriteThink, offers a novel approach to word study that promotes vocabulary development. The a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Langston Hughes
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life and poetry of Langston Hughes. A classroom activity is featured in which studen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Using Word Webs to Teach Synonyms for Commonly Used Words
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses word webs as a tool to expose students to synonyms for common words, to help students cho...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Look in the Mythic Mirror
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Music, English-Language ArtsThis unit of eight lessons, from ARTSEDGE, focuses on Greek mythology, archetypal heroes, Classical literature, storytelling, We...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0World Hello Day
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, World History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, HumanitiesThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on "World Hello Day," started in 1973 to promote peace between Egypt and Israel. A classroo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0To, Too, or Two: Developing an Understanding of Homophones
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, focuses on the "word demons" that can complicate spelling and vocabulary. Some of the most com...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Dancing through Poetry
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, Dance, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students look at poetry as a way to express the art of dance metaphorically. Students read two differen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0As Slippery as an Eel: An Ocean Unit Exploring Simile and Metaphor
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore simile and metaphor in fiction and nonfiction ocean books. Using the figur...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Dancing Minds and Shouting Smiles: Teaching Personification Through Poetry
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Grammar, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students learn about personification by reading and discussing poems by Emily Dickinson, William ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Vocabulary & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to the concept of working dogs and how they help society. Students read a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0