Houghton Mifflin® (2003) support for 2nd grade story The Great Ball Game by Joseph Bruchac. Build vocabulary in meaningful context. There are 3 sheets including an antonym, synonym, and homophone word search. Students search through the story to locate synonyms, antonyms, and homophones. Then the students write the word in a sentence. This activity helps to expand students' vocabulary in a more meaningful way.

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I have taught for 13 years in a socioeconomically disadvantaged title one elementary school. I have taught 1st,2nd,and 3rd grade.
