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Four poems from www.gigglepoetry.com are used to ask students to make inferences by adding clues from the text with prior knowledge.

Two poems from www.gigglepoetry.com are used to ask questions about elements of poetry and making inferences.

Make your vocabulary instruction more interesting and engaging with over 20 activities and strategies that encourage students to interact with words. Directions and student record sheets (when applicable) are included for nearly two dozen interactive vocabulary activities.

Two sets of 18 dominoes - pictures on one side and l blends on the other. One set for bl, cl and fl; another set for gl, pl and sl. Students match the pictures to the beginning l blend. These can be used during small group instruction or in a phonics center. Laminate to use again and again, or send home with students for extra practice.

Help your students master these 26 essential academic vocabulary words. These vocabulary tasks have been designed to help students understand and practice using essential vocabulary that appears routinely on standardized tests. The tasks could be utilized in conjunction with a Word of the Week. Each page highlights a specific vocabulary term and provides a definition, variations of the word, an explanation and/or examples of the word in use, and a selection of short student activities based o

This is a perfect warm-up activity for students or adults. Participants read the 22 clues (i.e. "can't hold on to anything" and "famous former baseball player") and try to determine the appropriate candy (i.e. Butterfingers and Babe Ruth). Could be used as a cooperative learning activity or as a contest to see who can solve the most correctly first. An answer key is included.

Multiple meaning words are often confusing for students, especially English Language Learners. This sheet gives ideas for using/modifying commercial board games such as Balderdash and Outburst to have students work with polysemous words. Different suggestions allow for students to use both words and pictures to demonstrate knowledge of multiple meanings.

I have... Who has... is a cooperative learning activity that has also been called the "loop game." Each student is given a card with a question and answer that do not match. The first student reads aloud their question. The classmate with the answer then reads their card. The activity continues until the last question is asked which the first person will have the answer for. This set of cards are all related to the characteristics of drama/plays.

Five mini-lessons to use while students work on writing their own fable. Excerpts from fables and folklore are provided for teacher modeling as well as opportunities for guided or independent student practice. Mini-lesson topics include characteristics of a fable, conveying a message or lesson, writing interesting hooks, using specific nouns, and proofreading.

This worksheet includes clues for the four parts of reciprocal teaching (predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing) and space to record student thinking about each part.

This bookmark includes clues and cues for the four parts of reciprocal teaching: predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing.

Multiple meaning words are a source of confusion for many students, especially English Language Learners. This direction sheet explains how students can make a flap book focusing on polysemous words. Students can be challenged to write multiple definitions and/or draw pictures. They then can try to use two different contexts of a word in a single sentence.

This a strategy to use when breaking words into syllables. Three simple steps and it works all the time.

Multiple meaning words can be tricky for many students. This worksheet asks students to think about parts of the body that can have multiple meanings (i.e. a calf can be a baby cow or the lower part of your leg).

This is a writing unit for a personal narrative. It includes a writing prompt and eight mini-lessons for organizing ideas, writing hooks, using specific nouns and vivid verbs, differentiating homophones editing. Mini-lessons include examples from literature for teacher modeling and guided practice opportunities for students.

Thirty dominoes with pictures depicting different meanings of polysemous words. Students try to connect the dominoes by matching two pictures that represent a single multiple meaning vocabulary word. Perfect for small group instruction, collaborative literacy center or independent practice. Answers provided.

This graphic organizer makes an analogy between writing a paragraph to a burger. The first sheet allows for teacher modeling and/or student practice with adding details (meat, cheese, lettuce) to a topic and conclusion sentence (the bun). The directions explain that just like you cannot build a good sandwich without ingredients to put between the bread, you cannot build a good paragraph without interesting details. Topics for this activity include friendships, computers, and reading. The se

Students decide if words on the 18 pencils belong to Carmen or Cecelia depending on whether the words on the fish contain a hard or soft c. This worksheet is appropriate for guided instructional practice or independent follow-up to instruction.

Students will work in groups to chart 10 trials of one person dropping a ruler for another to catch. This performance task provides students with cooperative group experience that includes independent reflection or questioning as follow-up. The task consists of a teacher direction sheet with sample performance criteria or exemplary responses and student activity sheets. When students are engaged in the performance tasks they should follow this basic format: • The teacher introduces the task

Multiple meaning words are often confusing for students, especially English Language Learners. This activity directs students to think of several definitions or contexts for one polysemous word (i.e. run or light). Students create a wheel using two paper plates, one with a cut out window. They can use words and/or pictures to demonstrate knowledge of multiple meanings.