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

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.

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.

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.

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.

24 dominoes - pictures on one side and s blends (sm, sn, sp, st, and sw) on the other. These can be used during small group instruction or in a phonics center. Students match the pictures to the beginning s blend.

Students decide if words on the 18 fish belong to George or Gabe depending on whether the words contain a hard or soft. This worksheet is appropriate for guided or independent follow-up to instruction.

Multiple meaning words are a source of confusion for many students, especially English Language Learners. This graphic organizer asks students to locate predetermined polysemous words in a text and select the correct definition based on the context of the story. Teacher preparation includes selecting multiple meaning words in a text and recording two possible definitions for each word.

Students cut out and connect two wheels using a brad. The inner wheel contains the words under, over, up and down. Students spin the wheel to create and record compound words such as upstairs, overhand, and download.

This is a planning sheet to help teachers consider four essential questions in instructional planning– What do you want students to learn? How will you know they have learned it? What will you do for students that struggle? What will you do for students that demonstrate mastering of the target skills/strategies?

Eight different Bingo cards all with the same 20 high-frequency words. The words are in different spaces on each board. Word List: a, and, we, be, come, do, go, good, I, jump, little, play, not, run, see, the, up, very, what, you

This is a planning sheet to help teachers consider all essential components of a balanced literacy reading/language arts block of instruction. Word knowledge, vocabulary, comprehension and writing are all addressed in this planning sheet.

Students are challenged to create compound words using words from two different boxes. Over 15 words can be created beginning with under, over, high or any.

Isabel Beck, Margaret McKeown, and Linda Kucan suggest that teachers select 3-4 tier two vocabulary words in read aloud books to discuss with students. In their book, Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction, they suggest that teachers prepare questions to guide the oral discussion of vocabulary to help students build deeper understanding of words. This sheet provides three words and sample questions that could be used with the book, Testing Miss Malarkey by Kevin O'Malley.