LambReads

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

This writing project includes two mini-lessons to use while students work on writing an essay about the states of matter. The first mini-lesson addresses brainstorming and organizing ideas. The teacher can model webbing and creating an outline about the scientific method before students explore the topic of matter. The second mini-lesson tackles linking paragraphs to make the message clear.

This is directions for two easy Valentine's Day crafts along with questions to get students to consider the purpose of the texts and the usefulness of text features.

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.

There are lots of words related to the seashore that have more than one meaning such as wave, shore, and coast. This packet includes three different worksheets for students. One asks students to look at two definitions and determine a word that can fit both definitions – one related to the seashore and another definition unrelated. The second activity asks students to think of seashore related words that can also have the listed definitions. The last page provides students with non-seashore

There are lots of words related to music that have more than one meaning. This purchase will get you four different worksheets (with answers) that challenge students to consider words such as pitch, staff, note, and measure that have multiple meanings. Differentiation is considered with word banks provided on some versions of the worksheets.

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.

There are lots of words related to measurement that have more than one meaning such as foot, yard and pound. This packet includes three different worksheets for students. One asks students to look at two definitions and determine a word that can fit both definitions – one related to measurement and another definition unrelated. The second activity asks students to think of measurement related words that can also have the listed definitions. The last page provides students with non-math rela

There are lots of words related to geometry that have more than one meaning such as slope, area and plane. This packet includes three different worksheets for students. One asks students to look at two definitions and determine a word that can fit both definitions – one related to geometry and another definition unrelated. The second activity asks students to think of geometry related words that can also have the listed definitions. The last page provides students with non-math related pict

There are lots of words related to mathematics that have more than one meaning such as factor, mean and order. This packet includes five different worksheets for students. Two ask students to look at two definitions and determine a word that can fit both definitions – one related to math and another definition unrelated. The second activity (two different worksheets) asks students to think of math related words that can also have the listed definitions. The last page provides students with

The concept circle is a vocabulary activity from Janet Allen's book, Inside Words. This organizer asks students to think about and record the connections between four words or concepts. This particular sheet includes four tier two vocabulary words that represent a diverse or numerous group (i.e. plethora). Definitions are included for the four words for teacher reference or student self-checking.