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Words Within Words: RAINBOW
How many words can you find within rainbow?
Gr 2-8
Words Within Words: GENERAL
How many words can you find within “general”?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: CRANBERRY
How many words can you find within “cranberry”?
Gr 3-8
Greekymon
Rather than just memorizing word parts, students will use those word parts to create four possible products.
Gr 3-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Eta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Words Within Words: NUTCRACKER
How many words can you find within NUTCRACKER?
Gr 3-8
Greekymon Studies – Round 3
What might a creature named “Aquacornus Rex” be like?
Gr 3-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Theta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Synonym Graphs
So, which is
happiest
: happy, joyful, or ecstatic? Which is most temporary?
Gr 1-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Epsilon
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Word Ladder: Band to Sing (4 Steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder: Arm to Leg (6-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Psycholunaphase (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Psycholunaphase? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it
should
mean, then invent the creature, device, or spell it describes.
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: Intro (SOLDIER)
How many words can you find within SOLDIER? 20? 35? 50? Even more!?
Gr 3-8
Antonym Paths
Does the antonym of an antonym bring us back to the same meaning?
Gr 3-8
Idioms About Fire
Five sets of idioms related to fire!
Gr 2-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Delta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Word Pyramid: D to ASIDE
One letter. Add another. And another. How tall can you build the pyramid before you run out of words?
Gr 3-8
Thermocryptograph (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Thermocryptograph? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it
should
mean, then invent what it describes.
Gr 3-8
Idioms About Money
Five sets of idioms related to money.
Gr 2-8
Antagonyms: Dust, Clip, and Left
Dust can mean “remove dust” but also “add more dust!”
Gr 2-8
Chronosonarium (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Chronosonarium? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it
should
mean, then invent what it describes.
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder: Fly to Bee (6-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Beta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Word Pyramids
Start with a one letter word, add another letter, then add another. How tall can you make the pyramid?
Gr 3-8
Word Pyramid: I to LIONS
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder: Kid to Old (5-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder – Tea to Hot (5-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladders Introduction
You won’t believe how this spelling and vocabulary puzzle will get kids’ brains sweating over the smallest of words.
Gr 3-8
Sets of Idioms Related to Food
Five sets of five idioms, all related to food.
Gr 2-8
Words Within Words: COBWEB
How many words can you find within COBWEB?
Gr 3-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Word Ladder – Cold to Cool (5-Steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: SATURN
How many words can you find within Saturn?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: AIRPLANE
How many words can you find within airplane?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: February
How many words can you find within February?
Gr 2-8
Word Ladder: Two to Six (6-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: LEOPARD
How many words can you find within “leopard”?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder: Sky to Red (5-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Word Pyramid: M to CAMPUS
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: TROMBONE
How many words can you find within TROMBONE?
Gr 3-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Alpha
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Word Ladder: East to West (4 Steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Sets of Idioms Related to Body Parts
Five sets of five idioms, all related to body parts!
Gr 2-8
Word Pyramid: T to Patch
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Gr 3-8
Common English Words From Other Languages
Bored with typical spelling studies? Let’s dig into the origins of common English words from other languages!
Gr 2-8
Pyrostasis (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Pyrostasis? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it
should
mean, then invent what it describes.
Gr 3-8
Five Sets of Bird and Bug Idioms
Five sets of idioms related to birds (and bugs).
Gr 2-8
Words Within Words: STUFFING
How many words are hiding inside STUFFING? More than you think.
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: LATKES
How many words can you find within LATKES?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder: Wild to Tame (5-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder – Sun to Hot (5-steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: Chocolate
How many words can you find within Chocolate?
Gr 2-8
Words Within Words: WREATH
How many words can you find within WREATH?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder: Fast to Race (4 step)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Word Pyramid: H to CRASH
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Gr 3-8
Greekymon Studies – Round 2
What might a creature named “Hypermnemonicus” be like?
Gr 3-8
Idioms About Red
Five sets of idioms related to the color red.
Gr 2-8
Aquamorphotron (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Aquamorphotron? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it
should
mean, then invent what it describes.
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: TEACHER
How many words can you find within TEACHER?
Gr 3-8
Greek and Latin Dinosaur Names
Let’s create a new dinosaur using Greek and Latin stems!
Gr 3
Idiom Tasks
Four fantastically terrific tasks for a weekly idiom study.
Gr 2-8
Words Within Words: ORNAMENT
How many words can you find within ORNAMENT?
Gr 3-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Introduction
Your students will try to match up definitions that belong to the same homophone in this brain-boggling vocab puzzle.
Gr 2-8
Greek and Latin Word Part Paths
How can we go from
Biology
to
Immobile
?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: SCARECROW
How many words can you find within “scarecrow”?
Gr 2-8
Word Pyramid: T to PLANET
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect T and PLANET?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: CORNMAZE
How many words can you find within CORNMAZE?
Gr 3-8
Plexidemokinesis (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Plexidemokinesis? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it
should
mean, then invent what it describes.
Gr 3-8
Geosynth (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Geosynth? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it
should
mean, then invent what it describes.
Gr 3-8
Word Pyramid: U to Brush
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder: Foot to Shoe (4 Steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: PARKING
How many words can you find within PARKING?
Gr 3-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Zeta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Sets of Idioms
Why do we say ‘break a leg’? Five themed sets of idioms your students will actually remember.
Gr 2-8
Word Pyramid: P to PLAINS
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder: Work to Hard (4 Steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Greekymon Studies – Round 1
What might a creature named “Ursolunascope” be like?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: MENORAH
How many words can you find within MENORAH?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder: Fire to Warm (4 Steps)
COLD to COOL. BAND to SING. Change one letter at a time — can you find the path?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: WESTERN
How many words can you find within WESTERN?
Gr 3-8
Sets of Idioms Related to Numbers
Two sets of idioms related to numbers.
Gr 2-8
Hydromagnaphone (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Hydromagnaphone? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it
should
mean, then invent what it describes.
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: PATRICK
How many words can you find within Patrick?
Gr 2-8
Word Pyramid: O to Stones
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Gr 3-8
Idioms about Weather
Five sets of idioms related to the weather.
Gr 2-8
Jabberwocky and Context Clues
Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words (“Jabberwocky”) and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it’s only natural for students to write
their own nonsense poems.
Gr 2-8
Words Within Words: IRELAND
How many words can you find within Ireland?
Gr 2-8