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Multiple Meaning Matcher – Zeta
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Zeta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Word Pyramid: D to ASIDE
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
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Eta
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Eta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Geosynth (Greek and Latin)
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 Ladder: Wild to Tame (5-steps)
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
Words Within Words: TEACHER
Words Within Words: TEACHER
How many words can you find within TEACHER?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: AIRPLANE
Words Within Words: AIRPLANE
How many words can you find within airplane?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: WREATH
Words Within Words: WREATH
How many words can you find within WREATH?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder: Fly to Bee (6-steps)
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
Words Within Words: COBWEB
Words Within Words: COBWEB
How many words can you find within COBWEB?
Gr 3-8
Greekymon Studies – Round 3
Greekymon Studies – Round 3
What might a creature named “Aquacornus Rex” be like?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: PATRICK
Words Within Words: PATRICK
How many words can you find within Patrick?
Gr 2-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Beta
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Beta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Idioms About Fire
Idioms About Fire
Five sets of idioms related to fire!
Gr 2-8
Word Ladder: Fire to Warm (4 Steps)
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: Intro (SOLDIER)
Words Within Words: Intro (SOLDIER)
How many words can you find within SOLDIER? 20? 35? 50? Even more!?
Gr 3-8
Sets of Idioms
Sets of Idioms
Why do we say ‘break a leg’? Five themed sets of idioms your students will actually remember.
Gr 2-8
Word Ladder: Sky to Red (5-steps)
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
Words Within Words: PARKING
Words Within Words: PARKING
How many words can you find within PARKING?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: IRELAND
Words Within Words: IRELAND
How many words can you find within Ireland?
Gr 2-8
Sets of Idioms Related to Food
Sets of Idioms Related to Food
Five sets of five idioms, all related to food.
Gr 2-8
Words Within Words: MENORAH
Words Within Words: MENORAH
How many words can you find within MENORAH?
Gr 3-8
Word Pyramid: O to Stones
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
Chronosonarium (Greek and Latin)
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
Greek and Latin Word Part Paths
Greek and Latin Word Part Paths
How can we go from Biology to Immobile?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: WESTERN
Words Within Words: WESTERN
How many words can you find within WESTERN?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder: Fast to Race (4 step)
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
Words Within Words: STUFFING
Words Within Words: STUFFING
How many words are hiding inside STUFFING? More than you think.
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: SATURN
Words Within Words: SATURN
How many words can you find within Saturn?
Gr 3-8
Idiom Tasks
Idiom Tasks
Four fantastically terrific tasks for a weekly idiom study.
Gr 2-8
Word Ladder: Foot to Shoe (4 Steps)
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
Common English Words From Other Languages
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
Antonym Paths
Antonym Paths
Does the antonym of an antonym bring us back to the same meaning?
Gr 3-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Epsilon
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Epsilon
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Theta
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Theta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Word Pyramid: U to Brush
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
Idioms about Weather
Idioms about Weather
Five sets of idioms related to the weather.
Gr 2-8
Words Within Words: February
Words Within Words: February
How many words can you find within February?
Gr 2-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Five Sets of Bird and Bug Idioms
Five Sets of Bird and Bug Idioms
Five sets of idioms related to birds (and bugs).
Gr 2-8
Idioms About Red
Idioms About Red
Five sets of idioms related to the color red.
Gr 2-8
Words Within Words: Chocolate
Words Within Words: Chocolate
How many words can you find within Chocolate?
Gr 2-8
Word Pyramid: T to Patch
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
Greek and Latin Dinosaur Names
Greek and Latin Dinosaur Names
Let’s create a new dinosaur using Greek and Latin stems!
Gr 3
Word Ladder: East to West (4 Steps)
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 Numbers
Sets of Idioms Related to Numbers
Two sets of idioms related to numbers.
Gr 2-8
Words Within Words: ORNAMENT
Words Within Words: ORNAMENT
How many words can you find within ORNAMENT?
Gr 3-8
Word Pyramid: I to LIONS
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 Pyramid: M to CAMPUS
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
Word Ladder: Arm to Leg (6-steps)
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
Words Within Words: GENERAL
Words Within Words: GENERAL
How many words can you find within “general”?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder – Cold to Cool (5-Steps)
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: SCARECROW
Words Within Words: SCARECROW
How many words can you find within “scarecrow”?
Gr 2-8
Word Ladders Introduction
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
Word Ladder – Tea to Hot (5-steps)
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
Words Within Words: NUTCRACKER
Words Within Words: NUTCRACKER
How many words can you find within NUTCRACKER?
Gr 3-8
Idioms About Money
Idioms About Money
Five sets of idioms related to money.
Gr 2-8
Words Within Words: CORNMAZE
Words Within Words: CORNMAZE
How many words can you find within CORNMAZE?
Gr 3-8
Antagonyms: Dust, Clip, and Left
Antagonyms: Dust, Clip, and Left
Dust can mean “remove dust” but also “add more dust!”
Gr 2-8
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Alpha
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Alpha
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Synonym Graphs
Synonym Graphs
So, which is happiest: happy, joyful, or ecstatic? Which is most temporary?
Gr 1-8
Word Pyramid: P to PLAINS
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
Sets of Idioms Related to Body Parts
Sets of Idioms Related to Body Parts
Five sets of five idioms, all related to body parts!
Gr 2-8
Greekymon Studies – Round 2
Greekymon Studies – Round 2
What might a creature named “Hypermnemonicus” be like?
Gr 3-8
Word Pyramid: H to CRASH
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
Word Ladder: Two to Six (6-steps)
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
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Delta
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Delta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Gr 2-8
Hydromagnaphone (Greek and Latin)
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
Word Pyramid: T to PLANET
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: LATKES
Words Within Words: LATKES
How many words can you find within LATKES?
Gr 3-8
Plexidemokinesis (Greek and Latin)
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
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Introduction
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
Pyrostasis (Greek and Latin)
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
Greekymon Studies – Round 1
Greekymon Studies – Round 1
What might a creature named “Ursolunascope” be like?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: CRANBERRY
Words Within Words: CRANBERRY
How many words can you find within “cranberry”?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: LEOPARD
Words Within Words: LEOPARD
How many words can you find within “leopard”?
Gr 3-8
Words Within Words: RAINBOW
Words Within Words: RAINBOW
How many words can you find within rainbow?
Gr 2-8
Jabberwocky and Context Clues
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
Word Ladder: Band to Sing (4 Steps)
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: Work to Hard (4 Steps)
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
Words Within Words: TROMBONE
Words Within Words: TROMBONE
How many words can you find within TROMBONE?
Gr 3-8
Word Ladder – Sun to Hot (5-steps)
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
Greekymon
Greekymon
Rather than just memorizing word parts, students will use those word parts to create four possible products.
Gr 3-8
Word Pyramids
Word Pyramids
Start with a one letter word, add another letter, then add another. How tall can you make the pyramid?
Gr 3-8
Thermocryptograph (Greek and Latin)
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
Aquamorphotron (Greek and Latin)
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
Word Ladder: Kid to Old (5-steps)
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
Psycholunaphase (Greek and Latin)
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