Vocabulary
Ongoing Greek and Latin Word Part Activities
Rather than just memorizing word parts, students will use those word parts to create four possible products.
Vocab Puzzle: Word Ladders
You won't believe how this spelling and vocabulary puzzle will get kids' brains sweating over the smallest of words.
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.
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Introduction
Your students will try to match up definitions that belong to the same homophone in this brain-boggling vocab puzzle.
Greek and Latin Dinosaur Names
Let's create a new dinosaur using Greek and Latin stems!
Synonym Graphs
So, which is happiest: happy, joyful, or ecstatic? Which is most temporary?
Sets of Idioms
An ongoing series to expose students to five related idioms.
Greek and Latin Word Part Paths
How can we go from Biology to Immobile?
Word Ladders: 4-Step Examples
Examples of 4-Step Word Ladders! Don't know what a Word Ladder is? I have an introduction here.
Common English Words From Other Languages
Bored with typical spelling studies? Let's dig into the origins of common English words from other languages!
Words Within Words: Intro (Soldier)
How many words can you find within SOLDIER? 20? 35? 50? Even more!?
Advanced Alliteration (and Consonance)
When students learn about alliteration, it's hard to steer them away from goofy tongue-twisters. Certainly, there must be more powerful and practical ways of using alliteration. In this lesson, I draw on delicious examples from Shakespeare to show how a very advanced writer used alliteration. Then, I break those ideas down so students can try them out.
Antonym Paths
Does the antonym of an antonym bring us back to the same meaning?
Word Pyramids
Start with a one letter word, add another letter, then add another. How tall can you make the pyramid?
Word Ladders: 5-Step Examples
Examples of 5-Step Word Ladders! Don't know what a Word Ladder is? I have an introduction here.
Word Ladders: 6-Step Examples
Examples of 6-Step Word Ladders! Don't know what a Word Ladder is? I have an introduction here.
Words Within Words: Ornament
How many words can you find within ORNAMENT?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Alpha
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Words Within Words: SCARECROW
How many words can you find within "scarecrow"?
Idiom Tasks
Four fantastically terrific tasks for a weekly idiom study.
Sets of Idioms Related to Food
Five sets of five idioms, all related to food.
Five Sets of Bird and Bug Idioms
Five sets of idioms related to birds (and bugs).
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Theta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Words Within Words: CRANBERRY
How many words can you find within "cranberry"?
Words Within Words: STUFFING
Students will build words using the letters found in "STUFFING."
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Zeta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Words Within Words: Wreath
How many words can you find within WREATH?
Sets of Idioms Related to Numbers
Two sets of idioms related to numbers.
Words Within Words: Nutcracker
How many words can you find within NUTCRACKER?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Epsilon
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Words Within Words: General
How many words can you find within "general"?
Words Within Words: Leopard
How many words can you find within "leopard"?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Beta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Words Within Words: TEACHER
How many words can you find within TEACHER?
Sets of Idioms Related to Body Parts
Five sets of five idioms, all related to body parts!
Words Within Words: Airplane
How many words can you find within airplane?
Word Pyramid: D to ASIDE
Students will move from D to ASIDE by adding one letter at each step.
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Eta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Idioms about Weather
Five sets of idioms related to the weather.
Words Within Words: Saturn
How many words can you find within Saturn?
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?
Idioms About Money
Five sets of idioms related to money.
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?
Idioms About Fire
Five sets of idioms related to fire!
Idioms About Red
Five sets of idioms related to the color red.
Word Pyramid: T to PLANET
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect T and PLANET?
Words Within Words: PARKING
How many words can you find within PARKING?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Delta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Words Within Words: WESTERN
How many words can you find within WESTERN?
Words Within Words: Menorah
How many words can you find within MENORAH?
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?
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?
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?
Words Within Words: TROMBONE
How many words can you find within TROMBONE?
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?
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?