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TEKS ELA Standard: 2.3.B

use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words

Regulating Our Emotions

Regulating Our Emotions

Tools to help your young students regulate their emotions.

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Theta

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Theta

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Eta

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Eta

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Epsilon

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Epsilon

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Delta

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Delta

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Beta

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Beta

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Alpha

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Alpha

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Antonym Paths

Antonym Paths

Does the antonym of an antonym bring us back to the same meaning?

Ambiguous Sentences

Ambiguous Sentences

Rather than just demand that students “write clearly,” we’ll explore the hazards of poorly written sentences… and maybe create one of our own!

Synonym Graphs

Synonym Graphs

So, which is happiest: happy, joyful, or ecstatic? Which is most temporary?

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.

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.

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!