Build your class's dictionary skills with this fun game. The activity allows learners to better understand dictionary usage, spelling, and vocabulary. By the end of this activity, they should be skilled word finders.

Play with words and word meanings involving the suffix -er. After reading a sample list of words, young readers look up each one in the dictionary to decide which words refer to people, animals, or objects, or have three or more...

Teams practice decoding and using context strategies to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. After verifying the meanings of words through the use of dictionaries, the Internet, thesauruses, and other sources, learners write the...

Use online dictionaries to define vocabulary words and create a visualization of word meanings through digital art. Middle schoolers go online to define assigned vocabulary words. They visualize the meanings of the words in photo...

Students interpret and analyze art for meaning and a Maya Angelou poem for meaning. For this art and literature analysis lesson, students analyze Alison Saar's "Lost and Found" and Maya Angelou's poem "Alone." Students write creative...

Ninth graders analyze the relationships for pairs of words in analogical statements to infer word meanings. In this word meanings instructional activity, 9th graders complete an analogy pre-assessment, study a chart for using analogies...

In this completing sentences activity, learners recognize word meanings. Students complete each of the twelve sentences with the word some or the word any.

For this word definitions worksheet, learners read 9 words and definitions. Students think about whether the definition is correct and fits the word. Learners write "yes" or "no".

In this word definitions worksheet, learners read 9 illustrated words with two possible definitions for each. Students choose the better definition and write "A" or "B".

In this definitions worksheet, students read ten words in a column and match them with the letter of the word or words from another column that tell the meaning.

In this word meanings worksheet, students practice choosing the correct word for the sentence. Students complete fifteen sentences by choosing the correct word for each sentence.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read sentences containing a bold word. They identify the meaning of the word by using context clues. Students complete 4 comprehension problems.

For this vocabulary worksheet, students complete each sentence with the correct word from the word pool at the top of the page. There are 10 questions on this page.

In this vocabulary activity, students choose all of the correct words that could complete the sentence. There are 11 sentences to complete.

In this vocabulary worksheet, students circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as the words in bold. There are 14 questions on this worksheet.

In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete the sentences with the correct word or phrase from the word pool. There are 9 sentences to complete.

In this literacy activity worksheet, students identify the picture and meaning for each. Students write the word that explains the meaning of the picture. Students complete 5 examples.

Learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.