A fabulous language arts lesson has readers focus on the vocabulary in the key words, expand and build new vocabulary, and practice three grammar concepts. They recognize key words as they relate to communicating at work. Pupils build...

Following extensive modeling about how to apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to learn new words, partner teams create brief word presentations to teach new vocabulary to the class. Preselect words from upcoming social studies,...

This detailed overview of a curriculum unit suggests using travel literature to engage and stimulate your third graders’ interest in reading. The suggested reading list includes fiction and non-fiction materials and offers urban children...

Review myths and the characters therein, connecting them to vocabulary words in the English language today. Begin by searching online for myths and character names. With at least ten names that are familiar English words, learners use...

Here is a prefixes and suffixes worksheet in which learners take a root word from column one and add a prefix or suffix from column two to make a word. They make five words.

In this identifying the base words worksheet, young scholars read two columns of words and write their root words, use a dictionary to find new words that use the root words from the word list, and read common prefixes and create new...

Students determine the origin of everyday words. In this language and literacy lesson plan, the teacher identifies words that students use that have roots in another language, then students work in pairs to determine the original...

In this match the suffixes 3 instructional activity, learners enter the number from the suffix column in the box next to the root word, interactively, with the ability to get answers or check answers.

Students review prefixes and root words then complete a Root Words worksheet. An answer sheet is provided with the lesson.

Sixth graders identify word parts, such as prefixes, suffixes, and root words by cutting and pasting. After a lecture/demo, 6th graders utilize worksheets imbedded in this plan to gain practice working with these parts of speech.