In this lesson, students will receive support and prompting as they listen to informational text and then determine the meaning of one of the words in context.

Lesson that examines some of the reasons European efforts to establish colonies in the New World were often met with failure. It focuses on the story of nine Jesuit priests who started a small colony on Chesapeake Bay in the hopes of...

Did you know that chemistry can be found in your kitchen? Enter this amazing virtual world where your first stop is to the kitchen. Locate the clues and move on to the Lab Journal where you can test each item in two experiments: Cabbage...

Determining the theme is not easy; you have to use the clues the author leaves to figure it out yourself. The author implies information about the story through plot points, setting, and characters. You infer and draw conclusions based...

Help Detective Le Plant dig for clues in the soil to solve this case. You'll need to find out what soil is, why it is important, and in what kinds of soil plants grow.

At the online companion Web site of "Evolution," the seven-episode series on PBS, piece together clues to how one of our early ancestors looked as you examine images from four significant fossil finds of Australopithecus afarensis.

Interactive quizzes to help develop skill using suffixes in vocabulary. After a short introductory slide show, students are asked to identify the meaning of words in context that use similar suffixes. Next, students fill in the...

A study provides new clues as to why some respiratory diseases are linked to air pollution.

In this interactive tutorial you will explore how geologists use clues in rocks to determine the order in which rocks formed. Learn how principles of radioactivity are used to assign actual ages to rocks. Students will explore fossils...

Work against a timer as you test your ability to add and to solve word problems. Use number-line clue for help and score points. Fun activity for individuals, small groups, on an entire class.

Simple word problems challenge your subtraction skills. If you get stuck, use the clues and the number line for help.

Learners will identify clues and adjectives to describe Judith Leyster's personality and then develop and refine her characterizations through poetry writing. Using Leyster's monogram as their inspiration, they will then shift the focus...

You will learn how to use context (e.g., cause and effect or compare and contrast organizational text structures) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or multiple-meaning words.

You will learn how to determine or clarify the meaning of words using context within a sentence and in larger sections of text.

In this lesson plan, learners will use several strategies to learn the meaning of new words they encounter in text. The students will learn specific strategies so when they encounter new words, they can figure out the meaning of those...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity utilizing the book No Roses for Harry! by Gene Zionin in which students make a prediction and then support it with details from the text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided...

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students will apply what they have learned about nouns and adjectives to make complete sentences. This is a cloze activity which scaffolds learning by providing students with context...

Here is a fun crossword puzzle where young children identify body parts with given clues. Get hints when you are stumped and check your answers when you're done.

Part 2 of a series of interactive exercises concerning word roots and vocabulary skills. Site initially explains vocabulary and word roots, then allows students to complete interactive exercises.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity in which students learn to use a glossary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by Robin Johnson and...

Become a better reader with this interactive game. Hunt for pictures words with Y as a long E sound.

This is a 15-question exercise/assessment for homonyms; students select the correct word from the homonyms in the box that fits the sentence.