Homeschool Vocabulary Google Apps

Are you looking for comprehensive, no-prep (sub-plans), H-digraph interactive lessons? This digital phonics bundle has maze reading, tongue twisters, whole class reward systems, consonant digraphs worksheets, PLUS a review lesson of all five digraphs, and so, so much MORE.

This bundle saves you 20% on all six lessons PLUS you get this bonus file:

Consonant Digraph Learning Station Activities | H Brothers CH, SH, TH, WH, PH

Problem Types Include: identifying the CH, WH, TH, PH, SH digraphs through sound, sight, and writing

Solving teacher problems: 

⭐ includes games students BEG to play

⭐ capturing - and sustaining - students’ attention for each lesson

⭐ TRUE zero-prep lessons with activities. Pull these lessons out in a pinch!

⭐ parents/guardians can use this for a fun homeschooling lesson

I use these very same lessons in my own classroom and I’ve become popular for getting quiet, shy, and unwilling students to participate and have fun!

NOTE: This resource includes both a Google Slide™ presentation and printable worksheets for each lesson. Please review the product images and preview for samples of the included slides and pages.

Each Presentation Includes:

   ✏ structured and guided teacher notes for a true no-prep product

   ✏ digital detailed lesson plan for quick reference 

   ✏ an exciting built-in reward system (students love this feature!)

   ✏ a fun and silly warm-up question to get students engaged

   ✏ topic warm-up question and topic introduction

   ✏ examples of H Digraph sounds in the beginning, middle, and end of words with pictures

   ✏ unscrambling the H-digraph word activity

   ✏ visual activities for students to find pictures of a CH, SH, WH, TH, or PH sound, as well as activities to find what sound pictures have in common

   ✏ identifying the H-brother word within a group of words activity

   ✏ digital consonant digraph tongue twister

   ✏ images of the printable worksheets for easy instruction

   ✏ My signature Adventure Time with Mavis the Monster game (students love how much Mavis gets into trouble!)

   ✏ Monster Maze! (students must read the h-brother words to see where the monster is going!)

The Worksheets for Each Product Include**:**

   ✏ 1 comprehensive lesson plan

   ✏ 2 craft activities (cut and paste)

   ✏ 2 group activities (working in small groups)

   ✏ 2 enrichment worksheets

   ✏ 1 homework sheet to strengthen retention

   ✏ 4 different exit tickets/slips

   ✏ 1 digraph tongue twister

   ✏ No prep! Simply print and distribute (with or without the presentation) 

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Empower your students to navigate the ever-changing landscape of emotions with our comprehensive Social-Emotional Learning Bundle!

This interactive, Google-compatible resource pack provides everything you need to equip your students with the tools for emotional mastery.

Here's what sets this bundle apart:

• 3 Engaging Presentations: Dive deep into different emotions and situations with our interactive presentations. Students will gain valuable insights and discover effective strategies for managing their feelings.
• Master the Art of Self-Regulation: Promote stress relief and emotional control with our library of deep breathing exercises.
• Unlock Self-Discovery: Foster self-reflection and emotional intelligence with 19 captivating writing prompts.
• Practice Makes Perfect: Solidify learning with 5 engaging worksheet activities that reinforce social-emotional skills.

This isn't just about managing emotions – it's about building a foundation for success!

By utilizing this bundle, your students will develop:

• Resilience: Equip them to bounce back from challenges with confidence.
• Empathy: Foster stronger connections with classmates through understanding others' feelings.
• Emotional Intelligence: Cultivate the ability to understand and manage their own emotions effectively.

Invest in your students' social-emotional well-being today!

This comprehensive and effective resource empowers them to navigate life's emotional terrain with confidence and clarity.

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Purpose: These fourth grade McGraw Hill introductory Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for Unit 4:

See How They Run

LaRue for Mayor

The Moon Over Star

Why Does the Moon Change Shape?

Poems-Swimming to the Rock and The Moondust Footprint

2017 edition

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key**:**

Google Slides:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

(look over each individual lesson for vocabulary words)

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks

These lessons are also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy!

From Kiwious about Vocab

Context Clues Activities: Reading Passages, Worksheets, & Anchor Charts BUNDLE for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade

This Context Clues Activities BUNDLE contains three files: Context Clues Task Cards for 4th-6th grade, Context Clues Worksheets for 4th-6th grade, and Context Clues Reading Passages for 4th-6th grade.

The individual listings can be found here:

• CONTEXT CLUES READING PASSAGES FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES TASK CARDS FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES PRINTABLES FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE

Context Clues Task Cards Description:

These context clues task cards and activities were created for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. It requires students to use context to make meaning, as well as identify the words or phrases that helped them understand the meaning of an unknown word.

This context clues task cards product includes:

• anchor charts that will help students identify clues in text
• 34 task cards on half sheets
• answer sheet
• answer key

The following vocabulary words are used in this context clues product: rendition, momentum, abundance, deliberately, durable, qualified, technique, postponed, morale, eligible, subsequent, indicated, compartment, diverged, scarce, hindsight, archaic, acquaintance, savory, contagious, antisocial, accountable, endeavor, aversion, implemented, emphatically, emphasis, rigorous, reference, prominent, deterrent, plethora, fatigue, obscure

These context clues task cards can be used in stations, small groups, centers, or for early finishers and includes answer sheets as well as the answer keys.

Context Clues Worksheets Description:

This Context Clues Worksheets and Anchor Charts product offers print and go, common core aligned, context clues activities for 4th-6th grade.

This context clues activity includes:

• 4 instructional pages
• 4 pages of multiple choice questions
• 4 pages of fill in the blank
• 2 pages of stories followed by worksheets that ask students to define underlined words using context clues (and also look them up in the dictionary to check for accuracy)
• corresponding answer keys

This context clues product includes the following vocabulary words: provoke, hoax, monotonous, unanimous, frugal, vital, contaminated, persecute, remorse, versatile, meager, stifled, cordial, discretion, duration, confiscated, alternate, comply, bland, treacherous, deprive, crumbled, predicament, lucrative, reminiscing, retaliate, punctured, dominant, absurd, prohibited, inevitable, exhibiting, omitted, priority, probably, lenient, infuriated, predominantly, entice, drastic, abruptly, questionable, alleviate, straightforward, instantaneous, retrieve, attire, contribute, pleaded, disposition, compromise, headway, shrewd, bargain, comply, stipulations, commiserated, muffled, mutual, vindicated, and ascended

Context Clues Reading Passages Description:

This Context Clues Reading Passages and Anchor Charts product offers print and go, common core aligned, context clues activities for 4th-6th grade. Please note this file was updated to include a digital distance learning option on 3/29/20.

This context clues activities pack includes:

• 4 instructional pages to help students search for context clues in text
• 3 different full page reading passages: one narrative fiction, one diary entry, and one newspaper article
• 4 pages of printable worksheets for each passage (all written specifically to help students learn how to use context clues to extract meaning)
• ALL worksheets do have a corresponding answer key as well

Note: These context clues activities are meant to accompany dictionaries at the teacher's discretion so that students can check the accuracy of their work.

These vocabulary words are used to teach context clues in this product: proceeded, hesitantly, odor, revolting, putrid, intensifying, singe, desperate, rapped, trepidation, defeated, clutched, urgency, retorted, investigate, nonsensical, impact, residual, outcome, unfamiliar, ordinary, instructed, intuitively, sensation, accumulation, intimidated, chortled, ludicrous, feverishly, withdrew, residents, astonished, descend, ejected, unfortunate, eyewitnesses, inflicted, debris, dilapidated, stabilized, assessed, precise, acclaimed, renowned, apprised

NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

These products includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

If you teach in a multi-level classroom, have students with a very wide range of needs, or are meeting the needs of students with varying language abilities or students acquiring English, the MULTI-LEVEL MEGA BUNDLE for Context Clues might be right for you. You can check it out here:

• CONTEXT CLUES MULTI-LEVEL MEGA BUNDLE

Searching for context clues activities geared for 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade (please note that there is a context clues bundle for 2nd-4th grade):

• CONTEXT CLUES TASK CARDS FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES READING PASSAGES FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEETS FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES BUNDLE FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE

The following context clues products have been created for 3rd-5th grade (please note that there is a context clues bundle for 3rd-5th grade):

• CONTEXT CLUES TASK CARDS FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES READING PASSAGES FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEETS FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES BUNDLE FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE

The following context clues products have been created for 4th-6th grade (please note that there is a context clues bundle for 4th-6th grade):

• CONTEXT CLUES READING PASSAGES FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES TASK CARDS FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEETS FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES BUNDLE FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE

Grade 7-10 Vocabulary Unit.

Designed to improve student vocabulary, reading, writing, and oral communication. This unit is scaffolded and includes lots of review to ensure student success. Teaching Duration is 2 + months. Includes teacher instructions.

Includes:

PowerPoint with 40 list words (word of the day) PowerPoint and Google Slides

Antonyms, synonyms, word prediction, sample sentences, connotation/denotation, part of speech and etymology. (word origin)

Word Wall

Student Notes (Google Slides and PDF)

Includes 4 pre quizzes and quizzes with teacher answer sheets PDF and Google Slides.

Unit Test and pre test with teacher answer sheets PDF and Google Slides

4 sets of crosswords with definitions matching and teacher answer sheets

4 spin and review centers with student work sheets

4 Quizlet Links and Final Review Blooket Link

This is a Zip File and includes, PDF's, Google Links, Microsoft PowerPoint and MS Word and links to Quizlets and Blooket Games.

Looking for engaging and educational activities to celebrate spring and Easter with your students? Look no further than the Easter Bundle! This limited-time collection of interactive Google Slides worksheets and crafts is packed with egg-citing resources designed to boost learning and fun!

Here's what the Easter Bundle offers your students:

• A Variety of Interactive Google Slides Activities: The bundle includes a mix of worksheets that cater to different learning styles and age groups. With fun exercises and informative content, students will stay engaged while mastering key concepts.
• Egg-cellent Math: The bundle incorporates math exercises that are both fun and educational. Students will practice essential skills in a creative Easter theme, making learning enjoyable.
• Creative Easter Crafts: Let your students' creativity blossom with the Easter-themed crafts included in the bundle. These hands-on activities are a perfect way to celebrate the season and allow students to express themselves.
• Perfect for the Spring Season: The Easter Bundle's engaging activities are ideal for incorporating springtime learning into your classroom curriculum.

Benefits for Students:

• Boosts Engagement: Interactive Google Slides activities and creative crafts will keep students excited and motivated to learn.
• Reinforces Learning: The bundle's activities are designed to reinforce core concepts in a fun and thematic way.
• Promotes Creativity: Easter-themed crafts provide a platform for students to express themselves creatively.
• Celebrates the Season: The bundle allows you to incorporate the joy of Easter and spring into your classroom lessons.

Don't miss out on this limited-time offer! Grab the Easter Bundle today and watch your students hop into learning and celebration this spring!

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These fourth grade McGraw Hill UNIT 5 introductory Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment :

Mama, I'll Give You the World

Apples to Oregon

How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning

A Drop of Water

Rediscovering Our Spanish Beginnings
2017 edition

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key**:**

Google Slides:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text. (look over each individual lesson for vocabulary words)

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks

These lessons are also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy!

From Kiwious about Vocab

The Word Collector Vocabulary Activities: Fancy Word of the Week BUNDLE

All the Word Collector Vocabulary Activities in this bundle now include a digital distance learning option in Google Slides™. Please refer to the final 7 pages of each product file for the instructions and links.

Word Collector Activities! Are you looking for engaging AND fancy vocabulary words for a wide range of grade levels? This vocabulary product pairs perfectly with the book The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds and works for students from 4th to 9th grade.

Fancy Vocabulary Words and Activities BUNDLE:

PLEASE READ PRIOR TO PURCHASING THIS FANCY WORDS VOCABULARY BUNDLE: You might be interested in purchasing this vocabulary BUNDLE if you work with multiple levels of students, want to have a variety of fancy vocabulary words to choose from based on the varying needs of your students, or just love fancy vocabulary words and want to have a larger pool of words to choose from. PLEASE NOTE: Level 3 vocabulary words may be too difficult for 3rd-5th grade (unless there is extra support or if you work with very high achieving students).

Please check out each individual vocabulary product links here:

• FANCY VOCABULARY WORD OF THE WEEK {LEVEL ONE}
• FANCY VOCABULARY WORD OF THE WEEK {LEVEL TWO}
• FANCY VOCABULARY WORD OF THE WEEK {LEVEL THREE}

Each product includes half sheet vocabulary poster cards (42 words per product), a few instructional pages, as well as 42 ready-to-use printable pages that correspond to each vocabulary word (per product).

There are a variety of ways you can use this product (introduce 1-3 vocabulary words each week, create a vocabulary booklet at the beginning of the year, or use each vocabulary word as you see fit). This vocabulary product is sure to be challenging for every student in your class!

This BUNDLED FILE includes the following words:

• awkward
• bedazzle
• befuddle
• blubber
• boondoggle
• dilly-dally
• dollop
• doozy
• effervescent
• enchanted
• etiquette
• exaggeration
• exuberant
• felicity
• flabbergasted
• gobbledygook
• hogwash
• iridescent
• jimjams
• klutz
• kumquat
• lackluster
• lickety-split
• lollygag
• mediocre
• myriad
• namby-pamby
• nincompoop
• oodles
• peeve
• perplexed
• plethora
• rambunctious
• ramshackle
• sarcasm
• serendipity
• skedaddle
• spew
• squabble
• succulent
• tranquil
• vamoose
• accolade
• adroit
• alienate
• anomaly
• asinine
• bamboozle
• bauble
• beguile
• cahoots
• catawampus
• cockamamie
• conniption
• decrepit
• dingus
• discombobulate
• elicit
• epiphany
• finagle
• flummoxed
• harangue
• hodgepodge
• hoity-toity
• hootenanny
• inadvertent
• incredulous
• kibosh
• loathe
• luminescent
• malarkey
• mollycoddle
• onomatopoeia
• ornery
• oviparous
• phenomenon
• razzmatazz
• rickshaw
• rigmarole
• shenanigans
• squeegee
• thwart
• toupee
• whirligig
• albeit
• amorphous
• auspicious
• bodacious
• cacophony
• cantankerous
• caveat
• chicanery
• circumvent
• codswallop
• defunct
• deleterious
• epitome
• ethereal
• evanescent
• expunge
• facetious
• fatuous
• furtive
• indubitable
• infinitesimal
• inundate
• kerfuffle
• logorrhea
• loquacious
• magnanimous
• metamorphosis
• monotonous
• nebulous
• nefarious
• obsequious
• paradigm
• pertinacity
• repugnant
• sanguine
• soliloquy
• tempestuous
• unctuous
• vacillate
• vehement
• vigilant
• vulnerable

As a student, I began to love reading and writing when I discovered the rich variety of English words, so I wanted to create resources that incorporate a myriad of fun, challenging vocabulary words for a wide variety of levels.

NOTE: THESE FILES INCLUDE A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

These products include a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

Do you need other products that will help your students with Vocabulary? Check out these products:

• VOCABULARY PRODUCTS

Enhance student vocabulary, writing and speaking skills with 60 Word of the Day digital GOOGLE SLIDE activities and graphic organizers... enough to last for 12 weeks! Great for bell-ringers, morning work, substitutes or Summer School!

Boost reading, speaking, and writing abilities. The engaging lessons will grow vocabulary and improve communication .
LEVELS 4,5,6,7 - ideal for grades 4- 9, ELL and ESL classrooms.

The predictable and repetitive format of this Word of the Day is perfect to set students up for success. The class will know what to expect each day and in what order which makes classroom procedures run much more efficiently.

These vocabulary words are commonly found in student reading materials. The Word of the Day will empower your students to build confidence in speaking, writing, and develop a deeper understanding of the English language.

Each page features:

• Vibrant Vocab slides (look at above thumbnail for vocabulary words )

-bold photos appear without word for inference making
-vocab word 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word
-part of speech
-concise definition

• Use the vocabulary word in a sentence slide

• **Quizlet practice link-**practice independently or as a whole class before the assessment

• **Grammar and Connotation Sort-**display the sort and have students put the vocabulary words into the correct category

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

What skills do Word of the Day Activities cover?
*Word meaning
*Correct word usage
*Parts of speech
*Spelling
*Connotation
*Proper pronunciation
*Critical thinking skills

Endless uses in the classroom:
*Group discussions
*Guide a study group
*Prompt a writing piece
*Word Wall
*Printables for interactive notebook
*Word of the Day

Enjoy!
KIWIOUS ABOUT VOCAB

Total Pages
80 slides 8 printables
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
12 Weeks

Context Clues Activities: Reading Passages, Worksheets, & Task Cards BUNDLE

This context clues bundle for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade includes three product files which can be found here:

CONTEXT CLUES TASK CARDS FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE

CONTEXT CLUES READING PASSAGES FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE

CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEETS FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE

CONTEXT CLUES TASK CARDS DESCRIPTION:

This no prep Context Clues task cards product offers print and go, common core aligned, context clues activities for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade.

This easy to use product includes:

• 4 instructional pages
• 34 (half-sheet) task cards
• 2 answer sheets
• corresponding answer keys (these include sample answers)

PLEASE NOTE: Many teachers have indicated that my context clues products are very rigorous for their students. If you are a second grade teacher, please take a look the vocabulary words included (as well as the format) to determine the appropriateness for your own group this year. Your students may need extra assistance and scaffolding to complete the activities.

Click HERE to view a short video that showcases some of the contents in my context clues products. PLEASE NOTE that the contents of this video showcase context clues products for upper grades with the same task card format uploaded here.

Vocabulary words include:

majority, exhausted, precise, serve, complicated, bothered, appreciation, generous, involves, brief, cherish, starve, suitable, recall, ordeal, method, locate, outcome, route, remark, scattered, sensitive, available, sympathetic, elated, location, opponents, portion, schedule, irritable, terminated, immense, reveal, and rehearse

CONTEXT CLUES READING PASSAGES DESCRIPTION:

This no prep Context Clues Reading Passages product offers print and go, common core aligned, easy to use context clues activities for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. You will also find instructions for digital distance learning through Google Slides.

This product includes:

• four instructional pages to help students identify context clues
• 3 different (full page) reading passages
• three printable worksheets for each passage
• ALL worksheets do have a corresponding answer key as well

Note: These activities are meant to accompany dictionaries at the teacher's discretion, so that students can check the accuracy of their work.

This context clues product includes these vocabulary words: awkward, scenario, attempt, insecure, confident, attached, unsure, resist, urge, regret, vanished, complete, tasks, aware, situation, specific, unusual, local, transported, provide, discover, locate, search, attentively, familiar, distraught, informed, scavenging, shuffle, bizarre, acquired, vision, rely, locate, assortment, domesticated, spines, hollow, defensive, threatened, and connect

CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEETS DESCRIPTION:

This no prep Context Clues Worksheets product offers print and go, common core aligned, context clues activities for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade.

This easy to use product includes:

• 4 instructional pages
• 4 pages of multiple choice questions
• 4 pages of fill in the blank
• 2 pages of reading passages followed by worksheets that ask students to define underlined words using context clues (and also look them up in the dictionary to check for accuracy)
• corresponding answer keys

PLEASE NOTE: Many teachers have indicated that my context clues products are very rigorous for their students. If you are a second grade teacher, please take a look the vocabulary words included (as well as the format) to determine the appropriateness for your own group this year. Your students may need extra assistance and scaffolding to complete the activities.

Vocabulary words include: accurate, accuse, anxious, attempt, avoided, assistance, cautious, contains, cruel, certain, courteous, contribute, conflict, consoled, confident, consistently, combination, desire, distracted, dilemma, displays, demolish, entire, essential, exchange, expect, genuine, guide, horrific, improve, indicate, mend, misplace, opinion, opportunity, option, observe, prepare, petrified, probably, purchase, reaction, reverse, repair, ritual, sluggish, scatter, solution, support, tension, unique, vacant, and volunteered

NOTE: THESE FILES INCLUDE A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

These products include a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

If you teach in a multi-level classroom, have students with a very wide range of needs, or are meeting the needs of students with varying language abilities or students acquiring English, the MULTI-LEVEL MEGA BUNDLE for Context Clues might be right for you. You can check it out here:

CONTEXT CLUES MULTI-LEVEL MEGA BUNDLE

Searching for context clues activities geared for 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade (please note that there is a context clues bundle for 2nd-4th grade):

TASK CARDS FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE

READING PASSAGES FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE

WORKSHEETS FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE

BUNDLE FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE

The following context clues products have been created for 3rd-5th grade (please note that there is a context clues bundle for 3rd-5th grade):

TASK CARDS FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE

READING PASSAGES FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE

WORKSHEETS FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE

BUNDLE FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE

The following context clues products have been created for 4th-6th grade (please note that there is a context clues bundle for 4th-6th grade):

READING PASSAGES FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE

TASK CARDS FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE

WORKSHEETS FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE

BUNDLE FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE

Purpose: These fourth grade McGraw Hill introductory Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for Unit 3:

The Cricket in Times Square

Aguinaldo

Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights

Abe's Honest Words

A New Kind of Corn

2017 edition UNIT 1

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key**:**

Google Slides:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text. (look over each individual lesson for vocabulary words)4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks

These lessons are also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy!

From Kiwious about Vocab

Nouns Activities: Common, Proper, Singular, Plural, & Collective Nouns with Anchor Charts

Nouns Activities BUNDLE - This product includes three PDF files for nouns instruction, including Common Nouns and Proper Nouns, Singular Nouns and Plural Nouns, and Collective Nouns.

Click on the individual nouns products here:

COMMON NOUNS AND PROPER NOUNS TASK CARDS

SINGULAR NOUNS AND PLURAL NOUNS

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

Common Nouns and Proper Nouns:

These Common and Proper Nouns Task Cards and Anchor Charts are Common Core aligned for 2nd and 3rd grade and include:

• three instructional pages
• 36 task cards with varying questions
• an answer sheet
• an answer key

You can use the instructional pages for review or an introduction to nouns.

Singular Nouns and Plural Nouns:

This singular and plural nouns activity is perfect for your 2nd or 3rd grade classroom! The questions in this file provide more support on the front end and then gradually increase in difficulty.

This file contains:

• six NOUNS instructional pages (which include the seven spelling rules, as well as irregular noun forms)
• two irregular nouns study sheets
• 36 singular and plural nouns task cards
• an answer sheet
• an answer key

A gradual release of responsibility is embedded in this activity, as students are first asked to choose the correct singular or plural noun (two choices), then asked to choose between four choices, and then asked to produce the correct singular or plural noun on their own and identify it as singular or plural.

The singular and plural noun instructional pages can also be printed and used as posters for reference in the classroom.

Collective Nouns BINGO:

This Collective Nouns Activity BINGO file is a comprehensive resource for all your collective nouns needs!

This file includes:

• a master list of collective nouns (8 pages)
• a BINGO board for Game #1
• a BINGO board for Game #2 (each collective nouns board also comes in a black and white version for printer friendliness).
• an option for digital learning in Google Slides™

Note: This is NOT an editable product.

Game #1 asks students to fill in the BINGO board with collective nouns and Game #2 asks students to fill in the BINGO board with names of people, animals, or objects with a corresponding collective noun. Callout sheets are available for the teacher to keep track of what has been called (callout sheets are different for Game #1 and Game #2).

NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

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Purpose: These fourth grade McGraw Hill introductory Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for:

The Secret Message

Ranita, The Frog Princess

The Buffalo are Back

Spiders

Poetry-The Sandpiper, Bat, The Grasshopper Springs, Fireflies

2017 edition UNIT 1

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key**:**

Google Slides:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text. (look over each individual lesson for vocabulary words)

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks

These lessons are also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy!

From Kiwious about Vocab

Root Words Prefixes and Suffixes Word Lists, Worksheets, Task Cards, and Posters Activities for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade:

Prefixes and suffixes are essential parts of reading, writing, vocabulary, and word study. Teachers can use these prefix and suffix activities in conjunction with their Greek and Latin stems and roots instruction.

Make learning prefixes and suffixes fun with these colorful bulletin board posters, engaging task cards, and fun no-prep worksheets.

Each of the TWO FILES includes:

• One explanation page
• One suffix study sheet (in black and white)
• 21 different suffix posters
• 36 task cards with THREE distinct question types
• A task card answer sheet
• A task card answer key
• Three printables
• Two printable answer keys (the third printable will have varying answers)
• Links and instructions for Google Slides™ and Google Forms™

Please see the thumbnails and the preview for more specific information about which prefixes and suffixes are included and for a view of the format for each product.

You will find the following prefixes included:

• anti-
• co-
• dis-
• ex-
• fore-
• in-
• im-
• ir-
• inter-
• mid-
• non-
• over-
• post-
• pre-
• re-
• semi-
• sub-
• tri-
• un-
• under-

You will find the following suffixes included:

• -able, -bile
• -al
• -ance, -ence
• -ed
• -en
• er, -or
• -er
• -est
• -ful
• -ic
• -ing
• -ion
• -ist
• -ive
• -less
• -ly
• -ment
• -ness
• -ous
• -s, -es
• -y

NOTE: THESE FILES INCLUDE A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

These products include a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of each packet.

Here are the links for each product:

• PREFIXES POSTERS, TASK CARDS, AND PRINTABLES
• SUFFIXES POSTERS, TASK CARDS, AND PRINTABLES

You may also be interested in these Language Arts products:

• TASK CARD PRODUCTS
• GRAMMAR PRODUCTS
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PRODUCTS
• CHARACTER TRAITS PRODUCTS
• VOCABULARY PRODUCTS

Purpose: These introductory Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for:

The Princess and the Pizza

Experts, Inc.

Earthquakes

Crash Course in Forces and Motion with Max Axiom

Kids in Business

2017 edition UNIT 1

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, Vocabulary Organizer, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key**:**

Google Slides:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls, printable, and interactive notebooks

These lessons are also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy!

From Kiwious about Vocab

Language Arts Anchor Charts and Task Cards MEGA BUNDLE for 2nd-3rd Grade:

Every file in this ELA task cards bundle now includes a digital distance learning option. Please refer to the final 8 pages of each file for links and instructions in Google Slides™ and Google Forms™.

This Language Arts Task Card BUNDLE includes: Common Nouns and Proper Nouns, Dictionary Skills, Comparative and Superlative Adjectives, Reference Sources, and Singular and Plural Nouns.

Common and Proper Nouns Task Cards:

These Common and Proper Nouns Task Cards and Anchor Charts are Common Core aligned for 2nd and 3rd grade and include:

• three instructional pages
• 36 task cards with varying questions
• an answer sheet
• an answer key

You can use the instructional pages for review or an introduction to nouns.

Dictionary Skills:

Dictionary Skills Worksheets - This easy to use dictionary skills anchor charts and task cards product is a fun way for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders to practice using the functional parts of a dictionary and the skills needed to use a dictionary. Each skill is described on anchor charts or instructional pages and includes:

• guide words
• phonetic spelling
• parts of speech
• syllabication
• definitions

Every component of dictionary skills and dictionary use are included in this product.

24 dictionary skills task cards require students to identify the word that shows up on a page between two guide words in the dictionary.

The other 12 task cards ask students to use what they know about the parts of a dictionary to answer the questions. Answer sheets are included as well as answer keys.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives:

This ordering adjectives task cards activity now includes a digital distance learning option in Google Slides and Google Forms. Please refer to the final 7 pages of the product for links and instructions.

This comparative and superlative adjectives activity is perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade students learning about degrees of comparison.

In this comparative and superlative adjectives activity, you will find:

• three instructional pages (adding endings when comparing adjectives, spelling rules, and irregular adjectives)
• 36 task cards (18 task cards are multiple choice and ask the student to choose the correct form of the adjective and 18 task cards are fill in the blank where students are required to determine the correct form of the adjective)
• an answer sheet
• an answer key

Reference Sources:

These reference sources task cards and posters are perfect for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. The posters and task cards cover information related to the following reference materials:

• thesaurus
• encyclopedia
• dictionary
• atlas
• newspaper
• almanac

The packet includes:

• three instructional pages (each poster contains two reference source explanations and can be used as anchor charts)
• 36 task cards
• an answer sheet
• an answer key

Singular and Plural Nouns:

This singular and plural nouns activity is perfect for your 2nd or 3rd grade classroom! The questions in this file provide more support on the front end and then gradually increase in difficulty.

This file contains:

• six NOUNS instructional pages (which include the seven spelling rules, as well as irregular noun forms)
• two irregular nouns study sheets
• 36 singular and plural nouns task cards
• an answer sheet
• an answer key

A gradual release of responsibility is embedded in this activity, as students are first asked to choose the correct singular or plural noun (two choices), then asked to choose between four choices, and then asked to produce the correct singular or plural noun on their own and identify it as singular or plural.

The singular and plural noun instructional pages can also be printed and used as posters for reference in the classroom.

NOTE: THESE FILES NOW INCLUDE A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

As of 6/2/20, this product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

Technology Requirements:

• A Google Drive account
• If sharing with students, a Drive account that is linked to student Google accounts
• Can be shared/delivered on Google Classroom
• Only need access to Google Drive--no outside links to worry about!

These file can be used with iPads, chrome books, laptops, and desktops as long as your students have access to Google Drive or Classroom on a device. The digital portion of this product is on Google Slides™ and Google Forms™.

These language arts task card and anchor chart sets sell individually in my store here:

COMMON NOUNS AND PROPER NOUNS TASK CARDS

DICTIONARY SKILLS

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

REFERENCE SOURCES

SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

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"The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Hear" and "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe: these introductory Google Slide lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessments.

-PDF Link included

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

EACH GOOGLE SLIDE LESSON:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion/prediction
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

This bundle is also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!

Context Clues Reading Passages, Worksheets, Task Cards, and Anchor Charts Activities BUNDLE:

Let's face it... teaching context clues can be difficult. NO WORRIES! We've got you covered with these engaging, ready-to-use, no-prep context clues activities!

This Context Clues Activities BUNDLE contains reading passages, worksheets, task cards, and anchor charts for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade.

PLEASE NOTE: The links and instructions for the digital option can be found on the final seven pages of each file.

The individual listings for these context clues activities can be found here:

• CONTEXT CLUES TASK CARDS
• CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEETS
• CONTEXT CLUES READING PASSAGES

Context Clues Task Cards Description:

These context clues task cards and activities were created for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. It requires students to use context to make meaning and identify the words or phrases that helped them understand the meaning of an unknown word.

This context clues task cards product includes:

• anchor charts that will help students identify clues in text
• 34 task cards on half sheets
• answer sheet
• answer key

These task cards can be used in stations, small groups, centers, or for early finishers and includes the answer sheets as well as the answer keys.

The following vocabulary words are used in this product:

exhilarated, flourish, conceal, variety, precisely, eerie, deceitful, antiquated, preserved, decrepit, clenched, improbable, glistened, mimicked, obvious, fragile, commenced, remarkable, withstand, exposed, installed, declared, anxious, gloated, pact, pathetic, suspicious, reluctant, participate, surge, lurk, stunned, glared, trudged

Context Clues Worksheets Description:

These Context Clues worksheets offer print-and-go, standards-aligned, context clues activities for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade.

This product includes:

• Four instructional pages
• Four pages of multiple-choice questions
• Four pages of fill in the blank
• Two pages of stories followed by worksheets that ask students to define underlined words using context clues (and also look them up in the dictionary to check for accuracy).

ALL printables include a corresponding Answer Key as well.

This context clues product includes the following vocabulary words:

discard, encompass, vigilant, hesitant, irrational, portable, rejects, resolve, alternate, contribute, predict, condone, integrate, document, approximately, coordinate, correspond, alternative, rely, interact, considerable, confer, dimensions, discontinue, clarify, fraud, tentative, sincere, persistent, preserve, monotonous, remorseful, fragrant, overwhelmed, discontinue, significant, maximize, exclude, compensate, convene, self-sufficient, obligated, lucrative, collision, appalled, nurture, distraught, authority, conceal, laceration, grotesque, defeated, baffled, consequence, bewildered, gouge, hesitation, anxious, integrating, feat, capable, fumbled, desperate, conquer, morphed, and officially

Context Clues Reading Passages Description:

This no-prep Context Clues Reading Passages product offers print-and-go, common core aligned, easy-to-use context clues activities for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade.

This product includes:

• Four instructional pages to help students identify context clues
• Three different (full-page) reading passages
• Three printable worksheets for each passage
• Corresponding answer keys

Note: These activities are meant to accompany dictionaries at the teacher's discretion, so that students can check the accuracy of their work.

This context clues product includes these vocabulary words:

nuances, subtle, arduous, complicates, acquisition, nonsensical, belongings, laborious, exhilarating, incorporate, ensure, trembled, exhausted, attempted, inhale, prevented, anticipation, precision, lyrics, desperation, valiant, defective, escaped, jolted, beamed, remarkable, issued, accumulations, excessive, behoove, accessible, profound, collapse, structural, traipse, massive, secure, locate, effective, havoc, solely, and discretion.

NOTE: THESE FILES INCLUDE A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

These products include a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

If you teach in a multi-level classroom, have students with a very wide range of needs, or are meeting the needs of students with varying language abilities or students acquiring English, the MULTI-LEVEL MEGA BUNDLE for Context Clues might be right for you. You can check it out here:

• CONTEXT CLUES MULTI-LEVEL MEGA BUNDLE

Searching for context clues activities geared for 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade (please note that there is a context clues bundle for 2nd-4th grade):

• CONTEXT CLUES TASK CARDS FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES READING PASSAGES FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEETS FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES BUNDLE FOR 2ND-4TH GRADE

The following context clues products have been created for 3rd-5th grade (please note that there is a context clues bundle for 3rd-5th grade):

• CONTEXT CLUES TASK CARDS FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES READING PASSAGES FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEETS FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES BUNDLE FOR 3RD-5TH GRADE

The following context clues products have been created for 4th-6th grade (please note that there is a context clues bundle for 4th-6th grade):

• CONTEXT CLUES READING PASSAGES FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES TASK CARDS FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES WORKSHEETS FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE
• CONTEXT CLUES BUNDLE FOR 4TH-6TH GRADE

This introductory Google Slide BUNDLE provides digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. These lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment.

CLASSIC BUNDLE:

THE LOTTERY by Shirley Jackson, THE RAVEN by Edgar Allan Poe, THANK YOU MA'AM by Langston Hughes, THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF by O. Henry

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE: Each comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the Google Slide lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

Google Slide:
• Opening slide
-genre, author photo and short bio.
-PDF of short story

• Setting slides:
-Location photos with map
-Time period photos with live link to period music clip!

*Vibrant Vocabulary Google Slides: see each item description for word lists
-bold photos appear without definition for inference making
-part of speech
-concise definition

• Differentiated Worksheet: used as a pretest, posttest, or practice
• Quizlet practice link
• Part of speech sort
* Word connotation sort
*Vocabulary Organizer
*Prereading Discussion Questions

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce classic short stories
· Provide backstory to literary text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation
PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

****Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

Total Pages
31 slides 8 printables
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
55 minutes

These Homophones Lists, Worksheets, Task Cards, and Activities are perfect for your multi-level classroom!

HOMOPHONES ACTIVITIES FOR PRIMARY GRADES:

This file includes:

• an 8-page list of lower level homophones (over 200 words with definitions)
• 36 task cards
• an answer sheet
• an answer key

This common core aligned product was created for 1st-3rd grade. Upper level homophones lists and task cards are available in my store if you need them.

HOMOPHONES ACTIVITIES FOR UPPER GRADES:

This file includes:

• a 10-page list of upper level homophones (over 260 words with definitions)
• 36 task cards
• an answer sheet
• an answer key

The assumption is that students have been introduced to homophones in the primary grades prior to their introduction to this product. Lower level homophones lists and task cards are available in my store if you need them.

Please note that the definitions listed for the words are provided to illustrate the varied meanings of the homophones and are not exhaustive definitions. Please let me know if you have questions about this homophones bundle prior to purchasing.

NOTE: THIS FILE NOW INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

As of 6/10/20, this product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

Technology Requirements:

• A Google Drive account
• If sharing with students, a Drive account that is linked to student Google accounts
• Can be shared/delivered on Google Classroom
• Only need access to Google Drive--no outside links to worry about!

These file can be used with iPads, chrome books, laptops, and desktops as long as your students have access to Google Drive or Classroom on a device. The digital portion of this product is on Google Slides and Google Forms.

Please see the individual links for each homophones product here:

LOWER ELEMENTARY HOMOPHONES TASK CARDS

UPPER ELEMENTARY HOMOPHONES TASK CARDS

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