When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Dictionaries & Definitions.

Help your students review root words so they can analyze unfamiliar words and figure out the meaning without using a dictionary. In this worksheet, students will identify the root of each word containing suffixes and prefixes.

Kids will practice listening and speaking skills in this interactive vocabulary activity. Students will pair up and take turns responding to questions about difficult words they've encountered and what they learned by using context clues and a dictionary.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Dictionaries & Definitions.

Little readers, practice alphabetizing with this fun activity! Kids can put these scrambled words in alphabetical order to create a complete sentence.

As your beginning reader builds their vocabulary, they may come across words they don't know. This worksheet will help them keep a log of new words.

This worksheet will help strengthen your students' word definition skills.

There are many ways to figure out the meanings of unknown words. Through this worksheet, students record unknown words and find out their meaning using a variety of strategies.

Prepare kids for fifth grade with this crossword puzzle full of new vocabulary words!

What do your students do after they circle tricky words in their writing? Help them keep track of the revision process with this handy worksheet.

Children expand their vocabulary with this hands-on fill-in-the-blank activity.

When your students complete this crossword puzzle they will be introduced to a variety of words that are commonly seen in 5th grade texts and basal readers.

Help your brainy child build a better vocabulary with these fun exercises. She'll learn a few new words, and get some practice using adjectives.

Build your child's vocabulary with a fun fill in the blank activity, all about adjectives. She'll find the right "F" adjective to complete these sentences.

Help your beginning reader learn about phonetic spellings that show how to pronounce a word. In this activity, she'll match each word with its pronunciation.

Use this vocabulary-building worksheet to help middle school students expand their knowledge of academic words in an authentic and multi-faceted way.

Get middle schoolers talking about the nuance and connotation of words and how they affect the meaning of a sentence with this helpful worksheet.

Use this table as a tool for students to learn and use root words, prefixes, and suffixes.