Use this activity to reinforce using sentence level context clues to decode challenging words in a nonfiction text!

Learn all about superlatives -- words like good, best, yummy and yummiest -- that work great at comparing three or more things.

Do some fun wordplay with this suffix worksheet. Kids will add a suffix to the end of three different words to show that they have a linguistic connection.

Wordsmiths will enjoy this word-building activity that focuses on suffixes. Challenge your child to find a common suffix between three words in this worksheet.

Do your students understand which word to use in context? Check your students' abilities to understand and differentiate between homophones with this simple dictation exercise.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Creating Cause and Effect Skits

Have your first graders conquered the compound word? It's time to find out! Use this quick reading assessment to evaluate your students’ abilities to read compound words, such as sunflower, bookcase, and cowboy.

Dig into your dictionary skills! Use this resource to guide students as they determine the right word to look up.

This worksheet will help children identify compound words, by asking them to color-code the words on the page.

In this worksheet, learners will practice using context clues to find the meaning of eight compound words.

Students match opposite words before practicing using them in sentences.

Use this resource to support your students as they work to break down words with inflected endings into the base form in order to successfully find a word’s definition.

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.

The words you learn from reading can go with you wherever you go! As students read nonfiction books, have them add the new words they learn — along with their definitions — to this vocabulary backpack!

By, buy, or bye? Does your second grader need help with homophones? She'll get some practice with an important grammar concept with this colorful printable.

Children will complete six sentences with the correct homophone in this grammar worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Urban, Suburban, and Rural Places.

Young learners will enjoy searching for opposites with this fun vocabulary-boosting worksheet!

Help your students learn new vocabulary by creating their own picture dictionaries! Students will quickly master their new words with this handy chart that has them logging the word, a picture, a definition, and a sentence that puts the word into context.

Compound words are like puzzles. In this worksheet, your students will match words to create compound words.

Learn how, with the addition of a suffix, everyday words can transform into completely new ones.

Can your second grader pick the correct compound words to complete these sentences?

Teach your student the word "pumpkin" with this Halloween-themed worksheet. First, they'll practice writing the word, and then use it in a sentence.

Students daydreaming of a sunny day outside? Use this worksheet to practice making compound words in a picnic context. Students will read the sentence frames, then they'll create compound words that best complete the sentences.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Describing the World Using Sensory Language.

This word-building worksheet gets your child to see the interesting connections between words. Explore suffixes in this wordplay worksheet.

If your second grader's slipping in spelling, get them to complete this worksheet by brainstorming the missing half of each compound word.

Match the Hanukkah pictures to the descriptions in this illustrated Hanukkah printable!

Ask your readers to keep track of new, interesting, or unknown words with this vocabulary tracker. Students will use the tracker to write the word, the sentence they found it in, and a short definition.