BUILDING VOCABULARY WITH WORD PLAY, PUZZLES, AND VISUAL MNEMONICS
General and Multiple Approaches to Building Vocabulary
Building
Vocabulary through Prefixes and Root Words
Building Vocabulary
through Context and Content
Basic Not
Boring Language Skills: Words and Vocabulary, Grades 4-5, by Imogene Forte and
Marjorie Frank. . Inventive Exercises to Sharpen Skills and Raise
Achievement. This book is part of a series which presents skills in a carefully
researched sequence and features exercises based on age-appropriate,
high-interest themes. The goal is to make fundamental skills exciting and
achievable. In this book the theme is ocean adventures, and this is the context
in which students will develop some of the following skills:
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Learn new words in a variety of categories
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Identify words used correctly
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Use context clues to determine a word's meaning
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Recognize prefixes and suffixes to determine word meanings
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Recognize and use synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms
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Recognize, form and use compound words
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Choose the appropriate words for a particular connotation
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Identify and define multiple meanings of a word
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Identify and use figurative language
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Use correct words to complete analogies
Students learn these skills through puzzles, paraphrasing,
drawing, analogies, choosing the right word, connecting words, and more. An
interesting approach to expanding vocabulary. BTH-1550. $8.06-D
Basic Not
Boring Language Skills: Words and Vocabulary, by Imogene Forte and
Marjorie Frank. Middle Grades. Inventive Exercises to Sharpen Skills and
Raise Achievement. This book is part of a series which presents skills in a
carefully researched sequence and features exercises based on age-appropriate,
high-interest themes. The goal is to make fundamental skills exciting and
achievable. In this book the theme is ocean adventures, and this is the context
in which students will develop some of the following skills:
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Learn and use new words.
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Use context clues to determine a word's meaning
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Identify meanings of common prefixes, suffixes, and root words
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Recognize and use synonyms, antonyms, homographs, and homonyms
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Recognize, form and use compound words
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Distinguish between denotation and connotation
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Identify and define multiple meanings of a word
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Identify and use figurative language
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Use correct words to complete analogies
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Explore the history and origins of words.
Students learn these skills through puzzles, paraphrasing,
drawing, analogies, choosing the right word, connecting words, and more. An
interesting approach to expanding vocabulary. BTH-1549. $8.99-D
Basic Not
Boring Language Skills: More Words and Vocabulary Middle Grades. by Imogene Forte and
Marjorie Frank. Inventive Exercises to Sharpen Skills and
Raise Achievement. This book is part of a series which presents skills in a
carefully researched sequence and features exercises based on age-appropriate,
high-interest themes. The goal is to make fundamental skills exciting and
achievable. In this book the theme is interesting activities in and around
the sea, in which students will use word skills for many situations: whether a
barnacle could wear a monocle, what the word shark brings to mind, whether a
bandage could be put on an antiphony, and more. This is the context
in which students will develop some of the following skills:
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Learn and use new words.
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Use context clues to determine a word's meaning
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Identify meanings of common prefixes, suffixes, and root words
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Recognize and use synonyms, antonyms, homographs, and homonyms
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Recognize, form and use compound words
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Distinguish between denotation and connotation
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Identify and define multiple meanings of a word
-
Identify and use figurative language
-
Use correct words to complete analogies
-
Explore the history and origins of words.
Students learn these skills through puzzles, paraphrasing,
drawing, analogies, choosing the right word, connecting words, and more. An
interesting approach to expanding vocabulary. BTH-3006. $8.99-D
Flip-Flash
Phonics Cards, Ideal/McGraw-Hill, 2002. These are spiral bound
self-checking sets of 78 flash cards that increase vocabulary, improved reading
comprehension and writing skills, and help prepare students for standardized
tests.
Flip-Flash
Homonyms has 78 commonly confused pairs of homonyms. For ages 7-11. BTH-
4014. $4.93-B. Supply limited to stock on hand
Flip-Flash
Opposites has 78 words with their opposites. For ages 4-8.
BTH-4015. $4.93-B. Supply limited to stock on hand
Flip-Flash Synonyms has 78 words and synonyms. For ages 7-11. BTH-4016.
$4.93-B. Supply limited to stock on hand
Fun with
Crossword Puzzles and Word Searches Set . Teacher Created Resources.
Motivate students with word searches and crossword puzzles to develop language
and vocabulary skills. This set contains four different titles for grades 4 and
up: Homonyms, Idioms, Synonyms, and Antonyms. Each book is
48 pages. BTH-3840. $28.77-D
 The
King Who Rained by
Fred Gwynne. Enter the literal world of children's thoughts with this delightful
book of illustrated word play for all ages. The illustrations show what may
well be in a child's mind when she hears expressions such as a king who rained,
fork in the road, mole on the nose, playing bridge, children with bear feet,
prince in the snow, etc. Trade paper. Alad-7440. $6.29-D
 Marvin Terban books: These develop vocabulary and usage
through word play, and especially through riddles. Good for many ages, grades 2-9.
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Vocabulary
Cartoons:
Building an Educated Vocabulary
With Visual MnemonicsGives the student
visual memory aids for learning new words and rhyming words to associate with them.
210 cartoons and new words, example sentence that use the words, and 21 review exercises.
Index. For grades 3-6.
Paper, $11.66-D
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Vocabulary Cartoons:
SAT Word Power Uses same techniques as above,
but intended for grades 7-12.
Paper, $11.66-D
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Vocabulary
Connections: Interactive Games for the Classroom, by Jill S. Norris.
Incentive Publications, 2006. This book has 8 complete classroom games. Laminate
the colored game cards and cut them out. Students will enjoy actively practicing
standards-based skills. The games can be stored in manila folders or plastic
portfolios -- there's even a label for the hold included, as well as an answer
key and reproducible pages to introduce the vocabulary used in the games. Game
topics include Multiple-Meaning Words, Synonyms and Antonyms, Denotation and
Connotation, A Strategy for Learning New Words, New Vocabulary, Simile and
Metaphors, and Alliteration. 160 pages. For the Middle Grades 5-8.
BTH-3024. $17.96-D
Word Bogglers: Visual Words and Idioms. This
is a book of reproducible vocabulary puzzles that help students use thinking skills to
review vocabulary and become familiar with common idioms. For grades 3-6. Cat.#BTH-180 $9.86-D
 Word
Meaning and Reasoning Strategies Level 2: Activities to Raise Students' Test
Scores by Dorothy Rubin. Good Apple, 1996. For grades 5 and up.
Books in this series help students improve their ability to figure out
word meanings and develop their reasoning skills through the use of gamelike
activities which are equally useful in the classroom or at home. Activities
include analogies, riddles, rhymes, hidden words, scrambles words, and word
hunts. The three levels are graduated in difficulty. I only have levels 2 and 3
and the books are now out of print, so sales are limited to stock on hand.
Answer keys and score sheets are included. 95 pages. Reproducible for classroom
use. BTH-3155. $12.93-D
 Word
Meaning and Reasoning Strategies Level 3: Activities to Raise Students' Test
Scores by Dorothy Rubin. Good Apple, 1996. For grades 5 and up. Books in
this series help students improve their ability to figure out word
meanings and develop their reasoning skills through the use of gamelike
activities which are equally useful in the classroom or at home. Activities
include analogies, riddles, rhymes, hidden words, scrambles words, and word
hunts. The three levels are graduated in difficulty. I only have levels 2 and 3
and the books are now out of print, so sales are limited to stock on hand.
Answer keys and score sheets are included. 95 pages. Reproducible for classroom
use. BTH-3156. $12.93-D
Words!
Words! Words: Creative Vocabulary Activities to Teach About Our Language by
Barbara T. Doherty and Charlotte S. Jaffe. This book traces the development of language
and communication from its early beginnings to the present day. It is divided into five
parts: Part I introduces the story of written language and highlights its evolution in
ancient cultures. Part II teaches students about older versions of English and the
contributions of writers such as Chaucer and Shakespeare, who used them. Part III traces
the growth of American English. Students will participate in coining phrases, using
jargon, finding roots, translating British English, and other challenging activities. In
Part IV, students will play with words as they create anagrams, use euphemisms, and ponder
palindromes. The culminating activity is in Part V, where students will create a planned
language, use the language in an original short play, and perform the play for family and
friends. Activities are reproducible for classroom use. For grades 4-8. Cat. # EI-087-4AP.
$8.96-D
General and Multiple Approaches to Building Vocabulary
Building
Vocabulary through Prefixes and Root Words
Building Vocabulary
through Context and Content
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