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Once your students start collecting new vocabulary, have them put them up on the wall. If they write them by themselves and then hang them on the wall with the definitions they also hand-wrote, the chance of that word staying in their vocabulary is much higher.
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Word lists are one of the best ways to get similar words out there. It takes numerous exposures to new vocabulary for students to retain the meaning of a word, let alone the spelling. Repeat, repeat, repeat… just like shampoo, eh? We’ve been hard at work making word lists so you don’t have to. View the fruits of our labors!
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Sight words are the key to most reading in our language, so failure to quickly recognize them greatly hinders fluency. For ESL/ELL learners, words need to be caught up on at an alarming rate, or they’ll never catch up to native speakers. Flash cards are one of the fastest, sure-fire way of testing knowledge of sight words. Have fun teaching has an exhaustive collection of flash cards, including site words lists. Take a peek today!
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Social Studies Flash Cards, State Flash Cards, Free State Flash Cards, States Flash Cards, State Flashcards
A large portion of beginning social studies is memorization and identification of states, bodies of water, countries, continents, etc… Social Studies Flashcards are an effective tool for teaching this. They’re not the only tool, but they are a quick way to self-check, which is valuable when not every student has someone around at home to help them study.
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Most science tests are reading tests in a content area. The problem is, most students have a deficit of science vocabulary, which makes the tests much harder than they should be. Help eliminate this weakness by using science flash cards. Each one comes with a picture and a matching word. Have students give you a definition for the word, using the picture as a context clue.
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School Flash Cards, School Flashcards, Free School Flash Cards, School Flash Cards for Kids
It’s hard to get through the day if a student doesn’t know the names of school supplies. Help your preschooler/kindergartener learn what scissors, erasers, and pencils are. This can be a great way to start your classroom routines and establish classroom rules.
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People Flash Cards, People Flashcards, Free People Flash Cards, Family Flash Cards, Body Parts Flash Cards, Artist Flash Cards, Clothing Flash Cards
Need a great vocabulary builder? It’s best to learn groups or categories of words at one time, because when we relate words to each other, we have a better chance to remember them. How about some flash cards on people, jobs, family members, or for articles of clothing? This would be a great practice piece for ESL/ELL students, too!
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Need another phonics activity to tuck into your toolbox? Pull out this free worksheet from have fun teaching and practice your blends! Some of the hardest sounds to make are the blends, especially for young students or students from countries whose languages are very different from ours. This is a great ESOL strategy, as well as great practice for those little guys who all need to be great readers some day!
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Enhance writing power in time for standardized testing with synonyms and their EVIL cousin, antonyms. Remind students that it’s fun to know as many words as possible for: good, pretty, hot, cold, bad, and all these other common words that we overuse. Do it with a word graveyard! Make little paper tombstones and write the dead word on it. Retire more and more words as weeks go on, so students have to think of newer ones! Practice with this worksheet on synonyms.
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Syllable Worksheets, Syllable Worksheet, Syllables Worksheets, Syllables Worksheet, Free Syllable Worksheets, Free Syllables Worksheets, Syllable Activities, Syllable Printables
Not only is the word syllable fun to say, you can also very easily add clapping as a kinesthetic element to lessons with it. Clap, stomp your feet, or pound your desk for each syllable. Try out some worksheets on syllables instead. Drawing lines between syllables, clapping for syllables, or any other number of techniques that help students learn to chunk their letters into standard phonemes are great things. Mix in a little motion and music to this lesson and watch your students smile as they learn.
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