Vocabulary
Ongoing Greek and Latin Word Part Activities
Rather than just memorizing word parts, students will use those word parts to create four possible products.
Word Ladders Introduction
You won't believe how this spelling and vocabulary puzzle will get kids' brains sweating over the smallest of words.
Jabberwocky and Context Clues
Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words ("Jabberwocky") and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it's only natural for students to write their own nonsense poems.
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Introduction
Your students will try to match up definitions that belong to the same homophone in this brain-boggling vocab puzzle.
Greek and Latin Dinosaur Names
Let's create a new dinosaur using Greek and Latin stems!
Words Within Words: Intro (SOLDIER)
How many words can you find within SOLDIER? 20? 35? 50? Even more!?
Greek and Latin Word Part Paths
How can we go from Biology to Immobile?
Synonym Graphs
So, which is happiest: happy, joyful, or ecstatic? Which is most temporary?
Sets of Idioms
An ongoing series to expose students to five related idioms.
Word Ladder: Fast to Race (4 step)
Students will go from "Fast" to "Race" by changing just one letter per step.
Greekymon Studies – Round 1
What might a creature named "Ursolunascope" be like?
Antonym Paths
Does the antonym of an antonym bring us back to the same meaning?
Word Pyramids
Start with a one letter word, add another letter, then add another. How tall can you make the pyramid?
Common English Words From Other Languages
Bored with typical spelling studies? Let's dig into the origins of common English words from other languages!
Words Within Words: SCARECROW
How many words can you find within "scarecrow"?
Words Within Words: CORNMAZE
How many words can you find within CORNMAZE?
Word Ladder – Cold to Cool (5-Steps)
Students will go from "COLD" to "COOL" by changing just one letter per step.
Words Within Words: STUFFING
Students will build words using the letters found in "STUFFING."
Word Ladder: Two to Six (6-steps)
Students will go from "TWO" to "SIX" by changing just one letter per step.
Words Within Words: RAINBOW
How many words can you find within rainbow?
Words Within Words: ORNAMENT
How many words can you find within ORNAMENT?
Idiom Tasks
Four fantastically terrific tasks for a weekly idiom study.
Words Within Words: CRANBERRY
How many words can you find within "cranberry"?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Alpha
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Words Within Words: COBWEB
How many words can you find within COBWEB?
Aquamorphotron (Greek and Latin)
Using the word Aquamorphotron, students will create an invention, a creature, or a spell.
Sets of Idioms Related to Food
Five sets of five idioms, all related to food.
Greekymon Studies – Round 2
What might a creature named "Hypermnemonicus" be like?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Theta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Five Sets of Bird and Bug Idioms
Five sets of idioms related to birds (and bugs).
Word Ladder: Fly to Bee (6-steps)
Students will go from "FLY" to "BEE" by changing just one letter per step.
Pyrostasis (Greek and Latin)
Using the word Pyrostasis, students will create an invention, a creature, or a spell.
Words Within Words: NUTCRACKER
How many words can you find within NUTCRACKER?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Epsilon
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Words Within Words: AIRPLANE
How many words can you find within airplane?
Words Within Words: WREATH
How many words can you find within WREATH?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Beta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Greekymon Studies – Round 3
What might a creature named "Aquacornus Rex" be like?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Zeta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Geosynth (Greek and Latin)
Using the word Geosynth, students will create an invention, a creature, or a spell.
Words Within Words: TEACHER
How many words can you find within TEACHER?
Chronosonarium (Greek and Latin)
Using the word Chronosonarium, students will create an invention, a creature, or a spell.
Words Within Words: GENERAL
How many words can you find within "general"?
Words Within Words: PATRICK
How many words can you find within Patrick?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Sets of Idioms Related to Numbers
Two sets of idioms related to numbers.
Sets of Idioms Related to Body Parts
Five sets of five idioms, all related to body parts!
Plexidemokinesis (Greek and Latin)
Using the word Plexidemokinesis, students will create an invention, a creature, or a spell.
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Eta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Idioms About Money
Five sets of idioms related to money.
Thermocryptograph (Greek and Latin)
Using the word Thermocryptograph, students will create an invention, a creature, or a spell.
Hydromagnaphone (Greek and Latin)
Using the word Hydromagnaphone, students will create an invention, a creature, or a spell.
Words Within Words: LEOPARD
How many words can you find within "leopard"?
Word Ladder: Work to Hard (4 Steps)
Students will go from "Work" to "Hard" by changing just one letter per step.
Word Ladder: Wild to Tame (5-steps)
Students will go from "WILD" to "TAME" by changing just one letter per step.
Psycholunaphase (Greek and Latin)
Using the word Psycholunaphase, students will create an invention, a creature, or a spell.
Word Ladder: East to West (4 Steps)
Students will go from "East" to "West" by changing just one letter per step.
Word Ladder: Foot to Shoe (4 Steps)
Students will go from "Foot" to "Shoe" by changing just one letter per step.
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Delta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Words Within Words: IRELAND
How many words can you find within Ireland?
Idioms about Weather
Five sets of idioms related to the weather.
Words Within Words: PARKING
How many words can you find within PARKING?
Words Within Words: SATURN
How many words can you find within Saturn?
Word Pyramid: D to ASIDE
Students will move from D to ASIDE by adding one letter at each step.
Words Within Words: LATKES
How many words can you find within LATKES?
Word Ladder: Band to Sing (4 Steps)
Students will go from "Band" to "Sing" by changing just one letter per step.
Word Ladder: Kid to Old (5-steps)
Students will go from "KID" to "OLD" by changing just one letter per step.
Word Pyramid: U to Brush
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Word Ladder: Sky to Red (5-steps)
Students will go from "SKY" to "RED" by changing just one letter per step.
Word Pyramid: M to CAMPUS
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Idioms About Red
Five sets of idioms related to the color red.
Word Ladder: Arm to Leg (6-steps)
Students will go from "ARM" to "LEG" by changing just one letter per step.
Idioms About Fire
Five sets of idioms related to fire!
Words Within Words: MENORAH
How many words can you find within MENORAH?
Word Ladder – Tea to Hot (5-steps)
Students will go from "TEA" to "HOT" by changing just one letter per step.
Word Pyramid: O to Stones
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Word Pyramid: H to CRASH
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Word Pyramid: I to LIONS
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Word Pyramid: T to Patch
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Word Ladder – Sun to Hot (5-steps)
Students will go from "Sun" to "Hot" by changing just one letter per step.
Word Pyramid: T to PLANET
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect T and PLANET?
Words Within Words: TROMBONE
How many words can you find within TROMBONE?
Word Ladder: Fire to Warm (4 Steps)
Students will go from "Fire" to "Warm" by changing just one letter per step.
Words Within Words: WESTERN
How many words can you find within WESTERN?
Word Pyramid: P to PLAINS
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?