Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

Looking at prefixes, suffixes, and root words can help readers find meaning. Even young readers can start to build their vocabulary from prefixes and suffixes. In this activity, students will create words by combining prefixes, suffixes, and root words.

Does your kid know the difference between "toe" and "tow?" Learn about homophones, or two words that sound alike but have different meanings, in this worksheet.

It's an antonym anthill! Get the ants into the anthill by connecting words with opposite meanings.

In this worksheet, students will use context clues to help make sense of unfamiliar words.

Encourage word sense, connotation, and wordplay with this creative worksheet where students personify a vocabulary word!

Children will draw from a word bank to form five new compound words, then write and illustrate their meaning.

This multiple meaning words worksheet uses context clues to help kids make sense of homonyms, or words with multiple meanings.

Does your second grader need a grammar boost? If homophones have her troubled, some extra practice is all she needs to get the concept down.

Children build their vocabulary in this word meaning and spelling worksheet by learning 10 new vocabulary words, along with their definitions, then writing them on the spaces provided.

Can your second grader complete these sentences by deciding which words are compound, and which aren't?