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4th - 6th Grade Common Core Dictionary Skills Educational Resources

Instead of looking a word up in the dictionary, practice using context clues to find the meaning of unknown words.

using context clues

Using Context Clues

Review common vocabulary words with this fun and creative color-by-number worksheet!

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Color by Code: Vocabulary Definitions #1

Get middle schoolers talking about the nuance and connotation of words and how they affect the meaning of a sentence with this helpful worksheet.

writing with connotation

Writing With Connotation

Students will be able to understand words without a dictionary after they work through this exercise teaching how to determine the meaning of words using roots, prefixes, and suffixes.


determine meaning using roots prefixes and suffixes

Determine Meaning Using Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

When your students complete this crossword puzzle they will be introduced to a variety of words that are commonly seen in 5th grade texts and basal readers.

5th grade vocabulary crossword puzzle

5th Grade Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

Use this vocabulary-building worksheet to help middle school students expand their knowledge of academic words in an authentic and multi-faceted way.

academic vocabulary tracker

Academic Vocabulary Tracker

In this worksheet, children will learn about a few common resource materials and how to search for information in them alphabetically.

using reference materials

Using Reference Materials

Enjoy spelling practice alongside your Presidents&#39; Day celebrations with this fun word search activity!

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Presidents' Day Spelling Word Search #2

Children expand their vocabulary with this hands-on fill-in-the-blank activity.

fill in the blank with vivid vocabulary

Fill in the Blank with Vivid Vocabulary

Kids practice breaking apart multi-syllable words with long vowels in this cave adventure game.

spelling long words adventure

Spelling Long Words Adventure

Prepare kids for fifth grade with this crossword puzzle full of new vocabulary words!

Use this table as a tool for students to learn and use root words, prefixes, and suffixes.

word parts table

Word Parts Table

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

root out the meaning of words

Root Out the Meaning of Words

Help your brainy child build a better vocabulary with these fun exercises. She'll learn a few new words, and get some practice using adjectives.

adjectives beginning with b

Adjectives Beginning with "B"

Keep it simple! Teach your students to write a summary using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then frame for analyzing a story.

simple summaries

Simple Summaries

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand how to cite their answers based on inferences they make about a text. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson Colorful Coding.

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Citing Inferences

You won't strike out with this lesson on finding the theme of a script. Use this lesson to help your students identify the elements of a script and find the theme.

summer drama

Summer Drama

Does onomatopoeia BANG your students up or cause them to want to BARF? Help them out with this comical lesson on the well-known figurative device. Students will have a fun time completing worksheets and using onomatopoeias themselves.

onomatopoeia practice

Onomatopoeia Practice

Help students learn how to read passages with multiple main ideas and differentiate between main ideas and supporting details by creating a graphic organizer with proof from the text.

power reading

Power Reading

Your ELs will use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. They will also practice using introductory phrases to discuss their inferences. It can be a stand-alone lesson or support for the lesson Dive Into Context Clues.

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I Can Use Context Clues!

In this lesson, students complete worksheets and engage in peer discussions to learn more about metaphors. Young writers will love making their own creative metaphors.


whats a metaphor

What's a Metaphor?

Support your EL students in understanding and identifying the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text. This can support the lesson Tip of the Iceberg: Nonfiction Summary Details.

main idea and details in nonfiction texts

Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts

Students will learn how to identify story elements and create a short and sweet summary. They will fill out a graphic organizer and solidify their understanding by creating illustrations to show major plot points that they find themselves!

traditional literature story mapping

Traditional Literature: Story Mapping

In this hands-on lesson, students will learn and use two methods of dividing whole numbers. They will roll dice to create their own unique equations for solving!

dicey division

Dicey Division

Step into the shoes of an explorer. Students will learn more about the lives and accomplishments of important explorers, and they'll demonstrate their knowledge through a creative writing assignment.

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Explorer Letters

Students will learn how knowledge of word parts can help readers determine the meaning of words. This interactive lesson will have students reviewing and putting into practice some of the most common prefixes. 

practice using prefixes to determine word meaning

Practice Using Prefixes to Determine Word Meaning

Teach your students to ask and differentiate between recall questions and inferential questions. This lesson will help build a classroom culture around asking deep, inferential questions.

red light green light questions

Red Light, Green Light Questions

Nonfiction texts offer a great lens into cause and effect relationships. Use this lesson plan to teach your class to compare cause-and-effect relationships across texts that share a topic.

analyzing cause and effect in nonfiction articles

Analyzing Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Articles

This lesson introduces students to a variety of resources that they can use when doing research. It will also help them differentiate between print and digital sources and how to use each.

research where to find the answers

Research: Where to Find the Answers

It’s time to make an educated guess! In this lesson, your students will practice using their background knowledge and evidence from the text to make inferences in nonfiction pieces about Martin Luther King, Jr., and Cesar Chavez.

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4th - 6th Grade Common Core Dictionary Skills Educational Resources

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