| Name |
Description |
| Vocabulary: Homophone Hunt | In this activity, students will choose the correct homophone to complete sentences. |
| Vocabulary: Spin Sort | In this activity, students will identify and sort contractions, synonyms, antonyms, abbreviations, homophones, and homographs. |
| Vocabulary: Homophone Go Fish | In this activity, students will match homophones with their meanings by playing a card game. |
| Vocabulary: Homograph Hoorah! | In this activity, students will read two meanings and write the matching homograph. |
| Vocabulary: Antonym Concentration | In this activity, students will match antonyms by playing a memory game. |
| Vocabulary: Antonym Dominoes | In this activity, students will identify antonyms by playing a domino game. |
| Vocabulary: Synonym Bingo! | In this activity, students will identify synonyms by playing a bingo-like game. |
| Vocabulary: Opposites Attract | In this activity, students will identify antonyms by playing a card game. |
| Vocabulary: Synonym Dominoes | In this activity, students will identify synonyms by playing a domino game. |
| Vocabulary: Another Word | In this activity, students will exchange antonyms for the underlined word in sentences. |
| Vocabulary: About Me | In this activity, students will complete a sentence using descriptive words (adjectives). |
| Vocabulary: Go Fish for Homophones | In this activity, students will match and correctly use homophones while playing a game. |
| Vocabulary: Alike and Different | In this activity, students will compare and contrast the attributes of words using a Venn diagram. |
| Vocabulary: Analogy Soccer | In this activity, students will identify words to complete analogies. |
| Vocabulary: Attribute Analysis | In this activity, students will distinguish one word from another by completing an attribute analysis grid. As an adaptation to this activity, teachers may create attribute analysis grids that reflect units of study. |
| Vocabulary: Category Clues | In this activity, students will produce category labels for related words to demonstrate understanding of their shared attributes/meanings. |
| Vocabulary: Category Creations | In this activity, students will produce categories and corresponding words. As an adaptation to this activity, the students may sort teacher-selected words into categories and produce a category heading based on shared attributes OR produce words that belong in teacher-selected categories (based on units of study). |
| Vocabulary: Category Cube | In this activity, students will produce and categorize words by rolling a category cube and writing corresponding words. |
| Vocabulary: Category Sort | In this activity, students will brainstorm categories and corresponding words. As an adaptation to this activity, students can sort teacher-selected words and identify the category title based on shared attributes. |
| Vocabulary: Category Tag | In this activity, students will state words that correspond to specific categories by playing a board game. NOTE: A blank game board is provided to allow teachers to create categories relevant to classroom instruction. As an extension, students may choose the word that does not belong in a set of words and name the category for the remaining words. |
| Vocabulary: Compare Extraordinaire | In this activity, students will identify similarities and differences between the meanings of words using a Venn diagram. |
| Vocabulary: Concept Connection | In this activity, students will compare four words, determine the one that does not belong in the set, and produce a category title for the remaining words based on shared attributes. |
| Vocabulary: Extreme Words | In this activity, students will identify the relationship among words by placing them on a continuum. |
| Vocabulary: Hink Pink Think! | In this activity, students will find Hink Pinks that correspond to meanings by playing a matching game. |
| Vocabulary: Homograph Hook | In this activity, students will match homographs with their corresponding meanings. |
| Vocabulary: Now Featuring | In this activity, students will distinguish one word from another by completing an attribute analysis grid. As an adaptation to this activity, teachers may create attribute analysis grids that reflect units of study. |
| Vocabulary: Synonym-Antonym Creations | In this activity, students will produce synonyms and antonyms to match targeted words. |
| Vocabulary: Up With Words | In this activity, students will produce more precise alternatives for overused words in context. |
| Vocabulary: Word Wake-Up | In this activity, students will identify more precise alternatives (synonyms) for overused words. |
| Vocabulary: Word-by-Word | In this activity, students will show the relationship among words by placing them on a continuum. |
| Vocabulary: Worn-Out Words | In this activity, students will produce synonyms as more precise alternatives for overused words. |
