Top 1000 High School Words		Most Common Verbs Unit
	600 Words Target High School Students		Vocabulary Teaching Theme
	Pre-Kindergarten Vocabulary Words Unit		Complete Vocabulary Units
	Kindergarten Vocabulary Words Unit		Language Organizers Workbook
	First Grade Vocabulary Words Unit		Language Organizers Workbook Vol. 2
	Second Grade Vocabulary Words Unit		Word Families Workbook
	Third Grade Vocabulary Words		Top 100 Science Vocabulary Words
	Most Often Misspelled Words For Grade 3-8		Top 100 Social Studies Vocabulary Words
	100 Most Often Misspelled English Words		Most Common Adjectives Unit
	Most Common Nouns Unit		Most Common Adverbs Unit

Vocabulary Lesson Plans

1. A Growing Vocabulary- Watch your intermediate students’ vocabulary and critical thinking skills grow with this reading activity that also provides many opportunities for extensions.
2. A Ride on the Red Mare's Back- The unit of study is on animals/horses, fiction and non-fiction stories. Students will build their vocabulary, word power and knowledge.
3. A Star is Born- Since we cannot watch a star evolve through its entire lifetime, astronomers use their knowledge of a star’s behavior at various stages of its life to piece together a picture of the star’s entire life.
4. Adverbily- To provide a method of reinforcement for practicing the use of adverbs.

1. An Irritating Creature- This activity was developed as part of a poetry unit. It is designed to encourage students to think about and evaluate the meaning of a poem. It also encourages students to be original and creative in their thinking.
2. Black Holes: The Ultimate Abyss- Even though black holes all have characteristics in common, they come in three different sizes.
3. Body Parts- Identify the body parts in Spanish.
4. Building a Baby- Though it may look simple on the outside, the process of fetal development is extremely complex.
5. Building Vocabulary with the Use of Adjectives- To familiarize students with adjectives through reading The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister.
6. Carroll: Alice in Wonderland- Surrealist painters are also known for including absurd elements in their works.
7. Cartoon Vocabulary- A student’s comprehension of a vocabulary word is tested by having the student draw a picture to illustrate the meaning of the word.
8. Computer Mysteries- Students will be able to recognize and write the components that make up a mystery.
9. Contents of my backpack- Students will learn the vocabulary of school supplies in Spanish. The will use the new vocabulary to communicate in Spanish.
10. Cool Vocabulary- Vocabulary building ideas for all ages.
11. Cool Words to Share- Students use teacher-selected vocabulary (can be from reading textbook) to present a written story to a first grade student. The book will include a glossary of terms and illustrations of the terms.
12. Dead Words Come Alive!- This is an exciting way for second graders to learn about synonyms and increase their vocabulary at a rapid pace. It is designed to be used all year on a daily basis.
13. Defining Ecology- Cooperative work groups define, study, and incorporate vocabulary terms/words into conversations and writings.
14. Einstein Club- Students will learn vocabulary lists from science and social studies lessons.
15. Euphemisms- This lesson will be one step in dealing with the problem of appropriate word choice in student writing and speaking. It will also help students recognize the value of appropriate word choice and see synonyms in language, especially in the language of advertising.
16. Express Yourself!- Students work as a group to generate and play a game that displays an understanding of developmental level reading vocabulary based on a grade level checklist.
17. Fiction Book Awakenings- The objective is to get students to think about the choices that they make for their lives, for each choice will have a conquence , either positive or negative.The objective is also for students to identify problems and to be able to resolve them in a rational mature manner.
18. Hide and Seek Vocabulary!- This activity uses a unique strategy to build student word recognition. Student partners practice new words using their verbal, visual, and kinesthetic intelligences.
19. How to Learn New Vocabulary Words Quickly- A Teachnology video tip for teachers and students.
20. Increasing vocabulary for primary students (1-3)- The purpose of these activities are to help teachers provide ways for students to increase the number of words in a given situation for student usage.
21. Label Tables- "This is one of the best of vocabulary building activities I found in "The Reading Teacher" that my students enjoy doing."
22. Learning Words- After reading, [All Those Secrets of the World] students develop vocabulary by actively defining words using skills other than USING THEIR DICTIONARIES FIRST. This new approach to vocabulary skills is a fun way to “Look up the meanings of words."
23. Literature Logs- On first day of lesson, have a chapter of a book, or several pages of book, for children to discuss. As a teacher, preview difficult vocabulary, or confusing concepts, and talk with students.
24. Look It Up!- Students improve their writing skills by finding, defining, and correctly using new and interesting vocabulary words.
25. My Word- "This activity is fine for teaching/revising vocabulary. It's both simple and fun."
26. Password Vocabulary Game: Constitution and Bill of Rights- The class will engage in a competition designed to increase vocabulary literacy on the Constitution/Bill of Rights.
27. Password- Identify synonyms and antonyms for vocabulary words.
28. Personal Investments School- Students and most adults have very little working knowledge how best to invest their money or the vocabulary of investments.
29. Pets in Spanish
30. Prefix Power- The students will increase their vocabulary by learning about root words, prefixes and suffixes. They will then use this knowledge to play a Prefix Power station activity game.
31. Riddles and Words- What color is a jaundiced pig? Hamber, of course! Using an exciting vocabulary game in which students create riddles and answers, this lesson explores word choice, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
32. Sail on the Vocabulary Ship- ESOL students make paper ships on which to identify and write root words, prefixes and suffixes.
33. Scramble- To practice reading new words and to identify words when they see them again.
34. Smiley- This is a fun way to practice meanings, context & oral reading of vocabulary.
35. Synonymous Sharks- This lesson focuses on developing and applying vocabulary knowledge as well as reciprocal reading strategies through the use of an article on sharks. Students use the Internet to access the passage.
36. The ABC'S of an Election- This activity is to have students become familiar with political vocabulary.
37. The Dictionary Game- Students will learn new vocabulary words that are to be used in an upcoming unit. Students will also practice writing in a style different from any others they have tried (dictionary style).
38. The Lexicon Challenge- To encourage students to master new words to improve SAT scores.
39. Undercover Vocabulary- Undercover Vocabulary is a lesson that incorporates vocabulary usage and review into a cooperative learning activity. Students create a skit using identified vocabulary words and perform the skit for the class.
40. Unfolding Meaning- The purpose of this activity, used throughout the school year, is to teach a student to make "real meaning" from new vocabulary words using the whole language philosophy.
41. Using Word Referents Subjects- Use word referents to enhance word choice and rich vocabulary.
42. Vocabulary Bingo- The students extend their vocabulary by participating in the Vocabulary Bingo activity. This activity can be used with other subjects to help improve vocabulary.
43. Vocabulary Stumpers- This activity was designed to increase students understanding and usage of new words. The student will be exposed to new words and phrases which will stimulate their creative and reasoning abilities.
44. Vocabulary & Language Development- The students will learn and use the appropriate labels for different objects correlating to various themes and units.
45. Vocabulary Building- The purpose of these activities are to help teachers provide ways for students to increase the number of words in a given situation for student usage.
46. Vocabulary Drawing- Vocabulary review by drawing pictures and writing sentences on index cards. Variations are found in CRISS strategies. This review can also be used with other subject area vocabulary studies.
47. Vocabulary in a Box- Students will become familiar with and be able to name objects of which they know the function of but may not know the appropriate name.
48. Vocabulary Quick-Writes and discussions- I found that often the traditional means of teaching vocabulary (write definitions, make up sentences to match definitions, test on definitions) was not enough to give students a PRACTICAL understanding of a word that they can take with them for further use.
49. Vocabulary Review- This lesson is based on the "Password" game show.
50. Vocabulary Review- Use this activity as a time filler or as part of a test review.
51. Word Identification- "When given an animal word by his/her teacher, the students will be able to encode and decode it."
52. Word Identification and Recognizing Word Patterns using Goodnight Moon- "The students will be able to identify word patterns and words from a selected list of content words in the text of Goodnight Moon."
53. Words and actions- Students will be able to identify important objects in the classroom. They will also be able to understand "common" directions given to them in the classroom.
54. Words 'R Us- Words ‘R Us activity introduces students to the use of the thesaurus. The students seek additional vocabulary words to replace “starter” words.