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8th grade vocabulary games for ESL-EFL-ELL
Context Clues Packet Using Tier Vocabulary
Grab your detective hats and start the Clue-Searching fun! Research tells us that teaching vocabulary word by word doesn’t cut it anymore. In addition, state tests are becoming increasingly difficult for our students. We need to give our students strategies to determine unknown meanings. Using context clues is an evidence-supported strategy. The words included in this packet were specifically chosen. They focus on Tier 2 vocabulary words, (words occurring most frequently in our language and text
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1st - 8th
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Getting to Know You | Four Corners Game | ESL Activity | Back to School
Four Corners is an activity that gets students up and out of their seats. This 4 Corners game is a fun "Getting to Know You" activity, perfect for the beginning of the year and throughout. It can also double as an engaging class warm-up activity! Created for beginning and intermediate English learners, thirty differentiated slides with visual supports provide ample question choices to suit your class needs. Three levels of questions are included, with ten slides for each level. Project a questio
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5th - 8th
Analogies, 250 Analogy Questions, Build Vocabulary & Logic, PDF & Google Drive
Analogies are now specifically included in middle school Common Core State Standards and these fun little puzzlers are a great tool to help students at all levels build vocabulary and logic skills.This introductory lecture is paired with 10 follow-up assignments that can serve as in-class work (solo or group), homework, substitute teacher materials, or game materials. Each assignment sheet can also be sliced up into five separate mini-assignments, allowing for short bell-ringer work sessions or
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8th - 11th
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EDITABLE Spanish Activity Templates | Taco Tuesday Digital or Print Game
These editable game templates are adaptable for any class, subject, and level! Now ready for remote and hybrid learning as well! Fill in the Tacos with your vocabulary and bring a little competition into your classroom. Perfect for an opener or class activator, or fun review before a quiz! Five game board sizes included, with digital supports!***********************************************************TACO TUESDAY EDITABLE TEMPLATES My most requested product is finally editable!And now, ready for
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Spanish Activities and Games BUNDLE | 120+ Spanish Games
Discussion Activity - What Would You Do? Speaking Activity Prompt Cards
Discussion Activity - What Would You Do? Speaking Activity Prompt Cards: These discussion cards are designed to engage even the most reluctant students in active discussion and conversation in the classroom. The product provides all the necessary tools to engage students in friendly debates and discussions on ethical dilemmas. Each of the cards presents a scenario and students must decide what they would do in the situation and justify their choice. This is an excellent tool to use in intermedia
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6th - 12th
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Common Grammar and Writing Mistakes Escape Room Game - Digital Resource
This digital resource is a grammar review disguised as a fun escape room adventure activity. Mission: individuals or teams work through puzzles to discover the location of stolen jewels. Challenges in this grammar escape room include working with common mistakes in writing, such as frequently confused words and common grammar errors. There are also other challenges to encourage critical thinking, problem solving, and following directions! (See important information below about tech requirements)
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Vocabulary Activities Bundle Differentiated for Any Word List: Set 1
Whether you've chosen words from literature, from test prep lists, from a vocabulary book, or hand-selected words you think your students should know, the exercises in this bundle will complement them perfectly. Designed to work with any vocabulary list, these activities, games, and practice worksheets will get your students thinking creatively. If your classroom culture calls for small group activities, stations, creative learning, differentiation, brain-based learning, or enrichment, this bund
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8th - 11th
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Escape Room Context Clues and Inferences for Middle School English
This creative escape room adventure is a well-organized context clue breakout with a fun sci-fi twist! Your students are visiting relatives on the planet Nonsensica, but their only map home to Earth has been torn to shreds. They'll have to stay forever...unless they can work in teams to solve a series of FUN context clue and inference challenges!*This unit was updated on 2/26/20. We made it even faster and easier to set up! We also added photo props and an early finisher coloring page.What have
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Escape Room: School, Forest, and Planet
Word Nerd: Word Games & Puzzles for Middle School ELA
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Research shows that doing word puzzles keeps our minds sharp. That's why I love getting my word nerd on in the classroom. You and your students will have so much fun with these super challenging word games that feature middle-school ELA academic and content vocabulary, including:
* literary terms
* poetry terms
* drama terms
* nonfiction vocabulary
* pers
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Word Study Mega Bundle
CONNOTATION & DENOTATION: FUN WORD SORT ACTVITY (Common Core Aligned)
This fun, hands-on, Common Core aligned word sort activity will teach your students the difference between a word’s connotation and denotation, demonstrate the importance of word choice, allow them to analyze the nuances in meanings of words, as well as provide the opportunity to consult reference materials to verify their determinations. Working in small groups, students are given a deck of word cards that they must first sort by their denotations. (For example: words related to “confident.”)
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7th - 12th
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Mystery Box! Editable Game Show Template | End of Year Review | Digital Online
This is a great game to play with any subject and any grade. It's especially perfect for review classes at the end of the school year!A game you can use forever - this is an editable template, so you can write your own questions and change them whenever you like! Save time! Minimal prep required - simply add the questions and you're ready to go. You can add up to 18 questions in this template.My students ❤️love❤️ this game and ask to play it all the time! It's easy to play:The first team chooses
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4th - 12th
THREE OF A KIND VOL. 1 – Bell-Ringer Word Game, Class Warm-Up, Sponge, Fun Stuff
Entertain and challenge your teens with this compelling collection of word puzzles in PDF & Google Slides format. There are many different ways you might want to use these 38 word play slides (19 questions + 19 answer key slides) in your classroom, including:1. Use as a routine bell-ringer activity to begin class one day each week. You could call this “Three of a Kind Thursday” if you enjoy alliteration, but the slides will work great any day of the week.2. Use them as a sponge activity to s
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7th - 10th
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Literary Devices BINGO - Elements of Literature - Literary Terms review game
Need a fun way to practice and review literary devices and elements of literature vocabulary terms? This BINGO! game has your students match literary terms and definitions. This is a great way to make sure your students have the vocabulary down before they start analyzing texts.Your Literary Devices vocabulary resource includes:Master Literary Terms List – 22 Literary Devices and their definitions and 5 marking boxes to verify what’s been called34 Terms BINGO Cards (blue) – You call the definiti
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Literary Devices and Terms Bundle: Vocabulary List, BINGO, and Quiz
Idiom Pictionary or Charades Set with 70 Different Cards
Are you out of ideas for warm ups or those five minute time-fillers at the end of a shorter-than-anticipated lesson?
Do you need a new, interesting way to teach idioms to your English, Reading, or ESL class?
Try this engaging pictionary/charades activity that will have your students begging to get out of their seats and participate!
Card set includes 70 colorful (and black/white) cards listing popular idioms.
The difficulty varies throughout the set, allowing you to pick and choose the
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4th - 12th
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Articulation Blocks: Speech Therapy Game Companion + Digital Option
Grab your wooden unstacking blocks game and these mats for a FUN and EFFECTIVE speech therapy session with this game companion! ! I love playing stacking blocks in therapy but my students often got frustrated with how easy it is to knock over (and some of my students would knock it over or bump the table on purpose). I wanted to figure out a way to play this game without as much frustrationThis is how Articulation Blocks was born! Includes a blank fill-able (type-able) mat to create your own! I
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K - 8th
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Vocalic R Game | Match It Quick
Speech Therapy for Vocalic R This game is very popular among students! Each card has eight pictures containing a vocalic /r/. There is ALWAYS one matching picture on any two cards and ONLY one. Have the students race to spot and name the matching picture. Whoever names the match first, gets both cards. The student with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner. This game has 55 cards to print.Teletherapy Tip:Use Match It Quick cards in your virtual therapy sessions by placing two pri
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Articulation Games Bundle | Later Developing Sounds
Grammar and Word Puzzle Escape Room Bundle - Word Games & Fun Grammar Review
Students love escape rooms, but they are so much more than just fun activities! With this bundle, your students will practice and review grammar points and use investigative skills to solve word puzzles and other fun challenges. Students build critical thinking and problem solving skills with these engaging escape room games.⭐️What you'll get in this escape room bundle (Click the PREVIEW link above for a closer look)1. Word and Logic Puzzle Escape Room (Printable/with digital lock option)In this
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
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Conversation Blocks: An UN-stacking Game! (game companion) + Google Slides
Grab your wooden unstacking blocks game and these mats for a FUN and EFFECTIVE speech therapy session! I love playing stacking blocks in therapy but my students often got frustrated with how easy it is to knock over (and some of my students would knock it over or bump the table on purpose). I wanted to figure out a way to play this game without as much frustration! This is how Conversation Blocks was born! Now includes a Google Slides version with moveable pieces for distance learning, telether
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K - 8th
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Greek and Latin Roots Pennant Activity Games BUNDLE Display Vocabulary Test Prep
Start with a pennant activity, review the Greek and Latin roots with two BINGO games, and then challenge your students with a game of Pair Stare (two decks included), where they need to find the one and only root word match on any two cards!This is a great way to learn and review roots to build language skills and prepare for standardized tests.Greek and Latin Roots ActivitiesLatin and Greek Roots Pennant ActivityGreek and Latin Roots BINGO GameGreek and Latin Roots BINGO Game (Set 2)Greek and L
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3rd - 12th
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Word Ladder Puzzles Bundle - Spelling and Vocabulary - Print and Google Slides
Give your students fun vocabulary, spelling, and logic practice with this set of word ladders. This bundle contains all four volumes of differentiated Word Ladders so you can have plenty of options when you need a fun activity that gets them thinking! Students give answers to clues and definitions, changing one letter at a time as they go down or up the ladder until all spaces are filled. Volumes 1-3 currently include a paperless option. ⭐️ What you'll get in this bundle of 48 puzzles: (Click th
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4th - 8th
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Mexican Loteria Spanish- La Escuela - Spanish Bingo Game The School
Este es un juego de lotería version escolar. Es perfecto para jugar con tus estudiantes, o para una Noche de Loteria. Contiene 54 tarjetas y 26 tablas. This is a Spanish Bingo Loteria, School version. It is perfect to play with your students or for a Loteria Night. Contains 54 cards and 26 game cards.
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PreK - 8th
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The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving Complete Unit
Looking for ready-made unit with fresh activities for "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washing Irving? This unit is just what you need for stress-free planning and engaging student tasks.This week-long unit includes the following:► Step-by-step, day-by-day lesson plans ► Daily aligned Common Core Standards►Daily bell ringers to get students thinking about each day's lesson at the beginning of class► Vocabulary exercise with hands-on, challenging writing extension option►Comprehension game with answ
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: American Romanticism Bundle: Activities and Lessons for 8 Literary Works
Name That Idiom Powerpoint Game
Turn learning idioms into a fun game with this colorful powerpoint!
"Name that Idiom" is 44 slides long and contains 21 different idioms and their meaning, each with an adorable photo that can be printed to create hilarious posters for your classroom.
Slideshows are editable so that you can adjust the vocabulary, if needed.
Can be played:
1) individually as a daily warm-up for over 4 weeks
2) in pairs or groups as a game
3) as a new version of HANGMAN
4) printed as a file folder activity
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6th - 10th
Vocabulary Games for ANY Word List
These low-prep vocabulary games are perfect for reviewing word lists or Greek and Latin roots! Just print them out and keep them in a handy binder for those times when you need an extra injection of fun and learning.__________________________________________________________________Are your students bouncing off the walls or just mine? Don't get me wrong--I love my students' unending reserve of energy, but we're all happiest when that energy is directed into fun and engaging learning, rather than
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: ELA Games for Middle School Language Arts Review
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