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Use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication and/or spelling patterns as aids in determining meaning within context. |
Prefix Change - Two printable card games for practice with prefixes. 
Jelly Fish - Students type the prefix, root, and suffix into boxes.
Root Words - PP by Connie Campbell 
Putting Down Roots - Drag the roots into the blanks to create new words.
Prefixes - Make new words by adding the correct prefix.
Rooting Out Words - Help Remainder the Dog gather enough mushrooms to sell at the market by uncovering the roots of words. (three categories, several difficulty levels - from FunBrain)
Space Station - [this link opens in a new window] Build a space station by using word study skills - Divide the word in blue into syllables and enter it into the box with a '-' between the syllables. Example: fi-nal
Suffixes Make New Words - Drag and drop the suffix to the correct root word to make a new word. |
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Determine whether a given statement within a passage is fact or fiction. |
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Indicate sequence of events in print and non-print texts. |
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| 6.1.spi.4. |
Predict future events of a passage. |
Guess What Comes Next - Make predictions about what might happen in a passage. |
| 6.1.spi 5. |
Select appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms within context. |
Antonyms - Quick interactive activity has students click a button when they see the antonym of the word.
Say It Another Way - Choose a synonym to say it another way.
Synonymical: The Synonym Game - David Fisco, author - Tough, interactive activity. Students spell the synonym.
Synonym.com - type a word in the box and find a synonym, or antonym, of the word
Level 1 words | Level 2 words | Level 3 words - Synonym & Antonym Word Encounters
Field Trip - [this link opens on a new page] unscrambling the synonyms
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| 6.1.spi 6. |
Use context clues, dictionaries, thesauruses, electronic sources, and glossaries as aids in determining the meanings of unfamiliar words. |
FreeDictionary - Has word of the day, quote of the day, article of the day, word game of the day and more.
Rhyming Dictionary - You can use it to help write poetry, song lyrics, greeting cards, witticisms, and more.
Word Central from Merriam Webster - a customizable dictionary and a daily buzz word |
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Select questions to clarify thinking. |
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| 6.1.spi. 8 . |
Use common text features to make meaning from text (i.e., newspapers and textbooks). |
Captions Help Tell A Story - Which picture best tells the story?
Reading Headlines - Can you tell what the article is about from the headline?
Read All About It - Where would you find this in the newspaper? |
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Evaluate text for fact and opinion. |
Fact or Opinion - Choose the right answer from drop down choices. Easy reading level - good for remediation.
Fact and Opinion Self-Test - [this link opens on a new page] click on the appropriate choice after each statement
Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion - click on a button to indicate if the statements are fact, opinion, or a blend of both
A mix of factual information and the opinions of the author. Often the opinions are disguised as fact, to make the author's argument seem more believable. |
| 6.1.spi.10. |
Recognize and use grade appropriate and/or content specific vocabulary within context. |
Snakes & Ladders - Blank gameboards to add your own vocab words or other tricky words. Print and use as center activity.
Word Meaning Jigsaw Game One Game Two | Game Three | Game Four | Game Five | Game Six - match words with their meanings |
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Locate information using available text features. |
Looking For the Fine Print - Read these ads to look for details and practice critical reading.
What's On a Map? - Use parts of a map. |
| 6.1.spi.12. |
Recognize that purpose determines text format. |
Comparing Nonfiction Texts - This exercise from the BBC helps students find text features unique to the text format |
| 6.1.spi.13. |
Analyze the effects of sound in context (i.e., onomatopoeia, alliteration, accent, rhyme, and repetition). |
An Overview of Poetry - a comprehensive PP on the topic of rhythm and rhyme 
Word Play 1 | Word Play 2 | Word Play 3 | Word Play 4 | Word Play 5 | Word Play 6 - Practicing onomatopoeia, alliteration, rhyme, simile and metaphor
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| 6.1.spi.14. |
Choose the correct meaning of multiple meaning words in context. |
Context is Key - Choose the correct word using context clues.
Using Multiple Meanings - Decide which sentences use a word correctly.
Words with Multiple Meanings - Fill in the blank with the correct word. |
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Locate and verify information to support opinions, predictions, and conclusions. |
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| 6.1.spi.16. |
Identify stated or implied cause and effect relationships. |
Cause and Effect Sheet - Read passage online and answer questions on paper |
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Draw inferences from selected texts. |
Drawing Conclusions - Read the story and choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
Drawing Inferences - Be a critical reader
How are They Selling It? - read three advertisements and evaluate the type of persuasive writing being employed
Finding Faulty Logic - critically evaluate six advertisements
What is an Inference - lesson
Inference Riddle Game - guess using riddles - infer what is being described by the clues you read |
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Analyze the use of similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole within context. |
Bud, Not Buddy - 3 Quia activities on similes and metaphors
Do you know your metaphors - drag words to make a metaphor
Do you know your similes - drag the nouns to complete a Simile (Refresh the page to get a new set.)
Figurative Language - terms, definitions, and an example
Literary Devices - Quia activities on similes, metaphors, personification, slang/dialect and allusions
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| 6.1.spi.19. |
Select sources from which to gather information on a given topic and determine their reliability. |
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| 6.1.spi.20. |
Distinguish among various literary genres (e.g., poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction).
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Genres - Thinkquest "types or categories into which literary works are grouped according to form or technique"
Blurbs - .pdf printable - guess the genre.
Poetry Quiz - ten questions
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| 6.1.spi.21. |
Determine the main ideas of a plot, their causes, how they influence future actions, and how they are resolved. |
Main Idea Mini Lesson - how to find the main idea in a paragraph - interactive quizzes follow
Name That Literary Element - video game format used to reinforce a variety of literary elements
What's the Big Idea - solve a riddle by answering questions about the main idea |
| 6.1.spi.22. |
Recognize the first person point of view in literature. |
Point of View Quiz - Read each group of sentences. Decide if it is written in first person or third person point of view |
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Select an appropriate summary statement and determine whether the theme is stated or implied. |
Make A Long Story Short - Choose the sentence that best summarizes the passage. |
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Specify a logical word choice to complete an analogy using synonyms, antonyms, categories, subcategories, whole/part, and functions. |
Analogy Challenge - Try to complete the analogies in a race against time.
Fact Monster Analogy of the Day
Analogy PowerPoint Show template - you make modifications to use with your students
Analogy Lesson from Diana Dell - Includes links to interactive activities |
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Identify patterns of rhyme and rhythm. |
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| 6.1.spi.26. |
Determine the author's purpose for writing a selection (i.e., to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to share emotions). |
Author's Purpose-Read online and answer ?'s on paper.
Author's Purpose#1 , Author's Purpose#2- From Scholastic - Printable - Read an online story and answer questions on paper - a detailed explanation follows passage, teaching how to find the answers in passages
Different Text Types - From BBC (uses UK English) learn about the different text types (persuasion, informative, descriptive, or instructive) with this game |
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Recognize common propaganda techniques (i.e. bandwagon, loaded words, and testimonials). |
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| 6.2.spi.1. |
Complete a graphic organizer (i.e., clustering, listing, mapping, and webbing) with information from notes for a writing selection. |
Take Notes - students evaluate what items should be included in the opening paragraph of a news story
Bibliographic Blunders (6 - 8) [this link opens in a new window] students use note cards to collect information (Author - Carolyn Garner) |
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Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of a written selection. |
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Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade). |
Reading for a Purpose - nine activities to check understanding about the purposes of different sorts of text
Worksheets for Author's Intent - [scroll past the membership information] Four activities you might want to do as a class to practice Author's Purpose.
Game - Author's Purpose - matching game |
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Identify the audience for which a text is written. |
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| 6.2.spi.5. |
Identify the most reliable sources of information for preparing a report or project. |
The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation (Kathy Schrock) - Evaluation of Web sites is an important skill to learn in this age of digital and information literacy. Students and teachers need practice in critically examining sites to determine authority, authenticity, and applicability to purpose.
Information Literacy Resources - (Alan November) - A series of teacher resources for use helping students learn to critically evaluate web resources. Includes a test, several links for students to evaluate, and lots of information.
Quality Information Check List -a resource to help young people evaluate the information they find on the Internet. |
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Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order. |
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| 6.2.spi.7. |
Select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow of a writing sample. |
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Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph. |
Trailblazing Conclusions (6 - 8) [this link opens in a new window] develop a sense of ending by using closure and thought-provoking statements (Author - Laurie Ayers) |
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Select the best way to combine sentences to provide syntactic variety within context. |
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Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph's theme or flow. |
Information Elimination (6 - 8) [this link opens in a new window] model, instruct, and practice narrowing a topic for expository writing (Author - Julie Thompson) |
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Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context and flow of ideas in a paragraph. |
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| 6.2.spi.12. |
Supply a missing piece of information in an outline. |
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| 6.2.spi.13. |
Select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample. |
Thesis Builder - helps build a thesis from a topic
Thesis Statement - [from LEO] "a thesis takes a stand rather than announcing a subject" |
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Rank possible research resources according to reliability. |
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| 6.2.spi.15. |
Select illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas. |
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| 6.3.spi.1. |
Recognize usage errors occurring within context (e.g., double negatives, troublesome words: to, too, two; their, there, they're; lie, lay; sit, set). |
Quiz 1 | Quiz 2 | Quiz 3 | Quiz 4 | Quiz 5 - The Notorious Confusables
Problem verbs review - sit/set/lie/lay/rise/raise - Practice with these games to get a clear meaning of each of these troublesome verbs. [a matching game]
To / Two / Too -[this link opens in a new window] the difference between the homophones to, two, and too - five questions per screen
Double Negatives - a quiz
There, Their, & They're -an online quiz. Students can choose until they find the correct answer.
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Identify the correct spelling of plurals and possessives. |
Irregular Plurals - match the related words, singular to plural [concentration style game] |
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Identify sentences with correct subject-verb agreement (person/number) within context. |
Subject-Verb Agreement - Read each sentence, enter your response in the space provided, and then press "Submit" to check your answer |
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Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives), pronouns (i.e., agreement, subject, object), verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular, agreement), adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative forms), and adverbs (i.e., comparative forms) within context. |
Grammar Blast - several quizzes practicing 6th Grade skills
Parts of Speech - [this link opens in a new window] noun, verb, preposition, etc - Interactive quizzes
Parts of Speech Quiz - select correct part of speech
Noun Explorer - select the correct spelling, or correct abbreviation
Plural & Possessive Nouns - Lesson and activity.
Plural Nouns - add s or es
Word Skills 1 | Word Skills 2 | Word Skills 3 - Practicing adverbs, adjectives, nouns, pronouns, verbs
Tense Activity 1 | Tense Activity 2 | Tense Activity 3 - Practice with past, present, future tenses [this site only works with Internet Explorer]
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Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, and interrupters) within context. |
Exercise 1 - Exercise 2 - Exercise 3 - Exercise 4 - Exercise 5 - Practice using commas |
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Choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas (i.e., in direct quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks). |
Quotation Marks and Colons - quiz
Quotation Marks - a lesson on the proper use of quotation marks, followed by a list of punctuation quizzes |
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Identify correctly and incorrectly spelled words in context. |
Spell Check - TCAP format - Funbrain - select word that is spelled incorrectly
Online Spelling Quizzes - numerous quizzes in TCAP format
Stop the Machine - click and drag letters to form a correctly spelled word |
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Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma + coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases and/or clauses). |
Quiz One | Quiz Two | Quiz Three - Combining sentences
Sentence Speedway - identify sentence parts as phrase, dependent clause or independent clause
Sentence Sort - choose correct sentence structure to move piece along board |
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Choose the most appropriate interjection to complete a sentence. |
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| 6.3.spi.10. |
Identify the correct use of colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding a list of items) within context. |
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Identify the correct use of prepositions and prepositional phrases within context. |
Prepositions at the Crossword I , Prepositions at the Crossword II , Prepositions at the Crossword III - Crossword puzzle format. Use the "tab" key to move between boxes. |
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Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating and subordinating) within context. |
Conjunctions & Interjections - Quia quiz
Conjunctions - click on the buttons to find the correct answer
Conjunction-itis Popup - [this link opens in a new window] Find the correct conjunction form to combine two short sentences together into one! (a Quia quiz) |
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Select the most appropriate method to correct a run-on sentence (i.e., conjunctions, semicolons, and periods to join or separate elements) within context. |
Repairing Run-On Sentences - After each run-on sentence below select the remedy that would best repair that sentence.
Fragments and Run-On's - After each sentence, select the option which best describes that sentence. |