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Vocabulary Activities
The FreeReading Vocabulary activities are organized into three categories: Introduce, Reintroduce, and Build Mastery.
- Introduce: After listening to a read-aloud, students will learn new vocabulary words by distinguishing examples and non-examples of the words. For each of the books below, we have chosen Tier Two vocabulary words found in the text and provided child-friendly definitions for them. Tier Two words are high frequency words that can be found across a wide variety of texts. See "Bringing Words to Life," by Beck, McKeown, and Kucan.
- Reintroduce: Students will use graphic organizers to refine their understanding of the meanings of words.
- Build Mastery: Students will expand their knowledge of vocabulary words by engaging in a variety of activities.
Below are popular children's books listed in alphabetical order. Click on any of the blue links to begin a vocabulary lesson.
- If you would like to use your own book to begin an Introduce Vocabulary activity click here.
- Click here to see all vocabulary printables, including graphic organizers and game templates.
- If you would like to see all vocabulary books listed by theme, click here.
Vocabulary Activities
| Introduce |
Reintroduce |
Build Mastery |
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| A Day at the Apple Orchard |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| A House for Hermit Crab |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| A Picture Book of Abe Lincoln |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| A Picture Book of Helen Keller |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| A Pocket for Corduroy |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| A Taste of Honey |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Airport |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Alphabears: An ABC Book |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Amigo |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| An Earthworm's Life |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Animal Action ABC |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Animal Tracks |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Are Trees Alive? |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Arthur's Baby |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Arthur's New Puppy |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Black Bear Cub |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Blueberries for Sal |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Charlie Parker Played Be Bop |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Christopher Columbus |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Chrysanthemum |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Clap Your Hands |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Clifford's Family |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Clouds |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Countdown to Kindergarten |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Cows Can't Fly |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Cross a Bridge |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Curious George Rides a Bike |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Dandelion |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Dinosaur Bones |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Doctor DeSoto |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Dolphin's First Day |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Everybody Cooks Rice |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Fancy Nancy |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Firefighters |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Fly Away Home |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| For You are a Kenyan Child |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Franklin Goes to School |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Franklin Goes to the Hospital |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Franklin's New Friend |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Frida |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Froggy Goes to School |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| From Tadpole to Frog |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| George's Store at the Shore |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Giggle, Giggle, Quack |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Grandfather's Journey |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Gregory, the Terrible Eater |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Happy Birthday, Moon |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Have You Seen Bugs? |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot Air Balloon Ride |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| I Am Planet Earth |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| I Hate to be Sick |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| I Love You the Purplest |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| I See Animals Hiding |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Icky Bug Colors |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| I'm a Little Teapot |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| In the Small, Small Pond |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Into the A, B, Sea |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| It's Pumpkin Time |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Jonathan and His Mommy |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Julius the Baby of the World |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Kindergarten ABC |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Kindergarten Count to 100 |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Letting Swift River Go |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Madeline's Rescue |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Make Way for Ducklings |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Mama, Do You Love Me? |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Matthew's Dream |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Miss Bindergarten Stays Home |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Moonbear's Bargain |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Mr. Lincoln's Way |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Miss Spider's Tea Party |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| My Chinatown: One Year in Poems |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| My School's a Zoo |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Night Shift Daddy |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| One Hungry Monster |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| One Tiny Turtle |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Over in the Meadow |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Peter's Chair |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Pinkalicious |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Puff, the Magic Dragon |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Rap a Tap Tap |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Red Riding Hood |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Ruby the Copycat |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Ruby's Wish |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Smoky Night |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Some Birthday |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Sorting |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Swimmy |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Tar Beach |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Tell Me a Story, Mama |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Biggest Pumpkin Ever |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Circus is Coming |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Crayon Box that Talked |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Emperor's Egg |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Five Chinese Brothers |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Great Kapok Tree |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Grouchy Ladybug |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Itsy Bitsy Spider |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Keeping Quilt |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Legend of the Bluebonnet |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Lion and the Mouse |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Lorax |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Man Who Walked Between the Towers |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Paperboy |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Perfect Nest |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Reasons for the Seasons |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Runaway Pumpkin |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Scarecrow's Hat |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Scaredy Cats |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Story of Ruby Bridges |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Subway Mouse |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Surprise Garden |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| The Three Little Pigs |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Too Many Tamales |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Two Bad Ants |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Welcome to the Ice House |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Where the Wild Things Are |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
| Yoko |
Graphic Organizer |
Extension Activity or Game |
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