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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
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| A House for Hermit Crab | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| A Picture Book of Abe Lincoln | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| A Picture Book of Helen Keller | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| A Pocket for Corduroy | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| A Taste of Honey | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Airport | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Alphabears: An ABC Book | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Amigo | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| An Earthworm's Life | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Animal Action ABC | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Animal Tracks | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Are Trees Alive? | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Arthur's Baby | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Arthur's New Puppy | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Black Bear Cub | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Blueberries for Sal | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Charlie Parker Played Be Bop | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Christopher Columbus | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Chrysanthemum | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Clap Your Hands | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Clifford the Big Red Dog | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Clifford's Family | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Clouds | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Countdown to Kindergarten | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Cows Can't Fly | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Cross a Bridge | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Curious George Rides a Bike | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Dandelion | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Dinosaur Bones | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Doctor DeSoto | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Dolphin's First Day | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Everybody Cooks Rice | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Fancy Nancy | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Firefighters | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Fly Away Home | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| For You are a Kenyan Child | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Franklin Goes to School | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Franklin Goes to the Hospital | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Franklin's New Friend | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Frida | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Froggy Goes to School | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| From Tadpole to Frog | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| George's Store at the Shore | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Giggle, Giggle, Quack | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Grandfather's Journey | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Gregory, the Terrible Eater | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Happy Birthday, Moon | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Have You Seen Bugs? | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot Air Balloon Ride | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| I Am Planet Earth | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| I Hate to be Sick | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| I Love You the Purplest | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| I See Animals Hiding | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Icky Bug Colors | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| I'm a Little Teapot | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| In the Small, Small Pond | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Into the A, B, Sea | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| It's Pumpkin Time | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Jonathan and His Mommy | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Julius the Baby of the World | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Kindergarten ABC | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Kindergarten Count to 100 | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Letting Swift River Go | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Madeline's Rescue | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Make Way for Ducklings | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Mama, Do You Love Me? | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Matthew's Dream | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Miss Bindergarten Stays Home | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Moonbear's Bargain | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Mr. Lincoln's Way | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Miss Spider's Tea Party | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| My Chinatown: One Year in Poems | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| My School's a Zoo | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Night Shift Daddy | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| One Hungry Monster | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| One Tiny Turtle | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Over in the Meadow | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Peter's Chair | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Pinkalicious | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Puff, the Magic Dragon | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Rap a Tap Tap | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Red Riding Hood | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Ruby the Copycat | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Ruby's Wish | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Smoky Night | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Some Birthday | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Sorting | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Swimmy | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Tar Beach | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Tell Me a Story, Mama | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Biggest Pumpkin Ever | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Circus is Coming | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Crayon Box that Talked | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Emperor's Egg | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Five Chinese Brothers | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Great Kapok Tree | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Grouchy Ladybug | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Itsy Bitsy Spider | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Keeping Quilt | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Legend of the Bluebonnet | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Lion and the Mouse | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Lorax | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Paperboy | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Perfect Nest | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Reasons for the Seasons | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Runaway Pumpkin | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Scarecrow's Hat | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Scaredy Cats | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Story of Ruby Bridges | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Subway Mouse | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Surprise Garden | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| The Three Little Pigs | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Too Many Tamales | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Two Bad Ants | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Welcome to the Ice House | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Where the Wild Things Are | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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| Yoko | Graphic Organizer | Extension Activity or Game
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