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Say It with Meaning: Applying Sayings and Phrases
Students complete a unit of lessons on well known sayings and phrases. They create a journal, write paragraphs, sequence events, and analyze key vocabulary for various sayings and phrases throughout the school year.
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Embrace Space
Young scholars use the internet to gather informatino about the solar system and space. In groups, they create a slideshow in which they use illustrations from the internet and include their own text. They complete the instructional...
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Fall Similes and Metaphors
Learners interpret what a similies and metaphors are. They give examples of similies and metaphors. Pupils write different similies and metaphors using fall or autumn descriptive words. Students base their comparisons on facts, once they...
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HOLES UNIT
Students participate in the unit based on the Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar and the Walt Disney Movie "Holes". They use the layered curriculum model of assessment and activities.
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Nouns and Adjectives
In this nouns and adjectives learning exercise, students respond to 3 questions that require them to fill in the blanks in the paragraphs with the appropriate words from the word bank.
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Synonyms: Frogs
Students play a game. In this synonyms instructional activity, students play a synonym review game. Students go on-line to learn more about frogs and then complete a worksheet.
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Thanksgiving History
First graders decode Thanksgiving vocabulary while learning about the history of this holiday. In this Thanksgiving history lesson, 1st graders listen to a story, trace their hands to make turkey feathers and listen to a turkey poem. ...
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Identifying Figurative Language
In this figurative language worksheet, students identify figurative language in the sentences and explain their answers. Students complete 10 problems.
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101 Math Journal Topics
In this math worksheet, students examine the topics available to complete a daily math journal. They repeat the procedure for future lessons.
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No Name Calling
Students use literacy skills to gain information about tolerance. In these lessons on acceptance, student read stories, answer questions, survey students, and plan a citizenship week to encourage participation in a No Name Calling week.
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Present Tense Exercise 20
In this present progressive tense worksheet, students fill in each blank with the correct form of the verb in the present progressive tense. Students complete 12 sentences.
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Point of View and Mentor Relationships
Tenth graders analyze the role of mentors, point of view, and prejudice using the texts of To Kill a Mockingbird and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this literature analysis lesson, 10th graders review Scout's...
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Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
For this famous people worksheet, students read a selection about the life of Sheikh Mohammed Al-Maktoum, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Pumpkin Writing Paper
In this writing worksheet, pupils use the blank lined paper with a colorful pumpkin border for any kind of writing: reports, poetry, stories or letters.
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How Many Words Can You Say that Rhyme With Rice?
First graders practice their language art capabilities by rhyming words. In this vocabulary instructional activity, 1st graders examine words that rhyme with rice and create rhyming sentences using the same sound. Students complete a...
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Animal Farm Chapter One Summary
For this Animal Farm chapter one worksheet, students state the main idea of the chapter. The worksheet asks that the student summary includes title, author, topic, main idea, and quotations. In addition, students paraphrase the chapter...
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"The Secret School" Chapters 13-14
In this "The Secret School" comprehension activity, students complete 10 short answer questions about chapters 13 and 14, being as detailed as possible with their answers.
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Making Meaning from the Past
Young scholars read Ella Lyon's autobiographical poem, "Where I'm From" as the impetus to critically reflect on key images, memories, and events from their own lives and communities.
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Romanticism, Realism and Transcendentalism
Correct two sentences on overhead and complete one analogy,Define word meanings, synonyms, antonyms, variant forms and word parts for five words,interpret ?The Devil and Tom Walker?
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 1--Grade 7 (2006)
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read several passages and two poems and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write an essay response to one of the passages.
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A Courtin' We Will Go
Learners investigate dialect in poetry as an indication of a people's culture in literature. They write a poem about dating in this era.
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Sing Me a Story!
Sixth graders explore lyrics, phrases, and the beats in each phrase. They select a nursery rhyme, set it to a simple tune they already know, and match the tune with the same number of beats per phrase with a poem with the identical...
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Six Trait Writing with Jack Prelutsky and the Brothers Grimm
Students identify and discuss six traits of writing and complete some beginning drawing and writing utilizing the traits. Six lessons on one page.
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Wherever I Look
Students describe what they see in the world around them. They are to look in each direction to describe what they see. They prepare four panels of drawings of what they see with the sentence they wrote.