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Flying Through Quotation Marks
Make discussing quotation marks interesting by using this presentation. Each Disneyland themed slide includes an example, punctuation rule, and Micky Mouse style sound effects. Each example has a context which is important for making...
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Commas and Colons and Semicolons? OH MY!
Take a close look at both the definitions and uses of commas, colons, and semicolons. Commas set off clear parts of sentences, colons come before an explanation, and semicolons join two complete thoughts. Review these types of...
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Born on a Mountaintop? Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History
Learners compare and contrast the details from the life of the real David Crockett and the legendary folk hero he later became. They identify the characteristics of a tall tale and follow a rubric to create a tall tale of their own.
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July 17th Writing Prompt
For this daily writing prompt worksheet, students learn that on this day in 1955 Disneyland opened. Students write about their favorite amusement park ride or activity.
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National Turkey Off to Disneyland
Students share their holiday traditions, then read about an American Thanksgiving custom. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the news article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, the students participate in a...
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Wrap it up!
Sometimes the conclusion of an essay can be the most important part. Whether your writers are ending with a proposition, lesson learned, or persuasive argument, teach them how to "end with a bang" with this helpful PowerPoint! This...
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Penny and Her Dad
A divorce can seem like everything's changing, but some things do stay the same. Read a passage about Penny and her parents, comparing and contrasting the ways her parents' houses are the same and are different.
Brooklyn Museum
Fred Tomaselli
Kids will observe, write, and create as a way to better understand the work of artist Fred Tomaselli. Guided by great critical thinking questions, learners will first analyze the piece Field Guides. Then, they will write a creative...
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Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions
Teach your kids about FANBOYS! Coordinating conjunctions, or FANBOYS, join two independent clauses to make a compound sentence, but don't forget the comma! Review this popular comma rule, and give your learners this short activity. An...
K12 Reader
Identifying Appositives
Young grammarians identify the appositives in a series of sentences and then rewrite each sentence omitting the word or phrase.
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Adjectives: Superlatives
Give the class the most interesting lesson yet with a fun grammar presentation on superlative adjectives. With animated slides and sound effects, the presentation is the greatest way to introduce proper usage.
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MLA Documentation & Style
The format of a formal paper, according to the Modern Language Association (MLA) Style Guide, is the focus of a text-heavy presentation that cites the rules but offers few examples. Consider adding additional slides or including a...
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Snappy Solutions, Sizzling Sentences
An examination of the figurative language in Gwendolyn Brooks’ To Young Readers challenges your writers to think about the richness of language. Ask your class why Brooks says, “Good books are bandages.” This discussion of alliteration,...
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Mad Libs; My Trip To Disney World
In this mad lib worksheet, students fill in blanks, following instructions, to complete a mad lib activity about a trip to Disneyland. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Worksheet 2/7 on Collective Nouns
In this recognizing collective nouns instructional activity, students use collective nouns in a word bank to fill in the blanks in sentences. Students write 7 answers.
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Verbs
For this verbs worksheet, students underline the action verb in 5 sentences, write 3 nouns in a complete sentence and circle the multiple choice answer in 5 sentences that tells whether a sentence is happening in the past, present or...
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Should vs. Would Rather Exercise
In this should vs. would worksheet, students look at the two listed activities and create a compound sentence stating what they should or what they would rather do.
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Possibility / Impossibility in the Past
In this possibility/impossibility in the past tense worksheet, students read for information and use could have and couldn't have to practice usage and logical reasoning. Students write fourteen answers.
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Should vs. Would Rather Exercise
In this should vs would rather worksheet, learners create compound sentences using pairs of phrases. Students create ten compound sentences.
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Definition of Philanthropy
Students discover philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students read literature and discuss occurrences of people sharing their time, talent, and treasure. Students respond, in writing, to the theme of philanthropy in a...
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Nouns
In this nouns learning exercise, students read 45 sentences and determine which nouns name a person, place and/or thing, Students read an additional 15 sentences, underline each noun in each one and then decide whether each one is a...
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What Kind of Fish Are You?
In this personality learning exercise, learners read situations and answer multiple choice questions to see what they would do in that situation. Students complete 10 problems and see what kind of fish they are in the end.
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Capitalization-Grade 1
For this grade 1 capitalization worksheet, learners circle words in sentences that should be capitalized and rewrite sentences with correct capitalization.
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Born on a Mountaintop? Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History
Learners name tall tale characters and locations, which are based on actual people and places, and describe how they are used in an exaggerated way. Students name created characters and events from tall tales. Learners write a tall tale.