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Spelling Free Throw (Elementary, Games)
Learners run to the chalk board to spell a given word, pick up a basketball, dribble to the hoop and make one shot, run the basketball back to their starting place to score points for their team.
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Spelling: 2nd Grade
In need of a spelling list for your 2nd graders, why not use this one. This list can be used as is or modified, try showing this list to the students at the beginning of the week and then use it again so they can correct their own test.
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Swap Sheet #1
In this spelling worksheet, students write a list of their spelling words and then another list with the vowels taken out for their friend to fill in. Students do this for 10 words.
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Elementary School--Advanced Vocabulary
In this advanced vocabulary worksheet, students study 20 words, write the word that is spelled correctly on the line after each number, read 10 additional sentences and choose the word in parentheses that completes each sentence...
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Word Wall Activity List
Second graders perform a variety of activities with a dynamic, ever-changing classroom word wall as outlined in these lessons. They become less dependent on the word wall as the school year progresses.
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Making Words
Third graders spell words and define homophone. In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words.
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Find the Misspelled Words
Young readers are given twenty groups of words and asked to circle the misspelled word. They are encouraged to sound out the words, specifically focusing on vowel sounds.
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Elementary Reading: Five Passages with Questions
Five brief readings with questions support practice with various literacy skills. In some cases, learners identify whether underlined words are spelled correctly. Other times, they answer reading comprehension questions about the text or...
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Antonyms, synonyms and homophones
Shed light on what antonyms, synonyms, and homophones are. In this lesson, upper elementary schoolers create pairs using an antonym, a homophone, and/or a synonym. Then they play an antonym matching game.
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Beach Vocabulary Word Jumble
In this word jumble worksheet, students unscramble the letters to spell words related to summer. Students spell 20 words and use the word bank for help.
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Popcorn Spelling (Elementary, Language)
Third graders stand with letter cards to spell words given by the teacher. A quick time-filler game to practice spelling words.
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Zoo Animals Spelling
In this spelling unit worksheet, learners learn 10 words about zoo animals. Students demonstrate their knowledge by completing word search, scrambled words, sentence writing, alphabetical order and taking a test.
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The Word Factory
Here is a clever way to help your 3rd and 4th graders add -ing to verbs. A list of 10 action verbs is given, and learners must adjust the spelling of each verb to accept the -ing ending. This would be an excellent choice for a homework...
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Uh Oh!
Help your elementary learners distinguish between short and long vowel /o/ sounds. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. Then they practice reading and spelling words...
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Choose the Correct Homophone
It's a known secret that English can be a difficult language to learn, and homophones don't make it any easier. Help your young readers tackle these tricky words with this simple fill-in-the blank exercise in which they identify the word...
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Making Words
Students add letters to teacher provided endings to make new words. In this phonics lesson, students learn to make new words using word families. A sample worksheet is provided and a rubric
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Convert Numbers Into Words Worksheet
In this number words worksheet, learners convert 10 numbers into number words and write their words in the boxes provided. Students check the spelling in each of their number words.
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Spelling Lesson Plan
Review basic spelling rules with your elementary schoolers. Focus in on the spelling of words with a specific prefix. In this spelling lesson, learners use an interactive whiteboard lesson to learn prefixes such as de, sub, re, and pre....
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Saxon Phonics: Kindergarten
Here is an interesting twist on the old spelling test. Kindergartners will enjoy the sounds and animation that accompany the images which represent the words they must identify and spell. Note: While some of these words would be more...
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We Flew With a Baboon
More vowels? Elementary schoolers recognize how vowel patterns change a short vowel sound into a long vowel sound. With an emphasis on the /oo/ that makes the long U sound, kids identify the phoneme and letter combination through...
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Correct Spelling of Animal Words
In this spelling worksheet, students study 8 animal words, then interactively choose the correct spelling for 16 animated pictures, then type each word next to the correct picture, with immediate online feedback.
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Word Wall "Active-ities"
Pupils build word walls using a variety of fun games and activities.
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General Introduction To Microsoft Word
Fourth graders investigate the fundamentals of using Microsoft Word. They practice using the common word processing techniques. Students practice composing a document and experiment with changing font sizes, editing tools, saving, and...
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Dictionary Skills
An online, interactive learning exercise provides plenty of practice with using the dictionary. Learners look up and complete or correct 22 compound nouns and adjectives. They connect definitions of words that have affixes to the...