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Improve Your Spelling with the Visual Thesaurus

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Using Visual Thesaurus software, class members participate in a computer-based spelling bee. Then they work in groups to analyze the words and use deductive reasoning to infer spelling patterns. They then present one of their "rules" to...
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Try a Money Bee for a "Change"

For Teachers K - 12th
Students take the spelling bee format and adapt it to provide practice in making change and work on their money skills. They simulate the process of making purchases with money and making change as necessary to complete the purchase.
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Spelling Bee/Musical Chairs

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners spell and recognize vocabulary words and/or spelling words by playing musical chairs with spelling words.
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Drum Roll, Please!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Drill and practice phonemes, letter formations, written language, vowel correspondences, as well as consonant correspondences with youngsters. They will locate and identify the /b/ in written and spoken words from flash cards containing...
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The Heat is On: Cause and Effect and Climate

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
The higher the number of letters in the final word for the National Spelling Bee, the higher the number of people killed by venomous spiders. Obviously, those two facts correlate, but no causation exists. Scholars view data based on...
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An Experiment in Unfair Treatment/Prejudice

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
A rigged spelling bee gives class members a chance to experience some of the feelings associated with unfair treatment. Team one is given easy words while team two is given difficult words. As teams realize the unfairness the instructor...
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Spelling With Double Letters

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice spelling words with double letters. In this spelling lesson plan, students read a rhyme chorally and identify the words with double letters. Students complete a instant activity worksheet to practice spelling their...
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Word Family Jamboree

For Teachers K
Students explore rhyming words, beginning and ending sounds. In this word family lesson, students identify beginning and ending sounds. Students draw pictures of words and use phonetic spellings to write stories. Students use Dr. Seuss...
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Meet Lee, the Sleepy Bee

For Teachers 1st
First graders distinguish between the different ways to create the sound for long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds. They practice reading and spelling a variety of words containing the...
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I See A Bee

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners create a drawing of a word containing the sound /ee/. They are introduced to the /ee/ vowel pattern that comprise the long /ee/ vowel sound. They practice listening for and reading a variety of words containing the long vowel...
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Some Homophones Are Verbs

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in a spelling bee. For this verbs and homophones lesson, 5th graders review how most verbs are formed in the past tense and how this differs from irregular verbs. Students identify homophones and homographs and...
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Finding the Friendship Dolls, A True Story: How Children Can Create World Peace

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students listen to the book Finding the Friendship Dolls, A True Story: How Children Can Help Create World Peace through Toys. In this world peace instructional activity, students choose events in the story to create a timeline of those...
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Apple Blossoms and Pollination

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore the concept of pollination. In this pollination instructional activity, students examine the parts of an apple blossom and then compare and contrast pollination and cross-pollination.
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Homophone Flash Cards

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
For this homophones worksheet, students will look at one side of the flashcard and spell the homophone to match the picture. Two spelling choices are given and the correct choice is printed on the back of each card.
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Beehive Number Cards

For Teachers K - 1st
In these math worksheets, students will match the words with their corresponding numbers. The students are given ten bee hive cards with numbers one through ten spelled on each and must match the number of bees to the correct card.
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Create Your Own Homophone Worksheets

For Teachers K - 12th
Students develop their own homophone worksheet. They practice the spelling and using the different homophones. They participate in a homophone bee to end the lesson.
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Do Sheep Sleep?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners gain insight into the correspondence ee = /EE/ in both written and spoken words. They recite tongue twisters with the /EE/ sound and use letterboxes to spell 'ee' words. They read a book with a variety of /EE/ words.
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Homonyms - Quiz 2

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this homonyms worksheet, students read the sentences and select the correct spelling of the homonyms to complete the online quiz. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Generation Rx

My Generation Rx: Minute Activities

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Want to discuss the prevalence of prescription drug abuse among teenagers, but running out of class time? A series of short, straightforward activities address topics such as sharing prescription drugs, coping mechanisms for stress, and...
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"Two Diamond Baseball" Review Game

For Teachers K - 12th
Here is a game that can be used across the curriculum. Two teams are made up, and each time a member of the team answers a question correctly, they roll a dice to see how far they advance on the "baseball field." A fun game!
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SSSH - Successful, Simple Simulation, Hassle-Free

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students explore the Revolutionary War. They discuss ways to resolve conflicts, establish control/authority to meet needs. Students compare interactions among groups and then relate to other social groups. Students play a game to review...
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Will Smog be a Problem at the Olympic Games?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students locate China on a world map, then read a news article about pollution in Beijing. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion about smog and a vocabulary activity, then students read the...
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Brooklyn Museum

"Workt by Hand": Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Just like a painting or the symbols on a flag, quilts can express ideas that reflect a cultural context, space, and time. The class discusses the history of quilt making throughout US history and what different types of quilts mean. They...
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Proofreading Practice

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate proofreading marks. In this proofreading lesson, students evaluate a paragraph for editing mistakes. Students correct mistakes and return to the teacher.

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