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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Some Frequently Confused Words

For Students 1st - 6th Standards
Some words in English can look and sound similar, but have entirely different meanings. Keep an eye and ear out for them; beware of commonly confused words. [0:40]
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Charades Word Lists for Kids

For Students K - 1st
This is a list of words to use for charades for kids including book titles, children's movies, names of famous people, and geographical locations. The books and movie titles are broken down by age groups.
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Other

K12 Reader: Reading Instruction Resources: Collective Noun Worksheets

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This learning resource provides five downloadable worksheets that reinforce the topic of "collective nouns."
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Link Clauses With Semicolon

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Semicolons join two closely related independent clauses in a single sentence. Without these, there would be run-on sentences that no one could slow down! [0:57]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Using Punctuation for Breaks and Pauses

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Punctuation indicates how one should read any sentence. Commas, for example, indicate when a reader should take a brief pause, either for emphasis or for comprehension. [0:40]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What Are Collective Nouns?

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
A collective noun is a word that refers to a group, such as a collection, a herd, a team! [0:37]
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Grammar Adjectives

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart identifies adjectives in shared reading and discusses what they have in common. Students will experiment with deleting and substituting adjectives and noting effects on meaning. They'll...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: My Sound Is the Best! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, young scholars will use music as an impetus for stating and supporting opinions. They will compose an opinion poster based on a narrative about a train using percussion instruments. This will involve group...
Website
US Department of Education

U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Kindergarten Activities (Spanish)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Links to 100 kindergarten activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
Website
US Department of Education

U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: First Grade Activities (Spanish)

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Links to 100 first grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Peacock

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This Nature video segment features the beautiful bird known for its iridescent tail, the peacock.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive Sentences

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students can easily grasp the the parts of a sentence with this lesson plan.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: German Vocabulary Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A wealth of fun, interactive games to hone your skill of speaking German. Require Java to be enabled.
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Other

Pic lits.com: Inspired Picture Writing

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This innovative resource offers a wide selection of photographs and words to stimulate writing in an interactive format.
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PBS

Pbs: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students listen carefully as their teacher reads the story "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" by Linda Williams. Students listen for key verbs such as clomp and wiggle throughout the story and as they...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Waddle Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan connects literacy, creativity and movement! Students act out different animals in the book "Waddle" as the teacher reads aloud. Students listen carefully for the animal name and the verb describing how that animal moves....
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TESL Journal

Activities for Esl Students: Esl Quiz: What's the Correct Word Order?

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
In this ESL quiz, students click on words and end punctuation in the order needed to make correct sentences. There are 39 different sentences in this quiz. Java is required.
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Starfall

Starfall: The Lone Vowels

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Grammar rules taught through song. A familiar tune helps to teach the E and O at the end of the word that make a long vowel sound. There are opportunities to demonstrate understanding by identifying words that that follow the rule.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Modeling

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This strategy helps students understand the expectations for a written task, refine their writing about texts, and improve their language skills, including using standard English grammar, usage, conventions, and vocabulary in writing.
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TES Global

Tes: Englicious

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides a preview for free website, Englicious.org, a resource that can help students with English and writing skills.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: St. Patricks Day Word Games

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article focuses on vocabulary games for St. Patrick's Day. It provides a word list, ideas for games like Hangman, word searches, and online games sites such as Apples 4 The Teacher and Holidays.Kaboose.com.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Balloon Verb Game

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Fun game that challenges students to choose which words are verbs. Exercise students' abilities to identify verbs.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Charades Game Word List

For Students 1st - 9th
This is a list of book, movie, and television show titles to be used to compile a list for a game of charades. It also explains the basic rules for the game and how to choose words for different groups.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Games to Play With Children to Build Vocabulary

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
This article offers insight on how children best learn vocabulary while having fun and using a variety of both audio and visual stimulation, as well as tactile components. It offers four sample games: Prefix/Suffix Game, Vocabulary...

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