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Making A Match

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read a poem containing sight words, then match word cards to the sight words in the poem. In this language arts lesson plan, students draw pictures next to sight words on a worksheet embedded in the plan. A good lesson for...
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Compound-Go-Round

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students make compound words by putting together cards with whole words on them. In this language arts lesson plan, students play a game where they match up words in an attempt to make compound words that make sense. A fun, meaningful...
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Word Families: A Kindergarten Experience

For Teachers K
Students study rhyming words. In this language arts lesson, students participate in several activities in which they practice rhyming words. Students match onsets and rhymes and practice spelling words.
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Using Multiple Meaning Words

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore multiple meaning words. In this language arts lesson, 2nd graders read "Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping." Students discuss the different meanings of the words in the story. Students complete a worksheet.
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Animals in Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.
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Rooster's Night Out

For Teachers K
Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton's Rooster's Night Out, a retelling of a classic Cuba folktale, launches a cross-curricular study of Cuban cultural traditions. Class members draw the characters from the book, participate in math and...
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Playing with Shakespeare's Language

For Teachers K - 6th
Students can understand Shakespeare's language using comprehensible input and dramatic play.
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Language Arts, Social Studies, African Americans, The Blues, To Kill A Mockingbird

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
African American history during the Jim Crow era includes encounters with poverty, racism, disrespect, and protest. Harper Lee develops all four of these themes in her famous 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. To help students understand...
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Language Arts, Music, Poetry: Blues Style

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
This instructional activity focuses on how the blues both operates as poetry and informs the poetry of many prominent African American poets. Students consider the poetic devices and recurring themes in blues lyrics and the significance...
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Describing Characters with Rich Language

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders describe characters. In this describing characters lesson, 2nd graders dissect the text of a sample story and identify more descriptive words than those generally used. Students select their own character to describe from...
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Learning Secondary Colors

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars identify secondary colors. In this visual arts lesson, students predict what color will be made when two colors are mixed. Young scholars create their own painting using secondary colors and write about their painting...
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English Language Grammar Worksheet: Prepositions Grammar Worksheet

For Students 2nd
In this prepositions worksheet, 2nd graders practice answering 5 questions about fishes, a lion, flowers, a snowman and a bear by utilizing a preposition in their answers.
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Brave Monster Arts & Crafts Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students are read Brave Little Monster, by Ken Baker. In this being brave lesson, students listen to the story and independently create their own monster puppet with the provided supplies. They discuss as a class what it means to be...
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The Art of Persuasion

For Teachers K - 1st
Students write a persuasive letter. In this persuasion lesson, students listen to the story Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School and discuss the vocabulary and parts of a persuasive letter. They write their own letter to...
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The Art of Jewelry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners discover Native American culture through jewelry.  In this Native American culture lesson plan, students investigate several different Native American tribes and complete a word search activity.  Learners create their...
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You Too Can Haiku: How to Write a Haiku

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore language arts by writing their own poems. In this haiku instructional activity, students investigate the Japanese culture and their beautiful music, poetry and art. Students count the syllables in every line of a haiku...
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Elaborating: Specific Adjectives

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students use adjectives to improve their descriptive writing. In this language arts lesson, students discuss adjectives that can be used to describe objects. Students complete sentences by selecting adjectives.
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The Ghost Catcher

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the story The Ghost Cather and complete activities related to the book. In this language arts lesson plan, 2nd graders complete comprehension questions, art projects, and more.
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Writing Assessment Development Scale

For Students 2nd
In this language arts activity, 2nd graders are assessed in their writing ability according to a formal assessment. The sheet classifies them into different categories.
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"I Can't" Said the Ant Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
For this language arts worksheet, students respond to the book "I Can't" Said the Ant by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students listen to a parent read an unfinished rhyme from the book. They cut out 6 pictures and paste...
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Poetry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners write a poem. For this language arts lesson, students discuss what they hear and see in a garden. Learners write a poem about the sights, sounds and smells of the garden.
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Nouns 2

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts and grammar learning exercise, students learn what a noun is. Students read 5 sentences and circle all the nouns they see. The sentences are illustrated.
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Storytelling: Carnival Crime

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in the storytelling process. In this language arts instructional activity, students listen to a story and retell the story using pictures. Students draw pictures of a carnival costume.
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Working with Words Teacher Directed Activity by Mark Cogan for Elem. Test Prep

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young scholars build word families. In this interactive language arts activity, students visit a website where they play a game creating word families. Young scholars may print out their work when finished.

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