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Dr. King's Dream
Young scholars explore life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., reflect on section of King's "I Have a Dream" speech, discuss inequities that still exist in the United States, and create picture books about their own dreams of freedom...
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Martin Luther King
This PowerPoint has simple slides that outline Martin Luther King's life and pivotal moments in his career. Important facts are an excellent jumping off point for further discussion, research or class project or as a review for...
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Prepositions
In this preposition matching learning exercise, learners are given 10 pictures in the left column. Students must match the prepositions that are shown in the right column.
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Simon Says
Second graders play Simon Says. The teacher uses a worksheet imbedded in this lesson which has suggestions for action commands to be used during the game. The intent is for students to focus on the action verbs which are built in to the...
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Dr. Seuss For a Day
Second graders brainstorm words to describe Thing One and Thing Two characters from Dr. Seuss computer program, use variety of adjectives to create descriptions, and create new set of characters, Thing Three and Thing Four, by drawing...
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ESL Grammar: He or She
In these English Language pronoun worksheets, students use the images to help them determine the correct pronoun for each picture: he or she.
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ESL: Beginning Vocabulary Matching
Beginning English Learners match 10 line-drawn pictures of basic nouns with their names, such as kite, airplane, goat, and igloo. Indefinite articles are included, so this exercise also provides reinforcement for the a/an rule.
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Various Questions
A great exercise for English language learners or youngsters learning how to question, this resource provides practice using pictures to recognize words. After the class has completed the fill-in-the-blank portion, have them walk around...
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"My Animal"
Students determine which animal best represents them write reasons why. This is a nice culminating lesson for students who have been working on descriptive writing.
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Realism and Fantasy
Second graders listen to the story, Bruno the Baker, where some parts seem real and some seem fake. They must identify the parts of the story as realism or fantasy. An interesting way to teach young readers these two concepts.
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Write a Story
Here is a great way to explore narrative writing! Learners review a previously constructed story map and identify the characters, setting, and main events in the book Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock retold by Eric A. Kimmel. They...
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Noun Activity
In this noun worksheet, students fill in the blanks to complete sentences, choosing from 3 words next to each sentence, after a brief noun review.
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Pronouns 3
In this pronouns worksheet, students review the definition and examples for pronouns and then complete each sentence with the pronoun that fits best.
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Nouns
In this nouns worksheet, students review the definition for common and proper nouns. Students then circle the common nouns in the sentences. Students write the common nouns to complete each sentence.
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Pronouns
In this pronouns learning exercise, students review the definition of a pronoun, read the sentences, and circle the correct pronoun to complete each sentence.
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Nouns
In this nouns instructional activity, students review the definition of a noun. Students then write the names of five things they see in their classroom, five names of people they have read about, and five place they have visited or read...
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Popcorn Literacy
Popcorn is a tasty part of a culminating activity designed to motivate readers to share important literary elements. The popcorn fills the inside of a white paper bag that is transformed on the outside into a presentation tool with the...
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Animal Action
Students construct descriptive sentences. In this cross curricular music and descriptive writing lesson, students listen to classical music and pantomime actions that correspond to the music. Students write descriptive sentences...
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Get Rid of It!
Students participate in matching game to practice their phonics awareness. They can apply the activity to any curriculum review that is word or vocabulary based.
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Adjectives 1
In this adjectives worksheet, students read 9 adjective pairs such as: old/young, light/heavy. Students match the adjectives to pictures that illustrate their meaning.
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Actions
In this action words learning exercise, students examine 7 pictures that depict an action. From 4 choices, students select the word that best describes the action. This is intended for ESL use.
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Verbs
For this verbs worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict actions. Students match these to the verbs that describe each picture.
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Inonunderby
In this prepositions worksheet, learners examine 7 pictures that depict the position of a ball in relation to a cardboard box. Students match these to the prepositions that describe position.
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Did Was Were
In this verbs worksheet, students read 7 sentences that have a missing word. Students examine the picture clue and from 4 choices, select the most correct word to finish the sentence.