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Learning Words

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students listen to Jane Yolen's, All Those Secrets of the World. They engage in activities to find word meanings without using a dictionary. They practice using a vocabulary mapping handout.
Worksheet
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Contraction Practice 2

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this contractions practice worksheet, students examine 7 pairs of words and write contractions that represent each pair.
Worksheet
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Words Ending in -Less Cards

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this vocabulary words worksheet, students match words to definitions by cutting out the words and definitions. Students complete 10 matches total.
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Words Ending in -Ful Cards

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match vocabulary cards to cards that have their definitions. Students complete 10 matches total.
Worksheet
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Christmas Word Search

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this holiday worksheet, students look for the words hidden in the word search puzzle. They develop spelling and vocabulary skills.
Worksheet
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Worksheet 8: There Is/Are

For Students 2nd - Higher Ed
This simple activity has learners practice comprehension and vocabulary skills. Learners also review the use of there is and there are in the 11 true and false questions. This activity would be appropriate for lower elementary or ESL...
Worksheet
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Fairy Tales

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word scramble activity, students unscramble the 15 words that relate to fairy tales. Students enhance their spelling and vocabulary skills with the activity.
Worksheet
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Grammar Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students practice their vocabulary skills. Students are given eight clues to solve in order to complete the crossword puzzle.
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"Kind Of" Analogies

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary skills practice activity, students complete 10 analogy questions as they examine the relationships between word pairs and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.
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Animal Top Trumps

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Learners use adjectives to construct sentences. For this english lesson, students play a card game based on Top Trumps. They use superlatives and comparatives during the game.
Worksheet
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There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly

For Students 2nd - Higher Ed
Here is an entertaining way to introduce your language learners to several significant grammatical structures. The children’s rhyme, There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly, contains examples of noun and relative clauses for the class...
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Caring Concentration

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read and discuss literature containing characters who help and support one another. They identify caring vocabulary and actions and work together to design and play a card game that promotes caring attitudes and skills.
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What Are You Doing? ??Que Pasa?

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners better appreciate the variety and utility of languages spoken around the world. Then they study everyday words in two languages. Students also construct a system of flashcards to learn and test their new vocabulary knowledge.
Lesson Plan
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Intermediate Short Stories - "A New Cat"

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners will read a short story in a basic and advanced version. They then answer 3 comprehension questions and 5 vocabulary questions.
Worksheet
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Intermediate Short Stories - "Making Dinner"

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Primary learners read the basic and advanced version of the story "Making Dinner." They then answer 3 comprehension and 5 vocabulary questions.
Lesson Plan
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House Hunting Guided Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars participate in a discussion about the book House Hunting, review vocabulary words and are instructed to group words to read smoothly. In this language arts lesson, students complete comprehension questions and write...
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Roanoke County Public Schools

Be a Sequence Detective!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Authors are constantly leaving clues that help the reader to understand the sequence of events in a story. Teach young readers how to pick up on these key temporal words and phrases with this slide show. After an introduction to commonly...
Worksheet
Nosapo

Days of the Week

For Students K - 8th Standards
What do you usually do on Saturdays? What will you do on Thursday? Class members practice the simple future tense and the days of the week with a series of activities and questions. They then share their answers with a partner.
Activity
Gourmet Curriculum Press

Author's Purpose

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Who knew determining author's purpose could be turned into a game? Four teams compete to correctly identify the author's purpose for writing a series of passages.
Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

Beezus and Ramona Novel Study

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of having siblings? Pupils explore this topic with the Beezus and Ramona novel study. Additionally, scholars answer questions about chapter one of the time-honored book by Beverly Cleary...
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Classroom Adventures Program

Creating Characters

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Examine character in depth. Over the course of these six lessons, learners explore their own character traits, determine the traits of characters in the books they read, practice comparing and contrasting, and collaborate in small...
Worksheet
K5 Learning

Fight for Equality: Thurgood Marshall

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Students read an informational text passage on Thurgood Marshall and his contribution to African Americans' rights, and then answer questions based on what they read.
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Museum of Disability

A Picture Book of Helen Keller

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Teach your class about Helen Keller and her accomplishments with a reading comprehension lesson based on A Picture Book of Helen Keller by David A. Adler. As individuals read, they answer discussion questions about Helen Keller...
Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: Novel Study

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Many turtle species can retreat their heads into their shells when threatened by predators. With the Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing novel study, pupils conduct research to uncover other interesting turtle facts. As they explore Judy...