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You Too Can Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the country of Japan. In this international studies lesson plan, students utilize their geography skills to locate Japan on a map. Students explore some Japanese customs and communities. Students use descriptive...
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Class Reunion: Greetings for Old Friends

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students role-play meeting and greeting an old friend at a class reunion. They review vocabulary needed to greet a friend and ask about how they are doing. Each student plays the role of of a high-school graduate with a different career...
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students define from a word list for a literary selection. Using the literary selection, they read the vocabulary in context. They determine the definition of the word as used in context and create a crossword puzzle using the...
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What Can I Do...?

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this place vocabulary worksheet, students read the terms for each example and write a short sentence describing what can be done in each of the places.
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Developing Reading Fluency: Beginning the End of Unit 2 Assessment

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders continue to develop their reading fluency in preparation for their assessment in the tenth lesson plan of this unit. Young readers are provided with a short passage on Helen Keller, which they use while working in pairs...
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Speaking Practice

For Students 3rd - 6th
Review the past and present tense! Two short speaking practices are included on this worksheet. The speaker pairs up with a partner to practice the first activity and finds a new partner to practice the second activity. 
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Word Walls

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students participate in creating a word wall using words important to them and design other organized displays to entice memory and assist in teaching. As a class, they clap out letters of words and solve mystery words from given clues....
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Many Meanings

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Second graders listen to the book, Play Ball Amelia Bedelia, and find words in the story that have more than one meaning. In this language arts instructional activity, they write four words that have multiple meanings on the...
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Time Capsule: Oral Presentation

For Teachers 1st - 12th
A great way to gain proficiency when learning a new language is to prepare an oral presentation.  In this foreign language instructional activity, pairs collaborate to develop a Time Capsule which they present to their class using...
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Compound Words 3

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this compound word practice instructional activity, students examine the 7 listed pairs of nouns and write compound words using each pair.
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Rhyming Words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this rhyming words worksheet, students examine the 5 listed words and identify 3 words that rhyme with each of the words listed.
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Mr. Lincoln's Way

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete pre reading, writing, and post reading activities for the book Mr. Lincoln's Way. In this guided reading lesson plan, students complete writing, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and...
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How Much Is It? A Shopping Lesson Plan for ESL

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Students participate in a role-playing activity in order to practice  conversational English used while shopping. In this practical vocabulary lesson, students practice etiquette as it pertains to grocery shopping. Students pretend...
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Cooking Vocabulary

For Students 3rd
In this cooking vocabulary worksheet, 3rd graders match up fourteen cooking terms with their appropriate definitions for English mastery if cooking terms.
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What Number?

For Students 3rd - 5th
This simple activity provides a quick review of reading comprehension and vocabulary development skills. By answering the 10 multiple choice questions, learners identify the key elements of the story, and the meaning of vocabulary words.
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Contraction Practice

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this contractions practice worksheet, students examine 12 contractions and write the words that each contraction represents.
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Configuration Station #12

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students study 5 commonly used words and complete 30 questions. Included are sentence writing, alphabetizing, word puzzles, opposites and illustrating.
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Configuration Station #14

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students study 5 commonly used words and complete 30 questions. Included are sentence writing, matching, a word search, rhyming and illustrating.
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configuration station #17

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students study 5 commonly used words in a word bank. Students complete 30 varied questions and activities with these words.
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Family Vacation at the Beach

For Students 3rd - 5th
While a simple story, this reading comprehension and vocabulary activity could be used with younger learners to cement important skills. By answering the 10 questions in this activity, learners could practice reading a passage and...
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Cognitive Dictionary

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
In this vocabulary acquisition worksheet, students complete the graphic organizer to help them predict meanings for new words and then find the actual meanings of the words.
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Word Sleuth Log - Nate the Great Word Recording Sheet

For Students 3rd
In this vocabulary activity, 3rd graders record new words that they identify while reading a book from the Nate the Great series. They write the new words, look it up in the definitions, and write the meaning next to the word.
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Asking Questions About a Picture 7

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL worksheet, students study a detailed photograph of several flowers. On the numbered lines provided, students write four questions about the picture.
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Mystery Puddle

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary and spelling practice instructional activity, students examine the 10 words in the word bank and use them to solve the 11 word puzzle sentences.