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Frindle Lesson Plan
"Who says a pen has to be called a pen? Why not call it a frindle?" Inspired by this quote from the award-winning novel written by Andrew Celements, this lesson allows children to invent their own...
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Treasure Island Clues: Scales
Which Beatle received the most fan mail? To answer this music trivia question, young musicians must employ their knowledge of scales, key signatures, and leading notes to find the letters that spell out the name of one of the famous mop...
Curated OER
Movement
Young scholars experiment and explore a variety of instruments and movements. They play rhythms on instruments, spell words using their bodies, act out the movements of a song, role-play machine parts as a group, pantomime an activity,...
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Harry Potter: Study Questions
Elementary learners explore fiction storytelling through partcipating in a survey. They identify the characters, themes and plot of the Harry Potter series while discussing their opinions in class. Learners conduct a survey about their...
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The King of the Birds vocabulary
Science and language skills come together in The King of the Birds. After reading, discuss the names and types of birds in the story and write given sentences to portray the difference between comparative and superlative adjectives....
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Theodor Seuss Geisel Challenge
In this Dr. Seuss activity worksheet, students respond to 8 multiple choice questions that require them to exhibit the knowledge they have about the author.
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Making Sense of Homographs
What is a homograph? Develop your students' vocabulary with a word association tool. Language arts classes discover what a homograph is and how it can be used as a visual thesaurus. They discover the other uses for homographs...
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Spelling Success: ends with el
Fourth graders come up with a word that ends with the "el" sound for every letter of the alphabet. In this spelling lesson plan, 4th graders use all 26 letters to come up with these words.
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Proofreading - Spelling, Capitalization, Grammar and Punctuation
Fourth graders practice proofreading a passage. In this proofreading lesson, 4th graders complete a worksheet by reading a passage and circling twelve errors. They proofread for errors in spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.
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Letters Home
Students read a short biography of Jacob Early, a member of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1862. In this Civil War lesson plan, students rewrite a letter written by him, editing for spelling, grammar and punctuation. Students further...
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I Thought That I Was Crazy | Free Music Theory Worksheet (Treble Clef Note Names)
In this music poem instructional activity, students spell out the music words using the music notes instead of alphabet letters. They also determine the 10 note names and write them in the blanks to solve the puzzle.
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Instant Spelling Activity - Grade 4
Fourth graders brainstorm and write suffixes and prefixes for the word "friend." Students discuss the concept, then complete a related worksheet found on a link in the lesson.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Frozen Foods
For this editing instructional activity, students read and edit a short paragraph about frozen foods inventor, Clarence Birdseye, who also founded General Seafood Corporation. Pupils find and correct the ten errors involving...
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Every-Day Edit: King Tut's Tomb
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about King Tut's tomb. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Every Day Edit - The Concorde
For this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the supersonic Concorde aircraft. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Every Day Edit - The First Mail-Order Catalog
For this editing learning exercise, students read and edit a short paragraph on "The First Mail-Order Catalog" to find the ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
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Every Day Edit - Author Scott O'Dell
For this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about author Scott O'Dell. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Every-Day Edit: S.E. Hinton, Author
For this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the author, S.E. Hinton. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Every-Day Edit: Maya Angelou
For this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Maya Angelou. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
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Every-Day Edit: The Empire State
For this everyday editing instructional activity, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the "Empire State." The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Every-Day Edit: The Mail Gallops West
For this editing worksheet, learners read and edit a passage entitled, "The Mail Gallops West." Students look for 10 errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar.
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Every-Day Edit: Wind Cave
In this editing instructional activity, learners read and edit an article about the national park, Wind Cave, and find the 10 errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Pupils correct each error they find.
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Every Day Edit - Poet Phillis Wheatley
In this everyday editing activity, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Poet Phillis Wheatley. The errors range from capitalization, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
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Every Day Edit - First Picture from Space
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the first picture from space. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.