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Spelling Patterns: Or , Oor, and Ore Words
Fourth graders complete word work with words that contain the /or/, /oor/, or /ore/ spelling pattern. In this spelling pattern lesson, 4th graders participate in the weekly spelling list activity in which they sort words with the given...
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Sprouting Artwork
Students complete activities to study seeds sprouting and plant growth. In this plant science lesson, students use mustard seeds and sponges to study the seed sprouting process. Students observe their seeds for several days and complete...
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"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs": DRA
Pupils participate in a directed reading of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," doing word work, comprehension activities, and presentations.
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Adjective and Noun or Verb and Adverb?
In this parts of speech worksheet, students choose adjectives, nouns, verbs, or adverbs to fill in blanks to sentences and choose the correct word for sentences. Students complete 3 activities.
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Sensational Slime
Students predict, observe and draw conclusions while working on an experiment with "slime." Students accurately record observations and draw conclusions about the experiment.
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Weather- Clouds Quiz Worksheet
In this science quiz worksheet, students answer 10 fill in the blank questions in which they identify clouds based on the descriptions that are given. They check their work using the word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Past Simple vs. Past Perfect
In this past simple and past perfect worksheet, students add sentences and put verbs into the correct form. Students complete 2 activities total.
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The Future Continuous and Future Perfect Tenses
Practice completing sentences with its correct future verb tense via fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice options, with a 20 question worksheet.
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Past Tense, Present Perfect, Past Perfect
Support grammar instruction with a worksheet that focuses on verb tenses. With two exercises, multiple choice and fill in the blank, class members identify correct tenses in order to show understanding of proper sentence...
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Guided Writing: Writing a Story on the OHP
Students practice fluency as well as story-writing skills. They work together to prepare and write their stories. Students are told that they are going to write a story entitled 'A Wonderful Day' and that they are going to be the...
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ESL: Present Forms for the Future
In this ESL present forms for the future worksheet, students choose the correct answers to given questions from a possible 5 answers. Page has a link to additional activities.
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Math Word Problem Practice
For this word problem worksheet, students complete a total of 5 simple problems that include all four operations. A reference web site is included for additional activities.
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Problem-Solving Application: Use Temperature: Reteach
In this temperature activity, students solve 3 word problems based on a model of information about a day's temperature. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
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Hoppy's Busy Day
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read an Easter story titled Hoppy's Busy Day.Students then answer 4 reading comprehension questions.
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Tell About Your Hero and Publish the Essay Online
In this writing about your hero worksheet, students read stories about personal heroes at an assigned web site that were written by other students. They think about their own hero, write an essay, and follow directions for publishing it...
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Snow Treasure: Marie McSwigan
Young scholars read and discuss Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan.
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Charlotte's Web
Fourth graders focus on fluency by reading the book Charlotte's Web. In this reading strategies lesson, 4th graders partner read, do guided reading, and independent reading to increase fluency. Students use Venn Diagrams, discuss...
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Making Grading Manageable, Efficient, and Purposeful
Maintain your workload through focused assignments, expressed objectives, and clear rubrics
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Freezing Point Depression
Students create ice cream in a zipped bag and measure the temperature of a salt/ice mixture. They discover how salt lowers the temperature necessary to freeze ice to a solid (below 0'C).
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Daily Journal
Keeping a daily journal is fun. It builds strong writing skills and provides an expressive outlet. For children with visual impairments, it's even more important. It provides a way for them to connect written word with real events,...
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By the Great Horn Spoon!
By The Great Horn Spoon is a fantastic novel for introducing learners to life during the California Gold Rush. First, kids research and analyze American folk songs, then they connect to the text as they listen to symphonic pieces written...
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Tactile Journals
I absolutely love this idea. Children with visual impairments create tactile journals which describe an event from the previous week in an artistic way. They verbally describe one event from the previous week and then use a wide array of...
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Language Experience Stories
Here is a great way to bring core content to your special education classroom. Included is a set of instructional ideas intended to help learners increase their verbal and written expression through storytelling. Tape recorders, story...
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Wherever I Look
Students describe what they see in the world around them. They are to look in each direction to describe what they see. They prepare four panels of drawings of what they see with the sentence they wrote.