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Curated OER

Vocabulary Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students in an ESL classroom are introduced to new vocabulary for a new section. As a class, they are dealt an index card with an envelope with a vocabulary word on the outside. They practice writing new sentences with the new vocabulary...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Landforms Acrostic Poetry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders apply scientific information about various landforms. They use the information to write and word process acrostic poems which they illustrate with clip art or pictures from magazines.
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Curated OER

Famous People Research Project

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research a famous person in Michigan history. They will use at least three different resources including technology to conduct their research. They then will use various forms of technology to create individual research...
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Curated OER

Table This!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a table in Microsoft Word. In this word processing lesson, students create a table in Microsoft Word. They fill this table in as if it were a BINGO card, but they use their vocabulary words instead of numbers.
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Curated OER

Details, Details, Details

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students add details to their writing. In this language arts lesson, students use details to enhance their writing. Students view a picture and write a paragraph about what they see. Students conference with another student to edit their...
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Curated OER

Analyzing a Science Fiction Movie

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders watch the movie "Contact" and write a review. They discuss in their review how scientists deal with technological problems, the movie's connections to the nature of science and how technology affects science. They share...
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Curated OER

Preposition Pizazz

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine examples of poems and identify the prepositions in them. They write original poems using prepositional phrases and create illustrations to go with them.
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Curated OER

Five Food Group Bingo

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice naming and categorizing foods by playing Five Food Group Bingo.
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Curated OER

Miss Alaineus Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 5th
Students gain an understanding of various literary devices and strengthen their vocabulary. In this Miss Alaineus lesson plan, students read the vocabulary tale, discuss the use of literary devices and choose from 4 possible culminating...
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Curated OER

Basic Letter Response to a Writing Prompt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students respond to a writing prompt using appropriate letter format. In this letter writing lesson, students discuss the format for letter writing and use the worksheet format to write the heading, inside address, and salutation....
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Ei/ie Spelling Rules Exercise 2

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This resource provides practice for spelling words correctly that contain ie or ei in them.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Ei/ie Spelling Rules Exercise 1

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Practice ei/ie spelling words by choosing the correctly spelled word for each sentence in this practice exercise.
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Other

Howto Spell: Y to I Spelling Rule

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Watch a video which explains the "Y to I" spelling rule, or read the script below the video. Then test your knowledge with the word search at the bottom of the page.
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Other

Eps Lesson Pack: The Y Rule [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This packet teaches the Y spelling rule, then gives plenty of examples and opportunities for students to practice and reinforce their learning.
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Other

Spelling Rules: Words Ending in Y

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Chart with rules and examples for adding suffixes to words that end in -y.
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Patsy Stevens

Garden of Praise: Musical Spelling Rules

For Students 2nd - 5th
Use these clever songs to help students learn basic spelling rules. Sheet music, as well as audio files, are available for each of 4 songs. Scroll down the page for interactive practice activity.
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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Plurals and Spelling Rules

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
The rules for spelling plural words and using them properly in English are made fun and easy with this BBC Skillswise worksheet for students.
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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Suffix Spelling Rules: Double Letters [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn when to double the final consonant of a word when adding a suffix, and when the consonant does not get doubled.
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Woodland Hills School District: Spelling Rule Sheets [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
A PDF of 24 different phonics and spelling pattern worksheets.
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Other

Literacy and Learning: The 1 1 1 Rule

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A description of the 1-1-1 Rule (which is probably the only English spelling rule without exceptions), followed by examples.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Spelling Power Point

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn about spelling rules and commonly misspelled words. Practice identifying correct spelling in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
Article
Other

Sarah Snippets: Syllable Division Rules

For Students 2nd - 7th
Syllable division rules show us how to break up a multi-syllable word into its syllable parts. There are six main syllable division rules to guide us. It all starts with the vowels. Find the vowels in the word. It helps to underline or...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 1.4: Sometimes a Vowel, Sometimes a Consonant:

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Spelling rules with examples for words that contain the letter "u."
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Spelling Rules

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Help students to investigate and learn spelling rules for -ie and learn exceptions.

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