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Art Criticism for Elementary

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students view various pieces of art and identify their basic elements. Using the art, they present the elements to the class in a presentation. They answer questions and organize them into written form. They also write and reflect on...
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Spelling Root Words

For Students 4th - 6th
After knowing the root word, can your learner identify various words that use the root word, depending on the sentences provided? Learners use context clues to complete the blanks for nine questions. 
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Nurture Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners create a poetry book.  In this poetry lesson, students write a cinquain poem, name poem, haiku, limerick, and preposition poem.  
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Eliminating Wordiness: Exercise 3

For Students 5th - 9th
The focus of this writing worksheet is to have writers revise and edit a three-paragraph passage to eliminate wordiness and repetition. The paragraphs are quite long, and this should take most students quite a while to complete.
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Spelling: Accept / Except

For Students 5th - 9th
Ten sentences provide practice in using accept or except correctly. Good for use after you review the meanings of these two commonly confused words. Online, the key is visible from the same page as the exercise. When you print it,...
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East Side Union High School District

Biographical Narrative: Journal Prompts

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
The opportunities are endless with a worksheet containing 24 biographical narrative writing prompts. Although there are no directions or specifications for the writing process, the prompts promote the use of narrative writing...
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Verbs - Present, Past and Continuous Tense

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Practice the use of present and past tense verbs in sentences. Learners identify the correct verb for use in each of the provided examples. They have to decide which word, such as read or reads, would correctly finish the sentence. It is...
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Creating Complex Sentences

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is an excellent presentation on creating complex sentences. Young writers discover that a complex sentence is a sentence that joins two or more sentences together. There are many ways for these types of sentences to be constructed,...
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Grade 5 Writing Prompts

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Looking for something to write about? Try out one of the prompts from three and a half pages of ideas. The list includes a variety of different topics that you can pick and choose from when planning a writing assignment or unit.
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Spelling Free Throw (Elementary, Games)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students run to the chalk board to spell a given word, pick up a basketball, dribble to the hoop and make one shot, run the basketball back to their starting place to score points for their team.
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Breaking News English: Wayne Rooney

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Wayne Rooney worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Breaking News English: World Cup Football

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Cup Football worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Hector's World: It's a Serious Game

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate child safety by viewing an educational video. In this Internet privacy lesson, students view a short film based on children giving personal information out on the web. Students answer discussion questions after...
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Categories Game: Ten Words

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students, in groups, create lists of vocabulary words related to a particular subject. They are given points for each correctly spelled word that matches a list written by the teacher.
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Truth and Lies Games

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students participate in a get to know you activity. In this social lesson plan, students write three statements about themselves. One is true and the other is false. Students read their cards and their peers decide what is true and what...
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Breaking News English: Beijing Olympics

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Beijing Olympics worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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The Fly Swatter Game

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners are placed in small groups to participate in the "Fly Swatter Game" to reinforce phonetic sounds of letters.
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Telephone Game

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students practice their listening comprehension by playing the "telephone" game.  In this foreign language lesson, students listen to a story read by a teacher in their target language and try to remember the details by writing 5...
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Jeopardy Game

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners practice discovering a target language by playing a game of Jeopardy.  In this foreign language lesson, students utilize their target language vocabulary to answer Jeopardy style questions they prepared the day before....
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Football Manager 2011 - Use of English

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this computer games worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences and write an essay about advantages and disadvantages of computer games. Students complete 2 tasks.
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Writing: The Reporter Game

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students participate in a game in which they create stories for an imaginary newspaper. In this journalism and writing lesson, students are encouraged to write more than one story.
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Reading: Alphabet Uno Card Game

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students use the game of Uno to help them learn their numbers and colors. The cards have letters on them instead of numbers.
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Global Music Lesson Plans: Singing Games - UK and Botswana

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students perform and compare two singing games from Botswana and from the United Kingdom. In this singing games lesson, students identify and respond to singing games and their changes in meter. Students compare the two singing games...
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Spark (A Variation on Sparkle Spelling Game)

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in a game in which they practice their spelling words, in which each student adds another letter to the word. They are given the chance to rejoin the game if they miss a letter.