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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 2, Grade 5 2005

For Students 5th
In this 5th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice activity, students respond to 27 multiple choice and short answer questions.
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 1, Grade 5

For Students 5th
In this 5th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice learning exercise, students read 2 fictional selections and respond to multiple choice and open-ended questions regarding the pieces. Students also read 2...
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 1, Grade 5

For Students 5th
In this 5th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet, students read 2 fictional selections and respond to multiple choice and open-ended questions regarding the pieces. Students also read 2...
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Language Arts Quiz-Grade 5

For Students 5th
In this grade 5 language arts test, 5th graders complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 5  concepts. 
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Past Perfect or Present Tense

For Students 4th - 8th
A great resource for English language learners! They fill in the blanks with verbs in the past tense or past perfect tense. There are 15 sentences, and learners can check their answers with the click of a button. 
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Making Inferences While Identifying Similes and Metaphors

For Teachers 5th
Use this lesson to study similes and metaphors and the inferred meaning. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders write their own similes and metaphors. A worksheet is provided for extension work or to check understanding as homework.
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English is So Tricky

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this homophone worksheet students read examples of either homophones, or words spelled the same with different meanings. Students answer 8 questions on this challenging worksheet.
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Past Simple or Past Perfect 2

For Students 4th - 5th
Finish complex sentences with either a past perfect or past tense verb. The class fills in two blanks for each of 15 sentences. Tip: This is an online worksheet and can be used at a workstation or as homework. Sometimes I choose...
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Scholastic

Summarizing: Using Hand Motions for Key Words or Points

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Learning to summarize texts takes practice. Jump into the training ring and guide your learners through a summarizing practice session. The classic direct instructional practice of "I do, you do, we do" is used to help them identify key...
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Weather and Seasons

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Use pictures and manipulatives to develop vocabulary with your beginning language learners. This plan can be used with foreign language learners (although you'll have to provide the vocabulary), English language learners, or a young...
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What I need for School

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
You can use this lesson plan with English language learners, a young language arts class, or speakers of a foreign language. The phrases learned are I need and I don't need. The teacher collects several items around the room, and...
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University Interscholastic League

English Lesson to Prepare for UIL Spelling and Vocabulary Contest

For Students 4th - 9th
"i before e. . ."  Spelling is easier if kids know the eight basic spelling rules  contained in this resource packet.
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Paired Conjunctions

For Students 5th - 6th
Learners identify parallel parts of sentences, meaning of sentences, and determine positive, negative, and choice conjunctions. Conjunction identification is the main focus of this language arts worksheet.
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Common Core Sheets

Declarative, Interrogative and Exclamatory Sentences

For Students 4th - 5th
It's time to identify these sentences as interrogative, exclamatory, or declarative based on their ending punctuation.
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Review of Compound and Complex Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th
An excellent language arts activity. Learners read seven sentences and determine if each is simple, compound, or complex. In order to practice sentence combining, young writers join 10 sets of sentences to form compound sentences, and...
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The Rooms in a Home

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Enhance your foreign language young scholars' skills to describe a house. After reading a description of rooms in a house in their target language, they work to answer corresponding questions correctly. Additionally, they view a...
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Let's Discuss Current Events

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Investigate articles from the daily news and share opinions with classmates. Using current events, learners view a news program without sound and predict what news is being discussed by analyzing the visuals. Then they read news articles...
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Grammar Bytes

Rules For Using Irregular Verbs

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Add to the grammar toolboxes of young scholars with this comprehensive resource on irregular verbs. Offering clear instruction with the help of numerous examples, this reference document is perfect for upper-elementary English...
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ESL Kid Stuff

Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 1

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
As part of a series of resources designed for English learners, a language arts lesson plan prompts kid engage in activities and exercises that focus on the past tense of irregular verbs.
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Historical Fiction: A Wealth of Interpretations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
How can understanding the genre of historical fiction help your language arts class with literary analysis? Use this lesson to help young readers learn about historical fiction. After reading a selection from the "Dear America" or "My...
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Homophone Graphics

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create homophones in a group and share them with the class. In this language arts instructional activity, 5th graders draw a homophone set. Additionally, students create a sentence using the homophone.
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K12 Reader

Using Similes

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Your class will find using similes as easy as pie after completing this figurative language exercise. Provided with a list of incomplete similes, young writers must use their creativity to fill in the blanks with nouns that accurately...
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EngageNY

Contrasting Two Settings (Chapter 6: "Lost Melones/Cantalouples")

For Teachers 5th Standards
Continue working through Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan, by looking into language choices and discussing text-dependent questions. Pupils converse in small groups and as a class about plot, setting, and figurative language. Using...
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EngageNY

Contrasting Perspectives: Should the Farmworkers in Esperanza Rising Go On Strike? (Chapter 12: "Los Esparragos/Asparagus")

For Teachers 5th Standards
Explore multiple perspectives through a jigsaw activity that will improve your pupils' understanding of the characters in Esperanza Rising as well as their understanding of strikes and human rights. Tapping into prior knowledge, and...