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Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Narrative Structure
A picture is worth a thousand words, but a comic strip combines both images and words for the ultimate narrative effect. After reading The Three Little Pigs and deciphering the plot elements, elementary readers work through four...
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The Devil’s Arithmetic: Semantic Feature Analysis
Organize the characters in Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic according to their shared character traits. After listing character traits as a class, kids note which characters exhibit particular characteristics with a...
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Definition Poems
“Hope is a tissue, wiping away your problems and fears.” Use a Definition Poem Web worksheet to model for your class how to craft a free verse poem based on an emotion. After brainstorming topics, groups use the sheet to make comparisons...
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“George Washington’s Socks”: Vocabulary Part 1
Supplement a class reading of George Washington's Socks with this list of vocabulary words. Including a mixture of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, this resource asks young readers to record the page number and a synonym for...
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Laundry List of Idioms
Fifth graders think of idioms related to laundry as they create a laundry list of idioms.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #55
For this spelling worksheet, learners practice reading and writing given words. Students alphabetize the given words and then write the antonym of each one.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling Lists #155
For this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing spelling words. Next, they identify the twelve spelling words in a word search puzzle. All words are two to three-syllable words.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #135
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing their spelling words. Next, they identify the words in a word search puzzle. All 12 spelling words are related to the Constitution.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #131
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing 12 vocabulary words. Afterward, they define the words and identify them in a word search puzzle. All words are one and two-syllables.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #130
In this spelling activity, students practice reading and writing 12 words. Next, they identify the words in a word search puzzle.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling Lists #113
In this spelling worksheet, learners read and write 10 spelling words. Next, they identify the words in a word search puzzle.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #169
In this spelling worksheet, students read and write twelve spelling words. Afterward, they solve a crossword puzzle using the words. All words are related to the ecosystem and endangered animals.
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Homophones: Cloze the Gap!
In this homophones review worksheet, students use words from the homophone list to fill in the blanks in 13 sentences so that they make sense.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #67
In this spelling worksheet, learners practice reading and writing their spelling words which are compiled of synonyms. Students then match a spelling word to another word on the list that sounds the same. Finally, the define two words...
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Spelling and Alphabetizing Words- Magnificent Words
For this spelling word worksheet, students practice reading and writing each of 10 words that include magnificent, extraordinary, superb, and fantastic. They write the words in alphabetical order.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #140
In this spelling activity, students write and spell given words. Next, the identify the words in a word search puzzle. All words contain "ei."
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Reading-Context Clues Expert
Fifth graders understand what the definition is for context clues as the words, phrases, and sentences around the word one does not know. In this language arts activity, 5th graders review the different kinds of context clues. Students...
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #70
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing given spelling words. Next they alphabetize their words and write a short definition of each one. There are 10 spelling words in this list.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #13
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing a given 13 spelling words. They use each word in a sentence. Most all words contain one syllable and the list does contain some homonyms.
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Vocabulary Practice: Find the Correct Word to Complete a Sentence
In this sentence completion worksheet, students read ten sentences that have a missing word. Students complete each sentence with the correct word from the list.
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My Spelling words: Spelling List #123
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing the given 12 spelling words. They use the words in a sentence and create an alphabetized list.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #104
In this spelling instructional activity, students practice reading and writing 12 spelling words. They define the words and create an alphabetized list.
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Vocabulary Preview for Reading Passages
In this vocabulary worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 8 sentences with words from the word list. These have no theme or connection.
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GENDER BIASED WORD PROBLEMS
Students identify word problems that show stereotyping and calculate the percentages.