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Bowling Over the Order of Operations
Upper graders will solve equations using order of operations, and create equations that to play a fun math bowling game. They will bowl using dice to practice operations. Extensions are also included.
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Demonstrative Pronouns
In this demonstrative pronouns worksheet, students identify demonstrative pronouns in sentences. In this short answer and fill in the blank worksheet, students write fourteen answers.
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The Amazing World of Dictionaries
Use this resource to discuss various ways to dictionaries can be used. What a terrific presentation to display when exploring how dictionaries are used to define words, check spellings, identify parts of speech, and more. The PowerPoint...
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Inspire the Imagination with a Poet Study of Shel Silverstein
Captivating prose opens wondrous doors to critical thinking and language development.
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Idioms
Use this podcast instructional activity to familiarize scholars with the characteristics, history, and cultural implications of idioms. As part of the Walking Classroom curriculum, kids listen to a 12-minute podcast as they walk around...
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Valentine's Day Poems
Roses are red, violets are blue, poems are sweet, and educational too.
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Stationary/Stationery
In this stationary and stationery activity, students choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Students complete 8 sentences.
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What's for Dinner? (Using Adjectives)
Sixth graders use adjectives to describe foods listed in restaurant menus. In cooperative groups, 6th graders create menus and identify the adjectives used in the menu created by their group.
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First Class Mail
Students read The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and write a friendly letter to Elizabeth George Speare, the author, discussing their points of interest in the novel with her.
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Using Commas: Interactive Practice
Learners read an overview of comma usage rules and then take an online interactive quiz. First they answer 10 multiple choice questions in which they identify the sentence with incorrect usage. On the next page, they retype a given...
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Taste Test - Combining Sentences
Students combine sentences to create compound sentences. They write about creating their own soda, then make their own soda, comparing and contrasting it with a national brand. They write a paragraph containing compound sentences.
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Rhythm, Verse and Rhyme: COMPOSING A LIST POEM
Students are provided an opportunity for self-expression. They collaborate with a partner and compose a list poem. Students practice reading and writing skills. They explore lists and catalogues--both elements of poetry and practical...
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Prepositional Phrase Recognition Practice
Print the preposition chart on one piece of paper, and give your learners the exercise on a separate piece of paper. After reading through some of the prepositions listed on the chart, let learners try to identify the prepositional...
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Prepositions
In this grammar activity, students learn about using prepositions in sentence writing. They then answer 12 questions regarding prepositions. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Yes, No, Maybe So!
Young scholars view various pictures and identify those that show action verbs. They write sentences to summarize the actions shown in the pictures.
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Prepositions Anyone? -- Learning to Use Prepositions
In this prepositions worksheet, students read 9 sentences and underline the preposition in each one. Students write 4 original sentences using prepositions to show location, direction, time and a relationship. Students fill in 6 blanks...
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All/The - class: making generalizations about the group
In this generalizations worksheet, students change the form of the sentences to take the subject and change it into a group generalization. Students complete 8 sentences.
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Adjectives: Understand and Identify
In this adjective worksheet, students read about adjectives and their uses, then underline all adjectives in each of 18 sentences.
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Prepositions
In this prepositions worksheet, students underline all the prepositions in 5 sentences, underline all of the prepositional phrase in 5 sentences and answer 2 questions with multiple choice answers.
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Vain/Vein/Vane
In this vain, vein, and vane worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Students choose either vain, vein, or vein to complete 18 sentences.
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Teaching English: The Weather
In this weather learning exercise, students discuss differences in sets of weather related words, match the phonemic pronunciation of beginnings of words with endings, match adjectives to form collocations, and complete short answer...
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Taking a Closer Look at Religions Around the World
Students explore diversity. In this religious studies lesson, students develop their knowledge and understanding of world religions as they use Internet and print sources to research Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and...
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Council/Counsel
In this council and counsel worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Students choose council or counsel for 6 sentences.
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Prepositions: An Introduction
In this preposition worksheet, students are given a list of prepositions and their objects to use when completing a variety of activities, fill in the blanks and finding prepositional phrases.