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Test Your Lateral Thinking! Word Puzzles 1
In this language arts activity, students examine 10 word puzzles. Students work out the clues to reveal some well known words and phrases. Example: GSGE (scrambled eggs)
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Fears And Phobias 2
In this language arts worksheet, students demonstrate Internet or library research skills by finding out the names of 15 phobias. Example: fear of men with beards (pogonophobia).
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Elementary Homophones 3
In this language arts worksheet, students examine 15 words in a word bank. Students write a word that is a homophone, or word that sounds the same but is spelled differently.
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Positive And Negative Words 2
In this language arts instructional activity, students investigate if words have positive or negative connotations. Students analyze a list of 20 words and mark them with a P or N according to whether they are positive or negative.
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Produce a Nonfiction Text
In this language arts learning exercise, students look for the facts and create several nonfiction texts while including useful information for the reader.
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History of the Bill of Rights
Students study the history of the Bill of Rights. In this Bill of Rights instructional activity, students read and use two handouts to learn about the history of the Bill of Rights. Students then work in groups to study the Bill of...
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The Very Quiet World of Silent Letters
In this language arts and spelling worksheet, students learn that the English language contains words with letters that are spelled but not pronounced. Students analyze 30 words and fill in the missing silent letters.
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Improving Editing and Proofreading Skills
Young scholars explore language arts by correcting grammatical errors. In this proofreading activity, students identify the importance of editing their own writing and demonstrate their proofreading abilities by correcting several...
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Polite Or Impolite Sentences-- Matching Activity
For this language arts worksheet, students cut apart 14 pairs of cards: one polite sentence and one matching rude sentence. Students mix them up and match, identifying which one is polite or rude and why.
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Reading to Elementary Children
Learners participate in a cross-age reading program. In this language arts lesson plan, students choose a class of younger children and read them the book The Legend of the Bluebonnet. Learners reflect upon their service project in a...
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Father's Day Acrostic Poem
In this online interactive language arts worksheet, students write an acrostic poem regarding fathers using the letters FATHER. This worksheet may also be printed for use in classrooms.
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My Pocket IT Glossary-- A-Z of Computer Words (Nouns)
In this language arts activity, students learn the meanings of 12 computer technology vocabulary words. Students examine 12 small boxes with one word in each. There are no directions but students could write definitions or sentences.
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My Pocket IT of Computer Words- Nouns
In this language arts and technology learning exercise, students become familiar with 12 nouns pertaining to computer technology by making a pocket glossary.
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Using Present Perfect Tense 1
In this language arts worksheet, students analyze 15 sentences with missing past participles. Students read the sentences and make the verb tense correct. Example: I've (be)____ to France twice.
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Good Advice 3
In this language arts learning exercise, students match 20 questions with their logical "good advice" answers. Example: Do you always wake up late? (Buy an alarm clock!)
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Really Useful List of 100 Plural Nouns in English
In this language arts instructional activity, learners analyze a list of 100 nouns which do not follow the usual rule of adding an -s to make a plural. Students fill in the blanks of the chart and make irregular plurals. Example: tooth...
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Describing People 1
In this language arts activity, students read 5 detailed descriptions of people. Students draw a picture of each of the people described. Students then draw 5 more people and write their own description of each one.
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"Knot" the Whole Truth: Writing a Modern-Day Story with a Tall Tale's Voice
Beyond Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, tall tales can be a great way to teach young writers about word choice and voice in their writing. Using Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee and the Six-Trait Writing process, they begin to write...
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How Do You Analyze a Corporation?
Students analyze corporation whose stock they may consider buying for the Global Stock Game (GSG).
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The Cream Cake Mystery - Seeing Patterns
A great language arts lesson designed for emerging readers awaits your class. Rhyming words are the focus. Learners play an interactive learning game on the computer that helps them to understand words that rhyme. As with all of these...
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Royal Patronage
The relationship between European royalty and the artists, scientists, and philosophers they support has been a building block in the artistic and technological progress throughout the world. Learn more about patronage throughout the...
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Uses of Coal
An interesting series of puzzles and word games are available in this multi-page collection, which focuses on coal. Learners practice math and language arts skills as they solve the puzzles, and learn many facts about coal at the same time.
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Baseball Memories
Students act as historians by, first, reading and analyzing oral histories of professional baseball players to become familiar with baseball figures. Then, they proceed to interview family members, relatives, or neighbors who have...
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Constructing and Using Different Types of Sentences with Support from The Shurley Grammar Method
Students analyze parts of speech, sentence structure, and ver usage in this ten lesson unit on grammar. Through games, activities, assignments, and printed material, the concepts are supported and reinforced in a creative way.