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Student Mad Libs

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Young scholars investigate the different parts of speech by participating in a fill in the blank activity. In this Mad Libs lesson, students define the different parts of speech and discuss how they are used appropriately in sentences....
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Cloze Instruction

For Teachers Higher Ed
Bring Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Mad Libs, and cloze activities to your college class with this activity. They complete a cloze instruction activity in which the students choose words that would fill in the blanks and create their...
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White Anti-Racist Biographies: Early Grades

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research white anti racists including Laurie Olsen, Myles Horton, and others. In this anti racist lesson plan, students complete an online treasure hunt where they research these people and fill in the blanks to sentences...
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Adverbs

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a worksheet where they must fill in the blanks with the correct adverb. In this language arts activity, 5th graders learn all about adverbs and when and where to use them. Students cut action pictures out of a...
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Introduce Vocabulary: In the Small, Small Pond

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils explore language arts by reading a story in class. In this vocabulary word lesson, students read the book In the Small, Small Pond and discuss several vocabulary terms used in the story. Pupils participate in vocab identification...
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That/Which/Who Game

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders play a game to practice speaking the target language (English). They are divided into teams. One student from each team sits at the front of the room. One student reads a clue (in English)-there team receives one point for...
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Make Up Your Story

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Putting together an interesting story can be hard, but this set of worksheets will guide your writers into the depths of their own creativity as they characterize both their main character and villain. Using humor to keep learners...
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The True Value of Sweets

For Teachers 5th
Measure your pupil's learning in a instructional activity designed to explore decimals by weighing different candies on a scale and recording the weight. Small groups then compare and order the decimal weights on a number line to show...
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First Grade, First Grade, What Do You See?

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?" by Bill Martin, Jr. and work cooperatively to create an online book about their geographic region. Books can be posted on the internet with other books from around...
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10 Apples Up On Top

For Teachers K
Stuents make class books as a follow up activity to the Dr. Seuss book Ten Apples Up On Top!
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Mad About Parts of Speech

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review and use the different parts of speech using Mad Libs or Web Libs. They also utilize creative writing skills by providing the most interesting word(s) for the story line. They utilize worksheets imbedded in this plan.
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Box O' Love

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners create a Valentines Day poem using an empty cereal box as their canvas.  In this poetry lesson, students create their poems using rhyming words and create sentences. 
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Mapas Bailados: Creating Visual Representations of Dances Using Maps

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to "Frank the Monster..." and discuss the dance map on the inside cover of the book. They create their own dance map using sentence strips to record the types of movement.