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Total English Intermediate: Holidays

For Students 4th - 7th
In this holidays crossword puzzle worksheet, students practice key vocabulary as they read the 7 clues to correctly fill in the word puzzle. Students also complete 2 holiday vocabulary activities.
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ABC Book of Words

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students make a book.  In this vocabulary lesson, students brainstorm vocabulary words about China, write the words in alphabetical order, discuss the meanings of each word and make a book of the words.
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Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days- Lesson 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read a chapter in a book.  In this reading and vocabulary lesson, students predict what will happen in chapter 5 of Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days, define new vocabulary words, read and discuss chapter 5, find...
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Freckle Juice- Lesson 3

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and respond to a chapter in a book.  In this vocabulary and reading comprehension lesson, students preview and predict chapter 3 of Freckle Juice, define new vocabulary words, read chapter 3 and complete a vocabulary...
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Using a Dictionary - Prefixes

For Students 4th - 6th
Help your students add variety to their vocabulary with this dictionary activity, which includes five questions about prefixes (ir, pre, re, sub, post). Students will not only work with their dictionary reference skills, but learn the...
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Freckle Juice - Lesson 3

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete activities with the book Freckle Juice by Judy Blume. For this literature lesson, students read Chapter two and find the definitions for new vocabulary words. They also complete an online activity for...
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Air Pollution Word Search Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students examine the issues surrounding air pollution. They discover how it affects peoples health and the government's regulations. They complete a word search activity to practice the vocabulary.
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Planning for the Voyage - Pilgrim Study Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students locate Plymouth, MA, Hudson River, Cape Cod, Holland and England on a map. They identify the reasons the Pilgrims came to the New World and explain how the investors and the colonists would each benefit from a new colony. After...
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Dialog Expansion, Structure Drills

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students practice speaking sentence patterns used in classroom dialogs. They use new vocabulary within the sentence patterns.
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The Nitrogen Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners design and create a compost pile in order to study the Nitrogen Cycle. They then use the scientific method to determine if plants grow better when they add organic matter from their compost pile to the plant's soil.
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Past and Present Tense

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils make predictions about the coming up chapter in their book. Students are introduced to new vocabulary words and definition for this new chapter. Pupils create a table where they can input the new vocabulary word, definition and an...
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Spanish Body Parts

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice the Spanish vocabulary for greetings, classroom commands and body parts. They demonstrate the use of Spanish vocabulary to identify colors.
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Famous for a Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn the present tense of the verb to be. They learn vocabulary to describe people and use words that modify adjectives. They ask and answer questions and write about a celebrity.
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Skateboard Renegade

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students read the novel, "Skateboard Renegade." Reading pairs read the novel with an eye out for characteristics of responsibility. They add to a responsibility chart as they find examples. They also read to identify vocabulary, cause...
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Unlocking New Words

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the various types of suffixes and prefixes. In groups, they identify the root words and determine the proper suffix or prefix to add to the root. They complete a worksheet and review their answers to end the...
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What Comes Next?

For Teachers K
Students use Kidspiration and on online activity to demonstrate comprehension of ordinal and temporal concepts of "first, next, last," and "before" and "after." They name temporal or ordinal positions using correct vocabulary.
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Dragonwings

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the literature study of Dragonwings. They write about the story from the perspective of a reader that is well informed towards the last chapters. Students also find target vocabulary and...
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Lesson Two - Compound Words

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete activities with the book Sarah Plain and Tall. In this literature lesson, students read chapter two and complete attached activities. They list the compound words they find and study new vocabulary. 
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The Grouchy Ladybug

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a Cirlce Map about time. They recall times during the grouchy ladybugs travels, and add dots on ladybugs using turn-around facts. Pupils correctly sequence the events of The Grouchy Ladybug. Students compose new...
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Language Arts Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, students add "ing" to words, match singulars with plurals, add appropriate prefixes to words, identify antonyms and synonyms, and complete a variety of additional activities.
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Spanish Body Parts

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students learn Spanish vocabulary with visuals and hands-on activities.
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ESL Lesson Idea: Describing People

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice using the proper vocabulary to provide a physical description of a person. They focus on the details that are necessary to give a complete description by participating in a teacher directed guessing game.
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The Fox and the Goat

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate characters' traits in a specific fable by noticing what they think, say, and do. They study key vocabulary and complete a vocabulary worksheet. They work in groups to discuss how you know if a person is kind.
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FAMOUS PAINTING

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students provide a brief history of Van Gogh and of the artists working at the same time. They use images of the furniture copied from the painting to review vocabulary items, color, size, etc. They draw and color a rendition of their...