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The Red Studio Shows the Way
Students look at the painting The Red Studio Shows the Way, and critique the art piece. In this critiquing art lesson plan, students discuss how the painting expresses ideas and feelings and history.
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The Red Studio Turns 100!
Learners observe the art of Henri Matisse and discuss the ideas and feelings his art brings about. In this Henri Matisse lesson plan, students look at many of his artistic paintings and discuss and write in a journal the point of view...
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Spelling Graffiti
Students practice the skill of spelling through using creative art integrated with technology. They use technology by using powerpoint slides for each spelling word. Then students work to create posters for spelling words with colors or...
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Nursery Rhymes
Students recall details of nursery rhyme read by teacher, identify main characters, and demonstrate knowledge of poem by creating concept map about story that includes title, clip art, and changes in font and color.
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Common/Proper Nouns
Pupils sort word card into two categories (common and proper nouns). They copy the class charts. Students create a table in Word including the headings, common noun and proper noun. They put the correct words onto their chart and add a...
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A-Z List
Students practice using vocabulary terms about the Louisiana Purchase by creating a picture dictionary, an ABC book of terms, a word sort, or a game. Each project should include people, places and terms as they relate to the Louisiana...
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Muggie Maggie: Lesson 8
Students predict a chapter from a book while learning new vocabulary words. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the book Muggie Maggie, and predict what will happen in the upcoming chapter. Students read and...
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Really Useful List of 100 Plural Nouns in English
In this language arts worksheet, students 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 (teeth).
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Alphabet Neighbors: Before, After, In Between
In this language arts worksheet, students memorize the order of letters in the alphabet. Students complete 18 examples where the missing letter comes before a series of letters. Then students complete 18 examples where the missing letter...
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Research Project
Eighth graders research a project of their choice in relation to a career they may want. In this language arts activity, 8th graders create a bibliography of references used both print and online sources. Students make an outline of...
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Guided Reading: " A River Ran Wild"
Students answer "essential questions" to establish background and prior knowledge of the book, "A River Ran Wild." In this language arts lesson, 3rd graders complete a graphic organizer of vocabulary words and read and take notes at...
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Poetry Power
Second graders explore language arts by analyzing poems in their class. For this word play lesson, 2nd graders define the terms rhyme, rhythm and alliteration and identify their uses. Students utilize class word lists to write their own...
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Adjectives Cloze Exercise
In this language arts worksheet, students insert appropriate adjectives in 14 sentences with missing words. A picture clue at the end of each sentence will help students choose an adjective to put in the blank.
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Alphabetical Order
Putting words is alphabetical order is a necessary skill. Use this resource to help your class learn how to put groups of words in order. This presentation could be augmented with more examples.
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Virtue Or Vice?
Students create triptychs, pictures in three panels side by side, of certain themes displayed in the painting "Don Quixote" by Jean-Baptiste Camile Carot. Student evaluations are accomplished through participation during in-class...
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Solar System Dictionary
Studnets utilize the web site "Little Explorers" to research the solar system. A solar system dictionary is created using the information gleaned from assorted book marked sites.
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Alphabetizing Vegetables
Students explore alphabetical order. In this language arts instructional activity, students are given a list of twenty vegetables and complete a worksheet putting the names of these vegetables in alphabetical order.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #9
In this spelling activity, students read and write given words. They also look up the word in the dictionary and determine its part of speech. There are twelve words to write, which include six pairs of synonyms.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #91
In this spelling worksheet, students read and write given words. They look the words up in the dictionary and identify the guide words that appear on the page. Students choose two words to define. There are 14 problems on this...
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #171
In this spelling worksheet, learners practice reading and writing 12 given words. Afterward, all students look up each word in the dictionary and write down the guide words found on the page. All words end with the "-tion" and "-sion"...
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Using a Thesaurus--Antonyms
In this antonyms worksheet, learners utilize a dictionary or thesaurus to find the most appropriate antonym for the following four words: exceptional, passive, prepared and fast.
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Moving With Your Roots
Students dissect common words to study the origins of those words. In this language arts lesson, students study the Greek and Latin roots found in many words within English language. Students use dictionaries to fill out worksheets...
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Barrons M Word Search Puzzle
In this language arts worksheet, students examine 45 words in a word bank that apparently come from the M section of a Barrons Dictionary. Students find the words in the word search puzzle.
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Creative Writing
Middle schoolers write in their journals at the beginning of class. They create a poster of what they just wrote about in their journals. Pictures are to be labeled and dictionaries are encouraged.