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Man's Search for Meaning: Vocabulary Strategy
Readers of Man's Search for Meaning use context clues, create stories using words from the text, and retype these stories as part of their vocabulary study of Viktor Frankl's book.
Education World
Use Boolean Search Terms to Shorten Web Searches
Have you ever conducted a Web search and received too many hits? Teach your class about Boolean search terms and provide them time to practice conducting efficient online searches. This lesson plan contains several fun activities which...
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Mythological Word Origins
No wonder the ship was called the Titanic. An investigation of Norse, Roman, and Greek Mythology provides insight into mythological characters and corresponding words in the English language. A close look at roots, prefixes, and suffixes...
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Mythological Word Origins
Review myths and the characters therein, connecting them to vocabulary words in the English language today. Begin by searching online for myths and character names. With at least ten names that are familiar English words, students use...
EngageNY
Using Effective Search Terms: Researching Water Management
Discover how to use search terms effectively! Scholars continue their exploration of Charles Fishman's The Big Thirst, engaging in a read aloud and then answering text-based questions. Next, pupils learn about using search terms and...
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Georgia CRCT - 7th Grade Language Arts Quiz
Whether your seventh graders are preparing for the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) or any other standardized test, this practice worksheet takes them through a variety of language arts skills. Punctuation, grammar,...
Ohio Department of Education
Word Origins
Understanding a word's etymology can really help with decoding and building vocabulary skills. Readers compare and contrast words of similar origins but with different difficulty levels. They focus on prefixes, suffixes, and affixes....
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"Jack and Jill" Microsoft Word Picture ID Unit
Using Microsoft Word and the blank "Jack and Jill" templates provided, class members find picture files of themselves and create a written photo ID document to be printed and lamented for the classroom. The lesson is divided into 4...
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Homophone Search
Homophones take center stage in this engaging, interactive slide show. Students see that homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. They consider 20 slides which have sentences with...
Teaching Tolerance
Consuming and Creating Political Art
A picture is worth a thousand words, but political art may be worth even more! After examining examples of political cartoons, murals, and other forms of public art, class members create their own pieces to reflect their ideals and...
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Word Search Y4 Position
In this recognizing position words worksheet, students search for words in the word bank, looking across, down, or diagonally left or right. Students find 12 words.
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Rain Forest Word Search
In this word search learning exercise, students use the word bank to locate names of plants and animals that live in the Rain Forest. Students find 20 words.
Little Book Lane
"Th" Words
That is a great word because it starts with the th sound. There are so many words that start with the consonant digraph th. Early readers are going to love this packet of fun worksheets, games, flashcards, and images that were created...
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Baseball Word Search
In this literacy worksheet, students solve a word search based upon the theme of baseball. They also have access to other puzzles that are related.
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Basketball Word Search
In this literacy learning exercise, students work to find the words that are related to the theme of basketball in the word search puzzle.
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Earth Day Word Search
In this literacy instructional activity, students find the words that are part of the vocabulary list for the theme of the word search puzzle.
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Word Search #14
In this word search worksheet, students search for and circle as many words about school as they can find in the word search. They then write the words in the 6 spaces at the bottom of the page.
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Word Search #17
In this word search worksheet, students search for and circle as many words about a house as they can find in the word search. They then write the words in the 6 spaces at the bottom of the page.
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Word Search #16
In this word search learning exercise, students search for and circle as many words about office supplies as they can find in the word search. They then write the words in the 5 spaces at the bottom of the page.
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Beginning Blends Word Search
In this beginning blends word search, students complete a word search, finding 17 words with beginning blends. Words are given in a word search at the bottom of the page.
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Word Search #29: Occupations
In this jobs word search, students circle as many words about occupations as they can find in a word search grid. Students then write the words in the spaces.
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Word Search #28: School Subjects
In this school word search worksheet, students analyze the letters in a word search grid. Students circle as many words about school subjects as they can find and then write the words in the spaces.
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Word Search #1- Short Words
In this word search worksheet, students analyze the 9 letters in a small grid. Students circle as many words as possible and then write them in the spaces. There is no word bank.
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Beginning Blends Word Search
In this consonant blends word search worksheet, students locate and identify the 16 words in the word bank within the word search puzzle.