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Grammarly Blog: Adjectives and Adverbs What's the Difference?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This blog article focuses on adjectives and adverbs including their purpose and the confusion between them. It offers links pertaining to adjective and adverb use and misuse.
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Grammarly Blog: Commas After Introductory Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Grammarly Handbook resource explains how to use commas after introductory elements. Numerous examples of commas after introductory phrases, introductory clauses, and introductory transitions are provided in this resource.
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Grammarly Blog: Using the Future Continuous Tense

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains what future continuous (progressive) tense means and how it is formed and provides examples.
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Grammarly Blog: Spelling Words With Ei and Ie

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The page focuses on the rules and examples for spelling words with "ei" and "ie" including the "I Before E Except After C" rule and the "I before E, Except after C, unless it sounds like A, as in neighbor or weigh" rule. L.9-10.2c Spelling
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Grammarly Blog: Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on conjunctions including what conjunctions are; the types of conjunctions: Coordinating, Correlative, and Subordinating; how to start sentences with conjunctions, examples of each of the above, and lists for each type...
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Everyday vs. Every Day

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page provides the rules for the proper use of the words "everyday" and "every day."
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Grammarly Blog: Uses of Prepositions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains the uses of prepositions including to show direction, time, location, and spatial relationships. Examples are provided.
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Grammarly Blog: 5 Basic Proofreading Habits

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list of the five specific things to focus on when proofreading your writing.
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Grammarly Blog: Capitalization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page reminds the writer to follow capitalization rules including for beginning of sentences, proper nouns, and titles of people and works.
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Grammarly Blog: Future Perfect Tense

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains what future perfect tense means and how it is formed.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma After Introductory Clauses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules and examples for using commas correctly with an introductory clause.
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Grammarly Blog: Verb Tense Consistency: Grammar Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the need for verb tense consistency on a clause level. It is important to maintain the same verb tense in a clause; if the time changes, use a second sentence.
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University of Arizona

Nasa: The History of Mars Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the time line from 1960 to the 2000s about Mars Missions. Choose from news, explorations, blogs, gallery, and missions to learn more about Mars exploration.
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Other

Class tools.net: Create Interactive Flash Tools & Games for Education

For Teachers K - 1st
ClassTools.net offers a collection of templates you can customize and save online and even embed into your own website or blog. Fast and intuitive Flash animations guide you through the template-building process, and you'll be creating...
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Class tools.net: Create Interactive Flash Tools & Games for Education

For Teachers K - 1st
ClassTools.net offers a collection of templates you can customize and save online and even embed into your own website or blog. Fast and intuitive Flash animations guide you through the template-building process, and you'll be creating...
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BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Different Ways to Communicate Online

For Students K - 1st
There are many different types of communication technology. They all have different strengths. It is important to think about which type of communication is best for each occasion. Learn about five different methods of online...
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Dustn.tv: The Essential Guide to What Colors Communicate

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article discussing how colors register in the brain to give the reader emotions and states of mind before even reading a word. Article focuses particularly on choosing colors for a blog design but rationale can be applied anywhere.
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Character Lab

Character Lab: The Secret: Permission to Feel

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Don't assume that the young people in your life are fine. Don't assume that what you see is all there is to know. This blog describes an encounter that a young boy had that helped him feel "seen" and understood by adults. Listening is...
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Burke Museum

Burke Museum: Spider Myths

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Burke Museum's section of research and collections centering on Arachnology, this site outlines several myths associated with spiders including identifying spiders, house spiders, and "weird" spiders.
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Presidents' Day: A Life Lesson for Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With this resource, teachers can lead students in a topical conversation regarding President's Day. This free-form lesson includes suggested questions and encourages student discussion about the powers and responsibilities of the...
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Other

Edte.ch: Maths Maps

For Students 1st - 8th
Maths Maps is a collaborative project where participants use Google maps to choose a location within one of the cities highlighted, then create a Math problem about the site. The problems are marked on the map with various colors...
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Innovative Practice: 5 Strategies for the Early Learning Classroom

For Teachers K - 1st
Project- and play-based learning are essential in the early grades to develop creative learning dispositions during the brain's most active period of synaptic growth. Here are five strategies that can be implemented in early learning...
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The Tongue Untied

The Tongue Untied: Independent Clause

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Tongue Untied is a guide to grammar, punctuation, and style for journalists, and it has great information on the independent clause. The site provides numerous examples along with information on usage and tips for recognizing...
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The Tongue Untied

The Tongue Untied: Dependent Clause

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Tongue Untied is a guide to grammar, punctuation, and style for journalists, and it has great information on the dependent clause. The site provides numerous examples along with information on usage and tips for recognizing dependent...

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