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Phonetics
Exploring the physiological and regional impacts on articulation, in spoken as well as sign language, this slideshow presents students with various views of how words are produced. Many practical and humorous examples help with both the...
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Calculating Probabilities: Introduction
Introduce your class to a sure-fire method for calculating probabilities. The method is described alongside several examples, then put into practice with a series of probability questions for the class to solve. This would be a great...
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Superlative Adjectives
Is this the greatest or craziest or neatest instructional activity on superlative adjectives? Take a look to find out! Kids turn regular adjectives into superlative adjectives and write these new words on the provided lines.
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Derbyshire Accent Project 1
Compare the Derbyshire accent to Standard English. There are eight common differences between the two languages for learners to discover. A great activity to start a discussion on the various forms and conventions of Standard English.
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The Recycle Alphabet
First graders recognize words associated with recycling. In this environmental lesson, 1st graders go through the alphabet and think of words associated with recycling that start with a letter. Students create a recycling ABC book.
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Poetry Beyond Words: Creating Poetry with Linguistically Diverse Students
Models of and directions for how to write 20 different types of poems are featured in an NCTE resource. The introduction to each form highlights the embedded concepts. For example, tongue twisters encourage poets to use alliteration and...
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab
In this vocabulary worksheet, students decipher the best word choice to complete the sentence. All words begin with the letter "E."
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The Letterbox Lesson
Students analyze phoneme sequence in a word. They spell words using phoneme analysis and read new words using phoneme analysis.
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Bueno Brothers' Bean Dip
Learners play a game in which they see how many words they can form from a scoop of lima bean letters
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Phonemic Awareness
What was the sound that letter made? The letter S is the phoneme of today's lesson and it is ready to make an appearance. Little ones discuss the sound S makes, then they hold up S cards every time they hear words containing the...
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Using a Dictionary-Sounds
Figuring out how to pronounce unfamiliar words can be tricky. Learners use the dictionary to determine the beginning and ending sounds of words and then answer four multiple choice questions that test their understanding of these sounds.
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Using a Dictionary-Sounds
One of these words doesn’t sound like the others. The dictionary provides the answers to a quiz that asks learns to identify the sounds in unfamiliar words.
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Stackers Game for Word Fluency
Explore words by building and decoding three-letter words. Real or nonsense words can be formed with the alphabet tiles. Practice fluency and blending sounds with CVC patterns.
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Articles and Article Check-Up
Help your learners practice proper article usage with this informational handout and brief exercise. After reading information about articles and their uses, including details about when to omit articles, scholars complete fourteen...
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Adding -ing
Review the rules involving the use of the -ing ending. Learners discuss a list of words, engage in activities, and learn spelling rules. This presentation provides a comprehensive review of this topic. It is a good tool for the classroom.
Poetry Internation Volume 17, 2011
Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance in Poetry
Three poems, “Under the Mangoes” by Jacqueline Bishop, Eleanor Wilner’s “What It Hinges On,” and Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” provide the text for an examination of alliteration, consonance, and assonance. After...
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Literary Terms for Sophomore English Vocabulary Assessment
Sophomores record the definitions and examples of a series of literary terms and then create their own example of the word. Designed as an assessment, the presentation could also be used as an introduction or as a review.
Amateur Athletic Foundation
Olympic Lingo
Instead of bingo, why not play some Lingo? This vocabulary game is just like bingo, but it's all about words and focuses on building vocabulary. The resource provides a blank Lingo card, a filled-in sample, and a vocabulary list. All of...
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In Case of a Medical Emergency
Studens identify the variety of services available to them at their local medical facilities. In pairs, they role play different conversations that can take place during a medical emergency. Students create a brief description of the...
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Math Aptitude Test # 3
In this algebra instructional activity, students answer word problems using everyday scenario. The problems are given in a riddle form to make it a brain teaser and grab the students' attention. There are 32 problems to be solved.
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Oo is for Octopus
Oodles of fun and opportunities for learning are overwhelming in this Letter O activity series, which features printing practice for letters and numbers, connect the docts, and lots of cute octopi for your learners to color.
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Alphabet Game
Students recognize and orally name all of the letters of the alphabet when shown each letter individually. They pronounce words correctly when orally. Students decode words to orally speak the correct pronunciation. Students discuss...
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Say It Connect It
In this spelling worksheet, 1st graders will focus on spelling CVC words. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the correct letters for the beginning, middle, and ending sounds before writing the complete word on the lines provided.
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Fun Fonix: Trace it. Read it. Write it. Find it.
In this phonics instructional activity, students respond to 5 questions by tracing the word presented, reading the word written, writing the word as it is presented on the page, and drawing a line to find the newly formed word from the...