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Spell Tag
Students work on their spelling skills by spelling a word to get unfrozen if tagged.
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Bounce to Spell
Students are in their own personal space with a playground ball and a partner. They are given a spelling word from their classroom or shoolwide list. They bounce the ball to their partner saying a letter as they pass the ball.
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Vocabulary Elementary School
In these printing and spelling practice worksheets, learn to spell and print the following words: apple, apricot, banana, grapes, lemons, peach, pear, pineapple, strawberry, and plum.
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Spelling With Phonemic Awareness
In this elementary literacy worksheet, students identify the pictures and spell the 3 letter words for the nine problems. The teacher could help them sound out the words.
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Elementary Homophones 3
In this vocabulary practice learning exercise, students examine the 15 homophones listed in the word bank and match them to the appropriate 15 words.
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Total English Elementary: Read All About It
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 4 paragraph passage about a charity fund-raising effort and then respond to 8 short answer questions.
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A Holiday Newsletter In MS Word For Elementary School
Learners produce a holiday newsletter using a software program. For this holiday newsletter lesson, students use a software template to write a newsletter. They fill in the template with appropriate information and pictures.
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Internet ABC's for Elementary Schoolers
Students develop basic Internet skills. In this lesson introducing the basics of the Internet, students discover how to use toolbars, address bars, how to save a website to revisit later, and how to use the back and forward buttons. This...
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Total English Elementary: Famous People
In this writing warm-up worksheet, students consolidate key vocabulary and use adjectives to respond to 4 multi-step questions which require them to describe famous people.
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-ake Spell and Write Worksheet
For this spelling and writing worksheet, 3rd graders look at and name 7 pictures. They write each word on an elementary line next to it. They write words such as cake, rake, snake, shake, and bake.
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French: Count on Me
Elementary French learners match 7 numbers with the French spellings.
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/sh/ Sound Work
What letters create the /sh/ sound? Have your elementary learners study the sound, write different words that use the sound in their letter boxes, and read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish! After this mini-lesson, can your...
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Stomping and Romping with Shakespeare
Did you know that Green Eggs and Ham is written in iambic pentameter? Model the rhythm of language using Dr. Seuss’s tale. Direct class members to march about the room tapping their right foot on the first syllable and stomping their...
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Traditional Writing vs. Collaborative Writing
Students examine language arts by completing a group activity. In this writing styles lesson, students define and discuss the differences between collaborative writing and traditional writing while answering questions in a Smart Board...
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The Heart of the Matter
Upper elementary pupils learn about the blood transportation system and anatomy of the human heart. They fill in an outline of the human heart (not included) focusing on the flow of blood to and from the heart. Using stethoscopes, they...
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Creating a Memorial Day Poster Poem
Does your class know about the meaning of Memorial Day? Discuss the history of the holiday in this instructional activity, which prompts elementary and middle schoolers to create word webs of ideas about the holiday. Additionally, they...
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Lesson Plan Two: Polygons
Learners explore the concept of polygons on a two-dimensional plane. They identify polygons in everyday life and draw different polygons according to their classification. Using a geoboard and geobands, they consrtuct polygons and even...
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Symbols and the Choices we Make
Upper elementary and middle schoolers recognize symbols that influence the choices that we make consciously or unconsciously in everyday life. They look at the symbols and choices that others make. They identify and apply knowledge of...
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I'm Published! A Parts of Speech Book
Reinforce the importance of the writing process with this publication instructional activity. Elementary and middle schoolers compose a parts of speech book which includes one page each for nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs,...
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My Tooth is Loose
Elementary learners study the /th/ sound as a whole class. First they hear the sound and learn a tongue twister. After practicing together, they write the digraph on their practice paper. Then, to study the words in context, the class...
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Learning About Homonyms
I don't know why but I love teaching homonym lessons. This one encourages learners to look up and write a definition for a set of 10 different homonyms. Tip: Put new knowledge to the test and have the class fix a story that contains...
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Harry Potter: Study Questions
Elementary learners explore fiction storytelling through partcipating in a survey. They identify the characters, themes and plot of the Harry Potter series while discussing their opinions in class. Learners conduct a survey about their...
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Chronological Order
First, next, and last, the elements of chronological order. In every story or text one can find a series of events that occur one after the other. To help learners with visual impairments conceptualize chronological order, this lesson...
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Animals: Spelling activity
For this animals worksheet, students label animal pictures, watch a video, unscramble animal words, and write animals according to their description. Students complete 4 activities.