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Culture Universals Lesson Plan
Pupils perform research on specific cultures. They write a short paragraph on each of the universals and explain how each universal relates to their home culture.
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Unit 3, Lesson 15: Adding Suffixes
In this suffix activity, 4th graders will focus on word endings -s and -es. Students will complete a crossword puzzle consisting of 13 clues, filling in the missing word to each of the given sentences.
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Unit 5, Lesson 27: Adding Suffixes -able, ible, -ant, and -ent
In this suffix worksheet, 5th graders will complete the puzzle using words that contain the suffixes -able, -ible, -ant, and -ent. Students will respond to 9 sentences to complete the given crossword puzzle.
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Building ELD Confidence Through Games
Fun ways to get your English Learner's involved in the classroom.
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Animals Galore
A well-designed lesson which covers the characteristics of the animals found in the six animal groups is here for your young biologists. In it, learners divide up into six groups; the amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, fish, and...
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Boggle's World: November Lesson Plan, Classroom English: Getting It Right From the Start
Students learn to ask for information when they don't understand what was said to them. Students work in groups and practice asking prepared question from cards provided by the instructor.
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What is a Musher?
Fifth graders use Alaska unit vocabulary for spelling and writing. In this Alaska activity, 5th graders research what a musher is and write a bio-poem. Students correct sentences that use the Alaska vocabulary.
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Introduce -ed =- /ed/ words
First graders practice spelling 'ed' ending words. In this suffixes lesson, 1st graders practice saying and spelling words with -ed suffixes.
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics
Students recognize and spell sets of words with/shun/suffixes. They become familiar with common t-i-o-n, s-i-o-n, s-s-i-o-n, and c-i-a-n words. Students listen as the teacher say, "I'm going to say several different words that all have...
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Magic
For this magic worksheet, students, with a partner, complete a variety of activities associated with magic and casting spells and tricks.
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Dictionary Skills
Students use a dictionary to review their spelling words. They discover how to use guide words in the dicotionary to find the words. They must write their spelling word and the page and guide words found on the page where the word is found.
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"Same But Different"
Learners recognize and spell words in homophone sets. They assign the correct meaning to each word in a homophone set.
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Using Technology For Vocabulary Development, reading Comprehension, and Word Identification
Fourth graders define unknown vocabulary words and decode unknown words in their reading using a Quicktionary Reading Pen and Franklin Spell Checker. They create reading comprehension questions that are incorporated into a classroom Web...
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Online Words
Students define spelling/vocabulary words using an online dictionary. In this Internet resources lesson plan, students learn how to use an online dictionary to look up the definitions of their spelling or vocabulary words.
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Unscramble the Letters
Learners develop their spelling skills. In this language arts lesson, students unscramble words and write sentences to accompany each of them.
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First Letter Changes
Students use the books of Eric Carle to change the first letter in a word to see a new word. In this phonics lesson plan, students change the beginning letters in poems and books.
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High Frequency Words Worksheet
Use this high frequency words activity to help spellers write down the ten words with the -ur sound and complete ten fill-in sentences with the correct word.
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"Contraction Action"
Students read and spell common contractions formed from a verb paired with the word not. They read and spell common contractions formed from a pronoun paired with a verb.
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Microsoft Word - Similies
Fourth graders complete an attached simile worksheet. The teacher models the lesson on a LCD screen. They then open a simile template in the correct folder on Microsoft word. They insert similes, spell check their work, and then save...
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Rhyme In Time
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of rhyming and recognize them in different pieces of literature that includes songs, speech, and poetry. They also listen to music to make an auditory connection to the concept.
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Using Multiple Meaning Words
Second graders explore multiple meaning words. In this language arts lesson, 2nd graders read "Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping." Students discuss the different meanings of the words in the story. Students complete a worksheet.
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Rock the Boat
Second graders play a spelling game. They draw a card that shows two ways to divide a word into syllables. They are to choose which one is divided correctly, either A or B. They move along the game board as they choose correct answers.
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Getting to Know You Through Peer Editing
Sixth graders get to know their classmates through 'personalized' sentences that feature one student each day, and offer practice in proofreading and peer-editing related to capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and/or grammar rules.
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Small Group: BL
Practice target sounds, especially the /a/ sound. The teacher first speaks and learners repeat words, discriminating between words with varying sounds after focusing on /a/. Letter cards are held up to show the symbolic representation of...