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The Quatrain
Students analyze the quatrain structure and rhyming in the song, "Puddles". They use this format to create their own quatrain lyrics for a song then they share their song ang revise it.
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Buzzing Bees
First graders engage in a lesson on phonemic awareness. They practice skills that are considered essential for good reading to occur. The skills of letter recognition and corresponding the letter to its phoneme are taught.
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Using Syllables to Help With Spelling
For this spelling worksheet, 3rd graders learn how each syllable in a word has at least one vowel sound. After giving an example of each type of syllable, students write their own examples of open and closed syllables and words with...
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Rhythmic Dancing
Fourth graders practice expressing themselves through the art of dance. In this physical education lesson, 4th graders discuss choreography and how moving specific ways at certain times can be artistic. Students create and perform a...
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Describing Clearly Ideas, Feelings, and Experiences
First graders describe, using vocabulary words, ideas that relate to birthdays/birthday parties.
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Identifying Syllables Within Spoken Words
First graders participate in a conversation about what they want to become when they grow up, and identify syllables within the spoken words.
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Test Your Patience: Nonsense Quiz
For this testing patience worksheet, students read through the quiz that doesn't make sense. Students then try to answer the 20 questions to taste their patience.
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Past Progressive / Past Tense Practice
In this past progressive verb worksheet, students change 10 verbs in parentheses to past tense to fit the sentences. Students then change 4 verbs of being to past tense to form questions.
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Various words: 18
In this various words worksheet, students choose the correct answer based on number of years, prepositions, and completing sentences. Students complete 7 problems.
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Yes But Dialogue Game
Learners work cooperatively to explore and practice dialogue improvisation.
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Using the News
Students give oral predictions to news articles. They discuss and revise their interpretations of the content material.
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Look Again: Revising
Fifth graders read "Jabberwocky," as an example of revision. They practice revising their own work.
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Line Breaks with Roethke
Fifth graders explore line breaks and write father poems. They write about something they have done with a family member.
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Perspectives
Seventh graders describe an event, a situation, etc. through the eyes of two people or two inanimate objects.
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Rhythm and Rhyme
Young scholars, after talking about form, create a more focused learning space with a collective purpose.
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An Opening Time Line Project
Students create a time line of their life starting at birth and each year after that up to their current age. They write and illustrate one important thing for each year, and place their time lines on poster board.
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Favourite Authors
Students discuss in open forum their favorite author and give reasons to back up their decisions. Students choose from a variety of writing prompts. Students prepare a series of questions that they might ask their favorite authors if...
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That Was Then, This is Now: When I Was Puerto Rican
Students explain how geographic/cultural setting influences identity by comparing/contrasting Esmeralda's Puerto Rican self with her American self. They closely read text to pinpoint when Esmeralda was no longer Puerto Rican. Students...
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24 Hour Party Robots
Students read an article about robots and social behavior. As a class, they write down new vocabulary words they are unfamilar with in the article. In groups, they discover what all the words have in commom and identify the type of...
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MND Sound Ball Activity
High schoolers are introduced to Act II, scene 1, lines 188-244 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." They explore and analyze how dramatic lines can have varied interpretations by playing a game of sound ball utilizing a list of vocabulary...
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TIGERS AT TWILIGHT
In this crossword activity about tigers, students are given 10 clues. They must find a word which matches each clue and insert it correctly into the crossword puzzle.
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Writers Word Search
In this literacy worksheet, students look for the words that are related to the theme of the worksheet. They also work on the skills of spelling and word recognition.
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Syllables Millionaire, Silent Scrabble
In this spelling worksheet, teachers have access to websites with games to enhance learning. Syllables Millionaire is a powerpoint presentation used to help students understand how syllables help spelling. Silent Scrabble helps...
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Living in the Desert: Reading Comprehension
In this comprehension activity, students read a short selection about sand gazelles, then answer 5 multiple choice questions. Answers provided.