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Racy Readers
Young scholars discover how to become more fluent when they read. Individually, they are given a notecard with a specific colored dot and read their selection based on emotion represented by the dot. To end the lesson, they participate...
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Ready Set Read!
Students practice a variety of techniques and strategies for mastering the skills for reading fluently with expression and emotion utilizing timed readings. They read and reread, "Arthur's Reading Race," by Marc Brown and "James and the...
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Speedy Readers
Students practice reading a poem, "It's Raining Said John Twaining," by, N.M. Bodecker Athenuem, to assess a variety of strategies to maintain what they have read as well as speed up their reading paces. They keep a record of how fast...
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Effective Speaking In A Debate
Students confront stage fright and recognize their speaker strenghs and weaknesses. They develop ways to control and direct their fear of speaking.
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Watch Out for the Wasp!
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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Airports
Students respond to movement cues while maintaining their balance. In this movement and balance activity, students gain understanding of general self space concepts while imagining themselves as an airplane. Students respond to high,...
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Time Problems
Pupils make sensible estimates and check for reasonable results. They also solve problems with positive and negative integers using practical activities or models as needed.
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Go With the Flow
Pupils experiment with a simulated river bed and examine how erosion takes place faster with a young, fast-moving river than with a slow, older river.
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Whooz-z-z Can Summarize
Students summarize an article by reading fast for details and reading slow for important facts. They practice outlining an article. They identify parts of an article such as the title and subheading. They write a short and concise...
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Reading Vocabulary - 1
In this vocabulary test instructional activity, 2nd graders read the words and select the meaning from the options. Students complete 8 vocabulary sentences.
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Learning to Read With Jet Speed
not a lesson Student's success in school depends on the accuracy at which they can read their materials in the expected amount of time. If young scholars do not read accurately, quickly, and effortlessly they may fall behind their...
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Pulsating
Pupils explore how activity and lack of activity has an effect on a persons' heart rate. They receive instruction and practice in taking and recording their pulse rate. Students also incorporate a variety of music while taking their...
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"Doggone Good" at Expression
Second graders review how to read a word that they do not recognize right away and go over examples. They discuss the meaning of "expression" as a class and write the proper definition on the board for the students to see on the board....
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Bones or No Bones?
Students move to music and study bones and their purpose. When the music plays slow, gentle sounds the students have NO bones and their bodies are like Jello or an egg that has been cracked open on the floor . When the music changes...
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Desert Animals
Students are asked if they think a roadrunner is a bird that is a fast runner or a slow runner? They are given a copy of Roadrunner Display Sheet. Students are asked how does a roadrunner protect iteself? They are given the following...
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Summarization Know How
Students summarize a piece of text nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read and summarize, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the process outlined by the instructor...
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Beginning Sentence Completion 1
In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the sentences and choose the best word or words to complete the 12 sentences.
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Adjectives or Adverbs?
For this adjective or adverb worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences, using words given in italics and the end of each, then list personal pronouns and verbal tenses found in sentences.
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Perfect 10 for Expression
Learners practice reading with expression. After discussing how reading with feeling and expression can enhance the reading experience, students listen as the instructor reads a story with expression. Learners complete a read with the...
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Mussel Movements
Learners consider the impact of invasive species on local environments. In this ecology instructional activity, watch the video, Arizona Wildlife Views, which focuses on invasive species. Students develop vocabulary, relate to meaningful...
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Match Opposite Pairs
In this antonyms worksheet, learners read the ten words in a column and add a missing letter to a word in a second column that will make an antonym.
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ESL: Comparing People
In this ESL comparison activity, students use pictures to fill in blanks in sentences comparing people. Reference links to additional activities and HTML code are given.
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Bumper Cars
Students gain trust of fellow classmates. They practice cooperation and spacial awareness. They follow directions given to them by others.
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Antonyms-- Matching Picture Clues
In this language arts worksheet, students explore antonyms and learn that they mean the opposite. Students read the words in 4 boxes and circle the antonym pair. They then draw a line to match the word with the picture it describes.