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"The Selfish Crocodile"
Learners participate in various shared reading and writing activities related to the book "The Selfish Crocodile" by Faustin Charles. They identify descriptive words from the story, and write sentences describing how the crocodile...
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Great Online Art Sites
Pupils complete an online study of art websites. In this art and technology lesson, students explore the links and try the activities to learn about art online.
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Grammar: Adding a Prefix and Suffix
Fourth graders practice adding a prefix and/or suffix to base words. For this spelling review lesson, 4th graders review how to add a prefix and suffix to a word and complete a worksheet demonstrating their learning.
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Mother's Day
Learners construct Mother's Day cards. In this holiday lesson, students use art supplies to create Mother's Day cards. Learners may include an acrostic poem about their mother or a coupon book for their mother.
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The Daily News
Learners use headlines to recall and write about important events in the school day. This activity can be done with the whole class at circle time, at the beginning or end of the school day, individually in daily news journals. Students...
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Reading Comprehension Strategy Ideas
Students participate in pre-reading activities, journal keeping, vocabulary lists and other reading comprehension boosters. These activities can be applied to many genres.
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Whole Child: Parenting Skills
Students and parents participate in a variety of activities intended to develop both the growth of the child and the parenting skills of the adult. They role-play daily activities, manipulate dough, discuss the rights and...
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the Impact of the U.s. Supreme Court on High School Journalism.
Young scholars study of the First Amendment, Tinker, Hazelwood and the Colorado Student Free Expression Law. They discuss the ramifications on the student press and recite their memorized First Amendment rights. They discover what...
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The Five Finger Exercise
Students understnad the importance of keeping our rivers and streams pollution free by remembering the major rivers of northeast Kansas. The see how the rivers contain particles of every substance that drains into them.
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Writing Freely in the Elementary Classroom
Once a week, students are given free time to write on a topic of their choice. When they have finished writing, they have a small conference with their teacher about their writing for that day.
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Compound Words
What's a compound word? Help your class understand the meaning of a compound word, and then give them the included worksheet to practice. To complete it, they write the two parts of a compound word and the new word formed in the spaces...
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Comparisons
Fifth graders complete a worksheet. In this comparison lesson, 5th graders view sentences and identify the comparatives in them. Students complete a worksheet on comparisons.
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Words Ending in Soft g
Fifth graders complete a worksheet. In this sound identification lesson, 5th graders distinguish between a soft g and a hard g sound and identify words with each. Students complete a worksheet where they write and identify words with...
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Word Building with Suffixes
Fifth graders complete a worksheet. In this suffixes lesson, 5th graders dictate words, write words and write words without suffixes. Students complete a worksheet where they build words with suffixes.
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Soft Syllable Endings
Sixth graders complete a crossword puzzle. In this grammar lesson, 6th graders discuss what a list of words have in common. Students complete a crossword puzzle focusing on words with soft syllable endings.
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Exploring Latin Word Parts
Fourth graders complete a worksheet. In this root words instructional activity, 4th graders discuss the meaning of a root. Students view words with the Latin root stru/struct and discuss their meaning. Students repeat this process with...
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Adding s, ed, and ing To Words
Second graders learn how to add s, ed, and ing suffixes to words. In this adding suffixes lesson, 2nd graders participate in a teacher led lesson on the rules for adding endings to words before completing an associated worksheet.
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Fun with Anagrams!
Students complete a worksheet. In this anagrams lesson, students are introduced to anagrams and look at examples. Students complete a worksheet where they answer questions with anagrams.
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Digraphs
Third graders complete a worksheet. In this digraphs lesson, 3rd graders discuss the sound of digraphs ch, sh, th and wh and brainstorm words that contain these digraphs. Students complete a word search worksheet.
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Practicing Short and Long Vowel Sounds
What are the differences between short and long vowel sounds? The class participates in a teacher ledlesson in which they add letters to words as they evolve from a three letter, short vowel word to a longer long vowel word. They...
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Practice Adding the ing Suffix
Second graders practice adding ing to words ending in one vowel and one consonant. In this adding ing lesson, 2nd graders participate in a teacher demonstration of adding suffixes to one vowel, one consonant words. They learn the rule...
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Homographs and Homophones
Fourth graders complete a crossword puzzle. In this homophones and homographs lesson, 4th graders define homographs and look at examples. Students contrast homographs and homophones. Students complete a worksheet where they fill in a...
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Symbols Communicate Without Words
Students write different symbols we use in writing out in their word form. In this word symbols lesson plan, students practice writing out what the symbols represent. For example the symbol % stands for 'percent'.
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Puzzling Verbs
Third graders complete a crossword puzzle. In this past tense words lesson, 3rd graders write past tense verbs and review what past tense means. Students review homophones and complete a worksheet where they complete a crossword puzzle...