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Spelling Review

For Teachers K
Kindergarteners can review short "o" spelling words in this colorful PowerPoint. Words include: "log", "jog", "stop", "pop", and "drop." Three additional challenge words are listed, also with short vowel sounds, including: "stamp",...
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Descriptive Writing: Parrot in the Oven

For Students 8th - 10th
After reading a selection from Victor Martinez's Parrot in the Oven, pupils use the graphic organizer to decipher the sensory details within the descriptive paragraph. They list various details under the appropriate sense ("see," "hear,"...
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Compound Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Review compound words using this visually-appealing presentation. In a series of slides, learners take two words and create a compound one. There are graphics to make the word meanings easy to understand. After exploring this resource,...
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Word Endings: -er

For Teachers 2nd
Reinforce spelling and reading skills using this presentation focusing on the -er ending. Learners can read the words written on this series of slides, and then come up with their own examples. There are appealing graphics.
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10 Rainbow Steps

For Teachers 6th
As part of an exploration of myths, have your class use this resource to direct their story writing. Learners can use this graphic, showing the steps to creating a complete story, as a guide. They answer such questions as where the story...
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Ow

For Teachers 2nd
Discuss the ow sound using this presentation. Learners read a series of words with the ow sound. There are pictures and graphics to make the information accessible. This tool provides a quick and easy way to review this topic.
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More Phonemes

For Teachers K - 1st
Practice basic reading skills. Learners use a set of letters to form simple words such as kick, drip, and mend. It is a quick and easy way to review this topic. The graphics are colorful and inviting.
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Story Elements

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Review story elements with your class using this resource. Learners can take a story they have read as a class and identify story elements. They focus on characters, setting, the introduction, and plot. Then, they use graphic organizers...
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The Five-Paragraph Essay: A Framework for Expository Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Looking for a PowerPoint presentation that models the framework for the traditional five-paragraph essay? Look no further. Here, the brief explanations are clear and concise, and color codes indicate the thesis sentence, the topic...
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My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington, D.C.

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Although this legislative process lesson is designed to accompany a specific text, it is valuable independently. Young learners participate in a picture walk (worksheet included) through My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington,...
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Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Readers use an "Idea Tree" graphic organizer to discern the main idea and supporting details of several passages included in this presentation. The three passages offer opportunities for guided and independent practice.
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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Do your young readers know that poems can be performed as a team? They listen to a few examples from Paul Fleischman's book Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, paying attention to how the how readers work together. They examine the...
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Finding the Main Idea: Little Women

For Students 8th - 10th
Whether or not your class is reading Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, you can use this exercise as the basis of a mini-lesson on how to determine the main idea of a passage or as a pre-test to assess mastery of the skill. A graphic...
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"Whispering Wires": Public Law vs. Individual Civil Liberties

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High school student love discussing controversial issues like those brought up in this fourth amendment case study. They examine the 1928 Olmstead vs. U.S. prohibition court case, applying the fourth amendment to determine whether or not...
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The Call of the Wild: Differences Between a Book and a Movie Adaptation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Fling your class members “into the heart of things primordial” with a Venn diagram activity that highlights how the same themes are treated in the film and book versions of The Call of the Wild. Consider extending the exercise by having...
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Discussion Web

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Get your class talking, even debating, about Gary Paulsen's popular novel Canyons. As they finish chapters 10-12, they complete the following discussion web concerning Brennan and the skull. They fill out the graphic organizer provided...
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Fahrenheit 451: KWHL Strategy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Turn your readers into "examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators," with a KWHL strategy designed for Fahrenheit 451. Individuals fill out a KWHL graphic organizer about censorship and then share responses with a group. The...
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Of Mice and Men: KWHL

For Students 8th - 9th
Introduce your readers to the KWHL chart, similar to a KWL chart, only there's an extra column for the how. This graphic organizer was designed as a prereading activity, but you'll have to model how to complete it in a meaningful way...
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Varying Sentence Structure

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Show your writers how to use simple, compound, and complex sentences to add variety to writing. In addition, examples show how to employ semicolons and coordinating conjunctions to combine sentences. Colorful illustrations and graphics...
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Word Roots Lesson #9 - Focus: eu, onym

For Students 7th - 9th
What does eu mean? What about onym? Study these roots with your class by providing them with a worksheet. A graphic organizer and two short exercises are included. Learners explore words like eugenic, eunomy, and antonym, discovering...
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Stereotype Characters Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Here is a lesson designed for middle schoolers which helps them recognize stereotypes one way or another against a particular group of people. They also determine what may have motivated the author to use a stereotype in the first place....
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Vocabulary Development

For Teachers K - 2nd
By utilizing a graphic organizer called a bubble map, young readers work toward developing their vocabulary. After reading a story, a word that has something to do with the story is put in the middle circle. Then, other words that have...
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Story Map

For Students 2nd - 9th
Here's a graphic organizer that promotes comprehension by asking class members to record the elements of a story. Using the provided template,  readers identify the setting, the major characters, the problems they face, and the solutions...
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Story Map

For Students 2nd - 6th
Recording the key elements of a story (title, setting, characters, problem, ending) on a story map graphic organizer provides primary readers a chance to practice identifying these elements and promotes reading comprehension. The...

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