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My Spelling Words -- Spelling List #183
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell 12 words. Students look up the words in the dictionary and write the guide words for each. Students write the definition for 2 words of their choice. All words in the list have double...
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my spelling words-- spelling list #133
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell 12 words. Students look up the words in the dictionary and write the guide words for each. Students write the definition for 2 words of their choice. There is no apparent connection...
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My Spelling Words: Spelling Lists #119
In this spelling instructional activity, students write the given 12 vocabulary words. They look up each word in the dictionary and identify the guide words on the page. Next, students write a descriptive paragraph using the spelling...
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #127
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing 12 spelling words. They look up each word in the dictionary and identify the guide words on the page. Students choose two words and write them in a sentence. All words...
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #129
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing given words. The look up each word in the dictionary and identify the guide words on the page. All 11 words are music terms.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #109
In this spelling worksheet, students write the 12 given spelling words. They look up each word in a dictionary and identify the guide words on the page. Students write the definition to the words.
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The Wind in the Willows
In this study guide worksheet, students read the book The Wind in the Willows and write summaries, use vocabulary, write questions, and more. Students complete 7 activities.
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A New Word Everyday
Hobbits, dwarfs, wizards, trolls, and goblins. Readers track these fantastic creatures through J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit noting passages of character description and habitats. Using specific passages from the novel, class...
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Categories Game: Ten Words
Young scholars, in groups, create lists of vocabulary words related to a particular subject. They are given points for each correctly spelled word that matches a list written by the teacher.
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Novel Guide for My Brother Sam is Dead
Fifth graders explore the effects of war. In this American Revolution instructional activity, 5th graders read My Brother Sam is Dead and complete the provided comprehension, characterization, and vocabulary activities
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Sonnet Explication
Students analyze close readings of poems, looking up words in the dictionary, and discussing the major parts of dictionary definitions, including word origin and parts of speech. They examine sonnets, then compare/contrast their findings.
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Dictionary Definitions
In this dictionary definitions worksheet, students find the definition for the 6 words and then write the words into 6 original sentences.
EngageNY
Researching and Note-Taking: Becoming an Expert on a Colonial Trade
Fourth graders work in small groups to become experts on different colonial trades in the eighth instructional activity of this unit. Working toward the long-term goal of writing a piece of historical fiction, young scholars read...
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Fourth Grade Language: Research Process
In this review of fourth grade resource usage worksheet students answer questions about guide words, library database, resources for specific information, parts of a book, and dictionary usage. Students answer 10 questions.
Oklahoma State Department of Education
Sandwich Feast
Creative! Youngsters listen to the reading of "Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich" by Shel Silverstein as a warm up activity for a lesson in punctuation. They use bread-shaped pages, one for each type of punctuation, to identify which...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Students identify lightning words from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to complete definition and synonym activities. In this word study lesson, students discuss lighting words and read a Mark Twain quote. Students then read specific...
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Making a Karst Dictionary
Students practice using the correct vocabulary in geology and hydrology. They use the Internet to research topics and practice their researching skills.
Missouri Department of Elementary
Equine Science
Did you know that horses have two sets of teeth? There is much to learn about horses, of course, and those interested in equine science will learn much from a 10-lesson agricultural science course that covers not only equine dental...
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An Illustrated Guide to the Late 1800's
Eleventh graders investigate the time of the late 1800's. They conduct research using a variety of resources that could include the internet. Students create an alphabetized encyclopedia of important historical people of the time period.
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Writing History: From Students to Scholars
An Online NewsHour article about scholarly ethics launches this study of plagiarism. Since historians are supposed to bring original ideas and perspectives to their publications, they must give credit to the ideas of others. After a...
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New Goals for a New Year
Guide your pupils in making goals and achieving them through specific action steps and consistent accountability.
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Exploring Arizona's Biotic Communities Lesson 2: Biotic Communities Vocabulary
Part of a unit on Arizona's biotic communities, this instructional activity focuses on the vocabulary to be used. Terms include biodiversity, topography, desert, hybridization, niche, and more! Youngsters will define these words from...
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Spelling For Homeschool
Students use their spelling words in a variety of ways such as repetition, spelling puzzles, and spelling sentences. In this spelling lesson plan, students do a spelling activity for each day of the week.
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4
The fourth standard for reading literature in the Common Core calls for young readers to be able to determine the figurative and connotative meanings of words and phrases. Use this resource, a continuation of a series of Common Core...