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Caught in a Net
Young scholars read and discuss the bycatch of the sea and the economic impact of taking bycatch away. In this bycatch lesson plan, students discuss the rights of fisherman and observe pictures of sea animals.
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Guide Words in a Dictionary
Second and third graders match the five pairs of guide words to the words in a list that should appear on the same page in a dictionary. They look at a second set of five pairs of guide words and circle the word (from three choices) that...
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Getting Together - a Groupings Crossword Puzzle
Introduce your class to words for groups of animals and people. This is a crossword puzzle that includes 25 clues for collective nouns. The puzzle is online interactive and learners can receive immediate online feedback. Answers are not...
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The Sounds of Daydream
Based on the poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by Irish poet William Butler Yeats, this resource is well constructed and guides learners through examining the Yeats poem (rhyme, meter, content) to composing a poem of their own about a...
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The Pearl by John Steinbeck (Chapter One)
Explore the dark world of Steinbeck's short novel. After your learners read the first chapter of The Pearl, give them this quiz. Ten multiple-choice questions focus on reading comprehension.
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Using a Table of Contents
While simple, this resource would be a great way to introduce your class to the use of the Table of Contents. It provides a step-by-step explanation describing how to find information. A teacher could supplement this presentation with...
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Writing a Literary Analysis
What makes writing literary? What comprises analysis? A 15-slide PowerPoint presentation, created by the Purdue University Writing Lab, tackles these questions. The explanations of what makes writing literary and what comprises analysis...
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Worksheet 3/7 A Gaggle of Collective Nouns
Encourage your class to identify the correct usage of collective nouns in sentences with this activity. Given three choices, with the collective nouns circled in each possible choice, class members choose the sentence in which the...
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab
In this vocabulary building worksheet, students enhance their personal vocabulary by learning words that begin with FL-blends. Students are allowed the use of dictionaries.
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Pronoun Reference - Exercise 1
Do your class members need extra practice with pronouns? Learners are directed to read the sample sentences, determine whether the sentences contain pronoun reference errors, and if so, correct the problems they find. A link to an...
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Wh Digraph Recognition
In this digraph recognition worksheet, students cut out 8 pictures at the bottom of the page. They place the pictures in two columns; one for words that begin with the wh digraph and the other for the words that do not. They see a...
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Letter W Pictures
For this letter and word recognition worksheet, students study the various images and color the pictures that start with the letter W. Students color the images of the wagon, wolf, watch, windmill, whale, watermelon, web, walrus, and...
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Generations: An Exploration of our Families Through Literature
Students complete a unit of lessons on families. They read and analyze various stories, label a map, assemble sentences, write letters to grandparents, analyze character traits, and write and illustrate a sheet for a class book.
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Whispering Whales Word Search
For this "wh" word search worksheet, students analyze 10 words and circle those that have "wh." Students find these words in a word search puzzle.
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Letter w is for Whale
In this printing letter w worksheet, 1st graders study the example lowercase letter w and then use the 4 provided lines to practice printing the letter.
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Species on the Edge
Learners describe factors negatively affecting population of sea turtles, and identify and discuss action that can be undertaken to reduce or eliminate threats to sea turtles and other endangered species.
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Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, learners respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Melville's Moby-Dick. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Moby-Dick. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Questions And Statements
In this questions and statements worksheet, students review the differences between the two and put the correct end punctuation on ten sentences. Students, in addition, unscramble three groups of words to form a question and a statement.
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All Mixed Up
For this alphabetizing worksheet students are given three to four words they must arrange in alphabetical order. In this self-checking worksheet, students will have written a phrase if they have the correct answer. There are 18 problems...
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Is the Internet A Web Of Deceit?
Students become more savvy Web surfers by evaluating the various elements of a Web site to determine its credibility. They conduct a two-part investigation of a Web site, focusing on how one determines if a Web site is credible in...
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Make Words
In this making words worksheet, students make as many English words as they can from the letters found in the word Tyrannosaurus only.
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Silent Letters
In this categorizing words with silent letters worksheet, students complete the chart by putting each word in the correct column according to the silent k, silent w, silent b, silent h, silent g, and silent c. Students write 18 words.
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Dr. Seuss Author Study
Students listen to a story, then use the same format to write a class book.