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Checkmate: What is the History of Chess?
Young scholars create a timeline. In this history of chess instructional activity, students use the Internet to examine the chess history timeline. Young scholars read books on the history of chess, answer questions and...
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History of Chocolate
Students research the history of chocolate. In this timeline lesson, students learn about timelines and the difference between B.C. and A.D. Students research the history of chocolate and record their findings on a...
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Freckle Juice- Lesson 3
Students read and respond to a chapter in a book. In this vocabulary and reading comprehension lesson, students preview and predict chapter 3 of Freckle Juice, define new vocabulary words, read chapter 3 and complete a vocabulary...
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My Pet Rock
Young scholars learn about and create a pet rock. In this creative expression instructional activity, students pick a rock to make into their "pet". Young scholars use various art materials to create their pets and write a...
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Representing Text in an Outline
In this outlines learning exercise, students answer multiple choice questions about the function of an outline in a text. Students complete 10 questions.
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Spelling with Vowels
Students practice spelling words with vowels. In this letter sound and identification lesson, students learn all the vowels and their vowel sounds. Students spell words with vowels and fill in missing letters.
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Word Scramble- Continents
Learners complete a worksheet. In this spelling and geography lesson, students work independently to complete a worksheet where they unscramble words associated with geography.
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Commas and Semi-Colons
Students practice editing sentences. In this punctuation lesson, students learn how to use commas and semi-colons in sentences and then practice what they've learned by completing a worksheet independently.
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ABC Book of Words
Students make a book. In this vocabulary lesson, students brainstorm vocabulary words about China, write the words in alphabetical order, discuss the meanings of each word and make a book of the words.
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Very Neat Butterfly Feet
Students complete a craft project. In this art and poetry lesson, students use their own feet to create a picture of a butterfly. Students attach their poem to their butterfly picture.
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Mice Squeak; We Speak
Students create a poster. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students use vocabulary words such as squeak, creak, squeal, squawk and quack to identify the sounds and noises of each word. Students come up with rhyming...
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Contractions
First graders identify contractions. In this grammar and writing lesson plan, 1st graders take a picture walk, read a book about the ocean and locate contractions throughout the story.
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Double Consonant Investigation
In this double consonant worksheet, students identify as many as words as they can that function with single and double consonants in the middle, such as "diner," and "dinner."
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Recognizing Signs in Public Places
Students explore symbols by identifying public signage. In this public safety instructional activity, students view flashcards of everyday road, fire and food signs while discussing their function and purpose. Students record and...
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Modal Verbs
In this modal verbs worksheet, learners fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct modal verb and choose its function. Students complete 8 problems total.
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Spelling Game: See the right word!
Use this spelling PowerPoint engages students in a spelling practice game. Students will be presented with an unfinished sentence, they will be required to choose the correctly spelled word that best fills in the blank. This would be a...
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Understanding Adjective Clauses: Lesson 14
This PowerPoint features information about adverb and adjective clauses. Several examples of sentences that include adjective clauses are provided along with explanations of their functions in the sentences. Some slides contain practice...
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Teaching Language Arts in Kindergarten Using Stories, Aesop's Fables, and Tall Tales
Students search into a variety of story elements in the eight lessons of this unit. The title, author, illustrator, setting, main character, problem, solution, events and the story are the components of the lessons.
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Present Continuous TB1B
In this ESL questions and answers worksheet, learners analyze 7 pictures that depict people in action. Students write a statement that answers the question, "What are they doing?"
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Behind Closed Doors
Students explore different types of doors from an artistic point of view. In this creative thinking lesson, students look at different types of architectural doors and doorways and analyze them. They create a project of a door as a...
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Understanding Dialect as Used by Mark Twain
A reading of Mark Twain’s The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County not only offers pupils an opportunity to practice their listening skills but also provides them with examples of dialectic speech. This is the gol’derndest lesson...
Collaborative Learning Project
Simple to Complex Sentences
Such a creative game idea, this activity might actually make grammar fun! Learners play a modified game of connect-four by identifying the grammatical name for different words and phrases and then working them into simple sentences to...
Denver Art Museum
Tea Gathering Quick-Write
Japanese tea gatherings are the inspiration for a great activity. Learners are provided with an image of a tea caddy made for thick tea and asked to describe what they notice and what that might mean. This leads into a larger activity...
ProCon
Obesity
Is obesity a disease or just a preventable risk factor for other diseases? Scholars attempt to form their own opinions by reading a background of the issue and watching videos that explore the main pro and con arguments using an included...