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Creating a Peace Poem
Second graders write a poem using words from a list and practice poetic forms. In this lesson on writing a peace poem, 2nd graders brainstorm words or phrases associated with "peace." Students choose a poetic form to express their...
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Parts of Speech Verbs: Building Blocks of Grammar
Pupils begin with a brain teaser, take notes, and formatively check understanding with a Chinese proverb. In addition to parts of speech, the resource also includes information about parts of a sentence. Teachers may extend instruction...
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Movie Maker: Retelling a Story
Using Movie Maker, sixth graders make an eight frame movie based on a story they have written. They choose music clips, select pictures from PowerPoint, and make their movie. The lesson should take about ten days to complete.
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Awesome Antonyms
Review with your young learners what opposites are and use a fun tag board game called Auntie Alice to practice. After the class plays the game, pairs work on computers practicing with interactive matching/flashcards/concentration games...
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Tangram
Students explore tangrams. For this tangrams lesson, students read Three Pigs, One Wolf, and Seven Magic Shapes and then complete a WebQuest on tangrams. Students explore shapes and rotation during the WebQuest and create a new character...
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Hyperbole and Idiom
Seventh graders use context clues to determine the figurative meaning of idioms and hyperboles. They practice writing idioms and hyperboles in sentences about real life situations around them. This lesson is a good way to improve variety...
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Predicting the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words in a Text
Middle schoolers develop strategies for what to do when they come upon words in a text that they don't know. After a class discussion, pupils are given a selection of text that contains some very difficult words. They are instructed to...
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The Outsiders
Tenth graders complete a variety of activities related to the first two chapters of the book The Outsiders. They define metaphor, simile, idiom, and hyperbole, and take a vocabulary pre-quiz. In small groups, they write a character...
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Music-Mix-Math
Use Music-Mix-Math to help learners solve a series of problems. They will solve one-word problems while music is playing, when the music stops, each learner finds a partner to compare the answer with. This can be done with as many as 4...
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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals
Students explore economics by creating a budget. In this financial goal setting lesson, students investigate their use of time by completing a worksheet. Students identify financial goals they would like to achieve in the next several...
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The Scoop on Summer
Third graders write a noun that names a place they spent their summer vacation, a verb telling one activity they did, and use those words to write a complete sentence. Finally, they use an ice cream cone graphic organizer as a guide to...
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Focus on Spelling and Reading
Students participate in a lesson focused on developing spelling and writing skills. They write complete sentences using spelling words. Also a fun activity of solving riddles by using spelling words is included.
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Main Idea and Supporting Details
Second graders write topic sentences. In this writing lesson, 2nd graders construct a paragraph consisting of a topic sentence and 2-4 additional sentences. Students analyze their writing and publish a final copy.
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Adding Punctuation
Students explore using correct punctuation in their sentences. they discuss the various punctuation rules. Students practice putting the correct punctuation in a list of sentences.
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Morning Work
First graders complete their morning work. In this math and editing lesson, 1st graders complete addition and subtraction problems, edit sentences and share their answers. Students can also create math problems of their own.
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Past Modals of Deduction-- Might Have, Could Have, Couldn't Have
In this language arts worksheet, students collaborate in pairs to read a situation and then complete two sentences using "might have, could have, can't have." The teacher does this at the same time as the students. Answers are then...
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About
In this business sentences worksheet, students fill in the blanks to complete the sentence for each problem. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.
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That
In this ESL words worksheet, students learn the correct use of the word "that" in sentences. Students examine 7 pictures and from 4 choices, select the best phrase that will complete the sentence.
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House
In this ESL question answering worksheet, students analyze the 7 pictures of common household items. Students read each question about the picture and answer it in a complete sentence on the line.
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Fall
In this forms of fall worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences after the form of 'fall' in the sentence. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.
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Go
In this sentences containing the word "go" worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions where they choose the correct word to go after the word "go" in sentences. Students complete 20 problems.
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Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Progressive with a love story
In this past simple, past perfect, and past progressive worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences, rewrite sentences, put verbs in the correct tense, and more. Students complete 4 activities total.
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Wish 1
For this wishes worksheet, students read the sentence and then choose the correct wish based on that sentence. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.
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Put 3
In this using 'put' in a sentence worksheet, learners answer multiple choice questions where they choose the correct word to fill in the blank to the sentence that has the word 'put' in it. Students complete 20 problems.