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Abbreviations
When should you abbreviate a word, and when should you write it out? Practice abbreviation rules with a resource that provides guided examples before challenging young grammarians to correct ten sentences on their own.
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Abbreviations: Make It Short
In this abbreviations worksheet, students review the definition and an example chart of abbreviations. Students then write the abbreviations for the 15 words. Students also rewrite the 3 sentences using abbreviations.
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Abbreviations
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students write the correct abbreviation next to a variety of words given. Sixteen words are given including days, months, measurements, and more.
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Intermediate Crossword Puzzle- Months Of the Year
In this months of the year activity, students read 12 clues pertaining to the calendar months. Students fit the answers in a crossword puzzle.
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Abbreviations
In this abbreviating words activity, students write the shortened forms of the days of the week and the months of the year. Students print twelve abbreviations.
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Using Abbreviations for Months of the Year
In this abbreviation for the months of the year worksheet, students review correct abbreviations, then write the month of the year and its abbreviation indicated by a statement about that month.
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Days, Months, Ordinal Numbers (1-12)
In this days of the week worksheet, students write the days in order, list the months in order, finish abbreviations, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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Capitalization Review
Using correct grammar is a capital idea! Elementary readers review the rules of capitalization, including proper nouns, abbreviations of organizations, and holidays, before correcting the errors in two sets of sentences.
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Mr., Mrs., and Dr. Too
Students use abbreviations correctly in everyday situations. Activities include introductions to abbreviating names, titles, months, and more.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Concepts of Time and Money
Students, after reviewing the vocabulary words on the board and being shown several examples, in pairs practice naming the months, days of the week and their abbreviations in order.
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Write It Short
Learners listen the books, "Today Is Monday," "Chicken Soup with Rice," and discuss how we use abbreviations for days of the week. This simple lesson plan is a good way to introduce the common abbreviations that young readers will...
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Concepts of Time and Money
Pupils review a calendar and the days of the week along with their abbreviations. They practice identifying, writing and recognizing the days of the week and months of the year by playing the game of "concentration."
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Time and Money
Students practice identifying the parts of a calendar including its weeks and months of the year. They have an extensive vocabulary list to assist them as well. In addition, they complete an independent practice activity sheet.
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Stars and Constellations-Pattern Recognition
In this stars and constellations worksheet, students study a given constellation and identify the stars in the constellation. They label the stars in the constellation and identify the months the constellation is visible. They research...
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Common Knowledge
For this basic skills worksheet, 1st graders print their name, their age, and then write numbers into words. Students define a month in days and weeks and write abbreviations for the week days.
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The Calendar Cube Problem
In this calendar cube problem, students use cubes to spell months and digits of the year. They use five cubes to display 366 days correctly. This one-page worksheet contains 1 problem. The answer is found at the bottom of the page.
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Academic Language
College-level writers learn the importance of using academic language in their papers and essays. Assessing the audience is an important aspect of choosing the language with which one writes. Review these 10 slides to make sure each...
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Cloudy vs. Clear
Students analyze line plots. In this weather lesson using real NASA data, students discuss how weather affects the way the Earth is heated by comparing different line plots.
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Build What I've Created
n this geometric lesson, students define and identify two dimensional shapes based on their attributes. They complete worksheets based on the geometric concepts.
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Getting to Know You
After going over the five steps of the writing process, pupils fill out "Getting to Know You" worksheets. They trade papers with each other, and have the task of writing a descriptive paragraph about the person whose worksheet they...
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Reading a Calendar
Calendars are great for so many reasons. They keep track of time, can help teach children to read charts, show numbers in sequential order, and are perfect for word problems. First graders assess three different calendars to answer 11...
Student Handouts
What Year Is It?
This page includes a space to write in the date, but what does the date even mean? And where does it come from? Inform your class about the various calendars and how the Western calendar came into widespread use with an informational...
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Punctuation: Periods. Commas,
Color-coded slides model for viewers the various uses of the comma and the period. The rule is presented and followed by several examples. Consider extending the lesson with a practice exercise.
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Editing for AP (and Newspaper's) style
Learners edit and revise a news story picked out by the teacher. For this editing lesson plan, students edit in AP style and then revise the story. It should have no errors in the end.