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Introduce Vocabulary: Gregory the Terrible Eater

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are read Gregory the Terrible Eater, by Mitchell Sharmat. For this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the meaning of four new words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, both before and after the story...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Julius, the Baby of the World

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are read Julius, the Baby of the World, by Kevin Henkes. In this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the definitions of seven new words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, before and after the story is...
Interactive
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Advanced Vocabulary

For Students 4th - 6th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete sentences with the best vocabulary words, prepositions, and expressions. Students complete 3 activities.
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The Chinese New Year

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students read and discuss articles about the Chinese New Year.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Make Way for Ducklings

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine Make Way for Ducklings. In this language arts lesson, students listen to the story and discuss the vocabulary words. Students identify the word meaning and use the word in a sentence.
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Recap and Activities (Reveloutionary War Era)

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss the importance of the Second Continental Congress. They compare and contrast present-day athletic mascots and their roots in the Revolutionary War. After discussing Loyalists and Patriots, 8th graders write...
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New Year's Resolutions -Lesson plan

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the origins of New Year's Resolutions while practicing taking dictation and identifying interesting points in a piece that is read to them. They investigate the types of things that people resolve on the first day of the...
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Opposites Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this opposites vocabulary worksheet, learners match vocabulary to their opposites. Students complete 20 matches total on this worksheet.  
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La Cita - List 1 Test

For Students 9th - 12th
In this foreign language worksheet, students are tested by matching the language term with its translation found in the right column for the 17 words.
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Worksheet 7: Housekeeping Activities

For Students 3rd - 4th
While only having a few questions, this activity could be a good review of vocabulary in the lower grades. Learners fill in 6 fill-in-the-blank spaces with the correct vocabulary word. There are pictures to aid in understanding.
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ESL: Warm-up Activities

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders practice conversation skills during various warm-up activities. They ask questions of each other on a host of topics including transportation, weather, and movies.
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Marine & Aquatic Habitats Activities - Marine Ecology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students enact the life cycle of a sessile animal and quantify the possibility of survival under the conditions given. They then present to the class a new adaptation which will increase the animals chance of survival.
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Root Words

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice finding the meaning of words by analyzing the root word. In this root word instructional activity, 8th graders review a chart of roots, words, and meanings. Students find and list words that have the root of...
Worksheet
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The New Heads of the Family?

For Students 8th - 12th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 7-paragraph article about roles of modern children and respond to 5 short answer questions. Vocabulary words and definitions are included.
Organizer
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ESL Holiday Activity-Labor Day

For Students 4th - 6th
Several resources are provided through this website about Labor Day. Elementary learners read two short paragraphs, then complete matching, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, spelling word scramble, ordering events, and survey...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Chrysanthemum

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore language arts by reading a story with their class. In this beginner vocabulary lesson, students read the book Chrysanthemum and discuss the vocabulary used in the story. Students participate in a word play activity while...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Cows Can’t Fly

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language arts by reading a story book in class. In this tier two vocabulary lesson, students read the book Cows Can't Fly and identify the use of certain vocabulary terms. Students define the selected words and utilize...
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Dolch List 1 Vocabulary

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this literacy worksheet, students read the list of vocabulary words in order to increase literacy and spelling abilities because they are sight words.
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City University of New York

The Split Over Suffrage

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Compare and contrast Frederick Douglass's and the National Women's Suffrage Association's stances on equal rights and suffrage with a series of documents and worksheets. Learners work together or independently to complete the packet, and...
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The Influence of Hip Hop

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students consider the influence of Hip Hop on their own language use and various segments of American society; they reflect on and demonstrate their knowledge of Hip Hop vocabulary and its use.
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What's Your School Like?

For Teachers 3rd - 10th Standards
S1 and S2 language learners practice the skills of predicting and scanning as they examine images and read the script of interviews with two young students.
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ESL Kid Stuff

Rooms of a House

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Language learners create and label the rooms in a house and then add and label images of objects that may be found in each room.
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New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 10

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How have educational standards evolved? Educators of adults examine expectations in the 10th workshop out of 15 to better determine how standards have grown. Participants respond to a variety of sample questions to determine how they...
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Learning to Observe Closely and Record Accurately: How to Create a Field Journal

For Teachers 5th Standards
Look carefully. Scholars practice observing and recording the natural world around them by looking out a window or viewing an image. Learners discuss how their experience compares to that of Meg Lowman in The Most Beautiful Roof in the...