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Fluency: Read Regular Words
Second graders engage in a timed choral reading activity to practice reading with accuracy and fluency. The teacher starts the timer and taps a reading rhythm on the desk as the class reads a series of words in unison. When the time is...
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Dolch Sight Word Booklet
First and second graders expand their vocabulary by reading a word recognition booklet. In this English vocabulary instructional activity, learners utilize a booklet of 220 basic sight words which they read over everyday and are...
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Hoot: List-Group-Label
Word association is a great way to explore vocabulary and new ideas. In a unit about Carl Hiassen's Hoot, kids think about the word environmentalist and come up with additional words that they associate with environmentalism on...
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Irregular Word Fluency: Password
Utilize your learners' spare time by having a "password" that learners must recite before they enter or leave the classroom. As suggested here, provide an irregular word that your first graders are trying to develop. How efficient!
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Categorize Important Vocabulary Words and Describe their Features
Second graders read a short passage along with the teacher to pull out various transportation related words. They analyze each of the chosen words by creating a chart which helps them think about the similarities and differences of each...
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The House on Mango Street: List-Group-Label
Encourage close reading of the text and a focus on how Sandra Cisneros' develops her characters with an activity that asks teams to sort, group, and label character descriptions from The House on Mango Street.
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Dead Word Wall Lesson
Help your writers eliminate "dead words" (words that are overused) from their writing. This lesson includes a SMART board presentation that will guide them through identifying, eliminating, and substituting "dead words" from sample...
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1, 2, 3, Read!
Explain to your readers a variety of decoding strategies to improve their reading fluency. They observe the teacher modeling blending, then in pairs take turns reading the book Clifford the Big Red Dog. Learners then time each other...
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English Words from Greek and Roman Names of Gods
Hydra/hygiene, Muse/music. Many English words are built on roots derived from the names of Greek and Roman gods. After examining a list of Greek and Roman gods and the meaning of their names, class members find the root in a list...
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Hop on the Express Train to Read Expressively
Encourage beginning readers to read expressively. After the teacher models what it's like to read with expression, pairs of learners work together to practice developing this ability. While one learner reads, the other marks a check-list...
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The Power Of Possessives
The whole class with get when to use an apostrophe after this activity. They use apostrophes to show possession or ownership. This activity includes a discussion starter, a practice exercise, a story activity, and a practice...
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Possessive Pronouns
This learning exercise reviews types of pronouns, provides a list of possessive pronouns, as well as prompts for writing original sentences using 14 different possessive pronouns. Plus, participants put possessive pronouns in their...
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Brain-Controlled Robotic Arms: Cloze activity with Article
Fascinating content about current medical research on brain-controlled prosthetics comes in cloze activity form with a link to the original article. Useful for listening and reading comprehension skills development, and for any science...
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Editing a Document in Microsoft Word
Students explore how to edit a document in Microsoft Word.
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Commonly Confused/Misused Words
Demystify tricky words and homophones with this activity on commonly confused words. Learners read each sentence and identify the misused word, choosing the correct word from a short list underneath each question. All of the words...
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Most Common Words List 6
In this frequently used words worksheet, students read the 14 words in a list of common sight words. Students read a story and circle these words. Students unscramble the letters in 14 sight words and then use them to fill in the blanks...
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Spelling List 21: Sight Words, Short O Words and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling worksheet, learners learn 21 words in a list. The words are a combination of sight words, short O words and academic vocabulary. No instructions are given but there are two blank lines beside each word.
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Spelling List D-6
In this spelling worksheet, students write each of 21 words two times. This list contains words with ile/il, sight words, and academic vocabulary.
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Spelling List E-19
In this spelling worksheets, students write each of 21 words two times. This list includes words with -ing, sight words, and academic vocabulary.
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Word Search List 116
In this word search worksheet, learners complete a word search by locating ten words. The word list includes wish, best, hot, and thank.
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Word Search List 2
In this word search worksheet, learners solve a word search by located twenty sight words. The word list includes then, have, and some.
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Word Search List 4
In this word search activity, students solve a word search by located twenty sight words. The word list includes red, write, and an.
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Word Search List 5
For this word search worksheet, students solve a word search by located twenty sight words. The word list includes for, every, and two.
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Word Search List 7
For this word search worksheet, students solve a word search by locating twenty sight words. The word list includes walk, eat, and been.