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Using Effective Search Terms: Researching Water Management
Discover how to use search terms effectively! Scholars continue their exploration of Charles Fishman's The Big Thirst, engaging in a read aloud and then answering text-based questions. Next, pupils learn about using search terms and...
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Informational Text Features: Analyzing “Hawaii’s Endangered Happy Face Spider”
Some things are better the second time around. Scholars reread an article about Hawaii's happy face spider, answering text-dependent questions as they read. Then, they use a Venn diagram to compare the text features of interviews and...
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The Last Lecture: Text Impressions
To pique interest in The Last Lecture, readers are given a list of key terms and ask to craft a story inspired by the terms.
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Crossword Puzzle for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Chapter 10 of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets holds a cache of words perfect for this crossword. Learners read the definitions and write in the correct words.
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Vocab Squares
Creatively develop and reinforce new vocabulary from the book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, using these vocabulary squares. Each square is divided into four quadrants asking scholars to input the word, a...
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Goldie Girl and There, Their, and They're: Homophones and Homographs
Instruct your class on homonyms and homophones. Learners take a pre-test and examine a list of homophones. They also play online word games to practice spelling and usage and write a fairy tale in which they use at least 10 homophones....
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“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating...
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Hatchet: Predicting the Outcome Guide
What will happen in Hatchet by Gary Paulsen? Kids read a series of possible events that will occur in the novel and mark whether they agree or disagree with the probability of each event happening.
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Unknown Numbers in Sums and Differences
Your new mathematicians may think word problems sound scary, but this introductory set of scenarios will leave them feeling accomplished in their addition and subtraction skills! Learners read seven word problems, each requiring them to...
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Seussical Fish
Wondering what Dr. Seuss and his colorful fish have to offer your young mathematicians? Find out with this simple yet affective word problem worksheet that challenges children to determine how many different combinations...
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Sounding Out CVCE Words
First graders explore vowels and consonants by participating in a flash card activity. In this phonetics lesson plan, 1st graders discuss the difference between short and long vowels and identify them within a story told to them by their...
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Vocabulary Reading Test Lesson 4-II
In this recognizing twenty-four vocabulary words worksheet, students use the four lists of words to write them from oral definitions and to create a complete sentence. Students write 25 answers.
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Rhyming Words
In this English worksheet, pupils read a list of rhyming words. One list groups rhyming words with the long a sound. A second list groups words with the long o sound.
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Rhyming Words
In this rhyming worksheet, students read groups of rhyming words. The first list included words with the sound you hear in by. A second list has rhyming words with the sound you hear in cow.
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Build a Word
Students explore new words through letters or letter groups. In this lesson plan about words, students use index cards to build new words. Each index card contains one letter or letter group. Students utilize different strategies like...
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Spelling List 20: Sight Words, Long /o/ Words, and Academic Vocabulary
For this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, long o words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.
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Spelling List 23: Sight Words, Long /u/ Words, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, long u words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.
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Word List
In this reading worksheet, students examine a word list. The word list includes ck, ng, qu, and x sounds, such as hang, rack, buck, and fang.
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Spelling List 13: Sight Words, Homographs, and Academic Vocabulary
For this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, homographs, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.
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Spelling List 12: Sight Words, Homographs, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list instructional activity, learners practice spelling words that are sight words, homographs, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.
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Word Lists
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read 5 different word lists. The word lists are divided by sounds. For example, one word list contains the sh, ch, th, and ng sounds.
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Spelling List 22: Sight Words, Short /u/ words, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling worksheet, learners practice their spelling words that include sight words, short u words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words.
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Spelling List 24: Sight Words, R-Controlled Vowels, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, r controlled vowels, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.
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Spelling List 25: Sight Words, R-Controlled Vowels, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list instructional activity, students practice spelling words that are sight words, r controlled vowels, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.