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Multisensory Sight-word Strategies
Learners engage in a instructional activity that uses sight word strategies in order to increase reading comprehension. The skills are applicable to rote skill, math facts, formulas, etc... The instructional activity includes sample...
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Dental Health Challenge
In this dental health worksheet, students read the 10 statements about dental health. Students then select the correct answer to complete the 10 exercises.
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Washington Challenge
In this state facts activity, learners read the statements about the state of Washington. Students find the correct answer for the 10 problems.
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Spots the Barn Cat: Finding the Main Idea
Spots the barn cat is the subject of this colorful worksheet. Young learners demonstrate their ability to identify the main idea in a written passage by reading a short passage about Spots and responding to the prompt asking them to...
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Worksheet 17 - Area
In this area worksheet students read story problems, determine the necessary information to solve the problem. They find the amount of material needed to construct three-dimensional figures. Students determine the greatest and least area...
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Reading 1 and Reading 2. Vocabulary practice: Opposites
In this vocabulary skills practice worksheet, students examine 10 sentences and fill in the blank in each with words that are the opposite in meaning from the boldfaced words.
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Theatre Arts
What skills do storytellers employ to bring to life the characters and events in their tales? After listening to a recording of a Haitian folk tale, class members consider how tone of voice, pace, and gestures can be used to enliven a...
August House
The Stolen Smell
Some smells are better than others! Explore your sense of smell with a series of activities based on the Peruvian folktale, The Stolen Smell. With exercises about phonics, counting, cooking, art, and drama, the lesson is a well-rounded...
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Romeo and Juliet
What is the setting of Romeo and Juliet? Who is the rich count who wants to marry Juliet? The 24 clues in a crossword puzzle test readers' knowledge of the events in Shakespeare's famous play of two young star-crossed lovers.
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Native Americans and Natural Resources
North American Indian civilizations had already been in place for over 10,000 years before the arrival of European settlers. Introduce your young historians to Indian tribes that lived in the Chesapeake region in the early seventeenth...
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Homes for Hermit Crabs
Learners discover the differences between hermit crabs and mollusks and identify their parts. After reading a story about hermit crabs, they complete an anatomy worksheet. For another activity, students fold and cut a diagram of a hermit...
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #1
In this paragraph correction worksheet, learners read a passage and identify errors in numbered words and phrases. Students choose eight multiple choice corrections for the errors in the passage.
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Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on Two Gentlemen of Verona. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Cleverest Thief
First graders read The Cleverest Thief and participate in various activities across the curriculum areas. In this story lesson, 1st graders arrange an anagram of the word monastery. Students complete worksheets to alphabetize and use...
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Glass Slipper Bullies
Young scholars identify bullying behaviors through this cross curricular music and character education instructional activity. Learners read the story Cinderella and discuss how the stepsisters demonstrated bully behavior. Students...
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Feral Cats
For this geography worksheet, students identify the feral cats of Australia. They read an excerpt and respond to the three questions that follow. Students also imagine that they are a part of scientific team that has been set up to deal...
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Science Drawing
In this drawing in science worksheet, learners read about what is needed to complete a drawing in order to communicate ideas and discoveries in science. Students analyze a drawing of a volcano and indicate the problems with the drawing....
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Antonyms
In this recognizing words with opposite meanings activity, students read descriptive phrases in one column and match their antonyms in the second column. Students match 12 answers.
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An Egg is Quiet
Students discover information about animal eggs by reading the book, An Egg is Quiet. In this animal science lesson, students research different animals to find out what their eggs look like. Students use a provided chart to guide...
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A World of Soils
In this word search worksheet, students read several paragraphs about the types of soil. Students then use the bold words to complete the word search puzzle.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Concepts of Time and Money
Students identify different denominations of United States currency and symbols associated with money and reading prices. In addition, in pairs they identify examples of currency from newspapers and magazines.
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Daily Oral Language Activities: Idioms
Third graders examine the use of idioms. In this vocabulary and reading instructional activity, 3rd graders explore what idioms are and make their own idiom cards to help them understand the use idioms in language.
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Teaching Dynamics
Second graders discuss the sounds of rainstorms. In this rainstorm lesson, 2nd graders listen to the story Down Comes the Rain and they discuss the change in sounds they hear in a thunder storm. They use percussion instruments to create...
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Recycling Spelling Activity
In this recycling worksheet, students read definitions of recycling words, then fill in missing letters to complete the matching words. A reference web site is given for additional activities.