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Mississippi Bridge
In this literature activity, 3rd graders refer to the book entitled Mississippi Bridge. Students respond to 13 short answer reading comprehension questions.
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Grammar Review
In this grammar worksheet, students choose the correct verbs to complete the sentences. Students complete 13 sentences total.
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Don't Tell. Show!
As part of a study of narrative writing, young story tellers are asked to revise 20 telling sentences and create showing ones.
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A Personal Journey
Learners will share ideas about class mobility. They create a timeline that chronicles milestones in their own lives, and synthesize their learning by writing personal essays about their class status and aspirations for the future.
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ESL Vocabulary Crossword: School
In this English Language crossword worksheet, students use the pictures of the various rooms in the school to help them complete the crossword puzzle.
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The Letter Race
Students practice identifying the letters in the alphabet. They use this activity in phyical education class and run to each letter when they identify it correctly. They also state the name of different objects throughout the room.
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Same as Me
In this language arts worksheet, students answer 20 questions about personal preferences, choosing between 4 possible answers. Students then circulate around the room and find classmates with the same answers.
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Collateral Damage? Researching a Connection Between Video Games and Violence
Hook your class into an exploration of and discussion about violence in video games with a cute animal clip and a video game trailer. After a quick discussion about how media can affect mood, class members read a related article and...
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Writing to Explain: Creating How-To Scripts and Demonstrations
Excuse me, can you give me directions? Scholars examine and practice technical writing to increase their ability to write directions. They participate in discussion, watch videos, and complete an assignment to create their own directions.
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Safety Catch
Students consider their own beliefs about gun control after examining the effects of and speculations about a decade-long ban on semiautomatic assault weapons.
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Breaking News English: Suicide
In this suicide learning exercise, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Gotta Dance
Learners share dance moves that reflect their personalities or depict how they are feeling, explore popularity of recreational and competitive social dancing by reading and discussing the article "Follow the Flying Feet,"
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Subject Pronouns Worksheet Two
How well do your pupils know subject pronouns? Provide some practice with this straightforward worksheet. For 18 sentences, individuals circle the subject pronouns. A brief definition of subject pronouns and a list of subject pronouns...
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Transitive/Intransitive Verb Practice
In this transitive and intransitive verbs practice worksheet, students read an informative lesson plan. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify verbs and label them as transitive or intransitive.
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A Dark Cloud Over the Sunshine State
Students provide their own solutions to the controversy over the ballots in Florida.
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The Greenhouse Effect in a Jar
Students explore climate change by participating in a physical science experiment. In this greenhouse effect lesson, students discuss the impact global warming has on our environment and how it works. Students utilize a glass jar,...
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Similar Words
In this spelling and grammar activity, students study words which look or sound alike such as "desert" and "dessert." Students use the 24 words in the word bank to choose correct words to complete 20 sentences.
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Prepositions of Direction
In this prepositional phrase worksheet students are given twenty sentences and asked to fill in the blank with the correct preposition. Students can trade and grade or self correct using the answer key provided.
Compound Sentence Worksheet
Use this scary story to help your students practice (or to test them on!) changing simple sentences to compound sentences. (For ESL)
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A, An, Some, Any
Practice a, an, some, and any with a straightforward worksheet. Kids fill in the blanks for 20 sentences, using context clues and their knowledge of each word.
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Phrases and Clauses Recognition
In this identifying phrases and clauses worksheet, students read definitions and examples and use them to determine the identify of the groups of words in the review. Students write 15 answers.
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Briefly Noted: Practicing Useful Annotation Strategies
Post-It notes, highlighting, underlining. Sam Anderson’s New York Times Magazine article, “What I Really Want Is Someone Rolling Around in the Text,” launches a study of “marginalia,” or writing thoughts in the margins of a text. After...
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Literature and the Language Arts
Reading involves more than simply picking up a text and saying the words aloud. A practice guide introduces readers to key skills such as making inferences, finding the main idea or theme, and using context clues. Each skill contains a...
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Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills: Lucky Dip 3
Group your English language learners for this fun trivia exercise. There are 20 questions for each group to discuss. They must name different animals that live in water, recall basic vocabulary terms, recall the capital of Russia, etc....